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ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… and the Angolan army (FAPLA) aided by Cuba, the Soviet Union and to a lesser extent East Germany. The stakes were … by all Angolans. Civil war broke out…
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… circular from the Deputy Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students. The circular discusses the structure of the National Union and the…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… several audiences on Africans’ position under the Union government. In addition to the official SANNC petition, … Having listened to the ill-treatment of…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… Labour, Mr. B. J. Schoeman, repeatedly assured the trade union movement, during the election campaign, that there … trade unions felt grave concern, but only…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… (PAC) connected student movement; the African Students Union of South Africa (ASUSA), which became an arch rival to … of intelligence and was the chair of…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XII - End and Beginning
… who, as High Commissioner, paved the way for the "Act of Union. "It has required a General Smuts, who, like his early … Union" between British Imperialism…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… who came to South African the 1880's, with trade union experience. They formed local branches of British Trade Unions. The Amalgamated Engineering Union is…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… our national policies must take account of it". Between 1910 and 1948, successive South African Governments had … the African franchise in the Cape was…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… campaigned for the right to affiliate to the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and just as …
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… life became unbearable and many literally starved. The union spent large sums in buying essentials, such as flour, … wages and this demand was countered by a…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the union was engaged in a struggle with the clothing … industry was about to terminate in July and, in…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… shall be known as the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union Yase Natal (hereinafter referred to as the I.C.U. or the Union) and shall have jurisdiction…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… welter of shacks and shanties amid substantial homes. The Union Government’s Minister of the Interior, Patrick Duncan, … Government of India to express its…
ArchiveBoycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott
… FOSATU together with the Food and Canning Workers Union, the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union, the General Workers Union, the Cape Town Municipal…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… on Twitter Image source The Wits FMF movement marches to Union Buildings. Image source Thursday 22 October Protestors … Zuma was scheduled to address public…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… and some of the unions, like the Amalgamated Engineering Union, were simply South African branches of organisations … file is preponderatingly Dutch, such as…
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Although the union had previously denounced the treachery of Neville … horrors of bombing. The Central Executive Committee of the union decided to call for…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… social and political institutions. The form of state in 1910 emerged as a result of the specific processes of class … League (ISL) and the Industrial and…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… of cattle, close to three quarters of their entire herd. 1910: Afrikaner parties had won elections in 1907 to have … came together with those of Natal and…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… striking not just outside of the auspices of their trade union but ultimately against their trade union. [1] The immediate source of conflict was a ……
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… leaders in response to student protests. The South African Union of Students (SAUS), which represents most student … 2009, the National Health Education &…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… the population census. 1938 Finds employment at Union Bank of South Africa as a marketing agent, persuading … former secretary of the Indian High…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Sir Benegal Rama Rau, declares its support for the Union Government war effort, but demands that there should be … Dr. A.B. Xuma in Inkululeko . The African…
The Durban Strikes and the making of the Political Struggles in South Africa by Vuyisile Msila
… Conference When the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) was formed in Cape Town in 1909 there was much … appealed to many Zulu workers. Yet by the…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… to a round-table conference among representatives of the Union and Imperial Governments, the Indian Government, India … of elected representatives of the…
Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
… on the federation. After the expulsion of metalworkers union Numsa and the Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, … and Vavi were opposed to the newly…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… African Students (COSAS) decided to suspend the boycott. Union activity was also sharply stepped up. In July 1980, … and secretary of the unrecognised Black…
Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015
… At 9:00 on Wednesday morning, only a few people in union T-shirts sat in the shade in Johannesburg's Mary … on the streets and can pull a crowd without the…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… despite petitions and protests from the African majority. 1910 31 May, The Union of South Africa is inaugurated. This marks the … race, colour, creed or…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… between Black student organizations and the national Union of South African Students (NUSAS) by developing a … itself in a number of community campaigns and…