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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…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… of hostility between the European inhabitants of the Union on the one hand and any other section of the inhabitants of the Union on the other hand' (Dugard…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… density of 16 to an acre. The voting qualifications were: Union nationality; aged twenty-one and over (males); standard … "a crisis comparable to those of…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… between the European and non-European races of the Union. The Act further vested the Minister of Justice with … and was precluded from occupying an office in…
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…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… of all discriminatory and oppressive legislation from the Union's statute book. This Joint Meeting is therefore of the … launched and that every effort be…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… as Al-Shabaab originally emerged from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) movement in Somalia . The ICU began as a loose … the radical, hard-line youth faction…
PlaceKeetmanshoop
… was erected by the firm Seebach & Bach and completed in 1910. It was commissioned on 1 August of that Year. Like a …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second … of the United Nations did not support the…
Thupelo (1985)
… by the Johannesburg Art Foundation (JAF), The Federated Union of Black Arts (FUBA) and FUNDA community college in …
Rafique Mayet
… the Worker's College in 1995, which is still being used at union meetings and conferences. In 1998 he took part in the …
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Equatorial Africa. Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. 1910 Union of South Africa is formed 1912 African National … Seydou Keita opens his photographic…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Equatorial Africa. Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. 1910 Union of South Africa is formed 1912 African National … Seydou Keita opens his photographic…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… per cent were Afrikaners, were predominant. In 1935 the union began to pay special attention to the organisation of … the successive agreements for the…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… from the President and Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students discussing the structure of the Union and the relationship between the…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… Fifty Years of Union - Political Review My assignment is: "Political Review - Fifty Years of Union." I hope I shall succeed in dealing with the subject ……
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, to SRC Presidents and others
… letter from Duncan Innes, President of the National Union of South African Students, with a report giving information on the National Union, its aims and…
ArchiveAddress on the role and future of NUSAS
… Address given by John Daniel at a National Union of South African seminar on the future of the Union. Includes analysis of the student scene in South Africa …
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… in all urban sectors took place and the scope for trade union organisation increased. By 1945, 45 percent of the 20 … demonstrated by the formation of the…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… part in political activities. The Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) was especially active, recruiting members with … to the ANC. The Sekhukhuneland…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU),…
ArchiveFifty seven years of NUSAS - Have we learned our lessons?
… Critical overview of history of the National Union of South African Students in which the speaker … the success of some of the policies and activities of the…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… So they were, in a sense, the beginning of today’s union movement, Second, while many histories see the 1976 … meant to hamper strikes and political…
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
… taken place between us. During the recent period our trade union committee has held a series of factory gate meetings at … were represented, was held in June…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… still lives in people's minds with the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa. It is no accident that the two are … person must go the credit for building…
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… on Solly Sachs, an official of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU). The first notice ordered Sachs to relinquish his position in the Union…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… years. Reunert led the drive to establish what became the Union Observatory and a Telescope, is named for him. Reunert … the guest of the Reunerts when he…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
… Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, … various aspects of the political role of the…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The story of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa epitomizes the history of South Africa … a prominent part in the life and activities of the union…