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… Trade union leader, politician and businessman, Allison Wessels … Transvaal branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) when it relocated its headquarters from Cape Town …

… presented at the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, 29 Nov-3 Dec 1983. … Included in report is the information that the National Union is part of the United Democratic Front. Relations with …

… my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous. In 1927 I entered the University … I came into close contact with members of the trade union (which was then known as the Witwatersrand Tailors' … straight from the University into the offices of the union, with the vague hope of resuming my studies at some …

… to an end the First World War. 1920 Parliament passes the Union Housing Act. 21 January, A delegation of Black workers … in wages. 23 October, The Coloured and Native Workers Union under the leadership of Masabalala threaten to strike … by a hostile crowd. Masabalala and the Secretary of the Union are arrested and taken to the Baakens Street Police …

… delegation in March 1986, which included the National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM’s) Cyril Ramaphosa , Sydney … Cosatu, particularly in relation to the principle of one union per industry. This, I argued, was a prerequisite to … crisis in the country. In April 1986 members of National Union of South African Students (Nusas) went to Harare to …

… bitter fighting between Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) supporters in the Ndebele-speaking region of the country and the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). Between 1982 and 1985 the military brutally …

… of sinking and capturing ships belonging to the Northern Union states.  The vessels that preyed on civilian shipping … Alabama sailed into Cape Town she had sunk more than fifty Union trading vessels and had built up a reputation for being … 1863, The Alabama created great excitement as it sank a Union ship, The Sea Bride, within sight of Cape Town …

… publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit … distributed mostly through organisations. The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded in 1924 … education. The mass militancy of the 1950s influenced the union in the latter half of the decade and NUSAS linked …

… and standards of conduct, report on a visit to the Soviet Union, a meeting with the CPSU Central Committee delegation, … a visit to the headquarters of the All Ethiopian Trade Union Council, report of a meeting of African …

… thirteen delegates of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU), left for Zimbabwe with the intent of meeting Zimbabwe's Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU), civil society groups and getting first hand …

… and nearly all of them are punitive in character. Before Union each of the four provinces in South Africa enacted its … Orange Free State under Ordinance 7 of 1904. In 1911, the Union Parliament passed the Native Labour Regulation Act. … registrar is given wide powers to deal with trade union registration and can dictate to unions what they should …

… vigilance, so­cial, political, sporting, trade union, educational and religious organisations: (a) … That this Conference undertakes to draw up a Union-wide petition for the withdrawal of the C.A.C. and the C.A.D., for submission to the Union Government. (Mover: Kimberley) DISCUSSION: THE GENERAL …

… which was opposed by the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU),two Black nationalist political organizations. A … of Robert Mugabe, thus turned to China and the Soviet Union, establishing military bases in Zambia and Mozambique. …

… Angola’s application. China abstained, accusing the Soviet Union of continued interference in Angola. Amongst the … France, Libya, Italy, Tanzania, Japan, Panama, the Soviet Union, Romania and Guyana. …

… organisations in 1961 the leading non-racial trade union co-ordinating body and the trade union wing of the ANC led Congress Alliance. After …

… did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa, hence employment seekers travelling … and those who had already secured employment within the Union of South Africa were considered migrant labourers. …

… to the Peace Conference a statement of our position in the Union of South Africa, and of our demands regarding the … at public meetings of Coloured people throughout the Union, and will be submitted to you for approval. The … long record of injustice and cruel wrongs; and since the Union legislation has tended to aggravate our feelings of …

… Lengthy negotiations took place between the union and the employers' association before the agreement … the wages on the Rand into line with coastal rates. The union, on the other hand, considered the existing wage for … figure with the industry in its present parlous state, the union felt that any reduction in the existing wage would not …

… farms. [5] The economy was crippled after the war and the Union of South Africa knew they had to act soon if they … natives themselves.” [6] As a result, the South African Union addressed the rising poverty through using water … the scheme was funded by the Dutch Reformed Church, the Union of South Africa supported its goals, making land …

… affairs of the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Workers' Union and was elected to the executive committee of the union. He served in several influential positions in …

… activity in the Indian Ocean.  At the time, the Soviet Union was supporting Anti-Apartheid movements like the … opposing South Africa. States supported by the Soviet Union  included  Angola, Mozambique, and Zambia.     …  [Accessed: 30 September 2013]|   Mongabay.com,   ‘Soviet Union-Sub-Saharan Africa’ , [online], Available at …

… of Angola (MPLA) and South African troops for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). UNITA and … Namibia to oust the Marxist MPLA which was supported by Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). …

… Act of 1950, designed in part to weaken the trade union movement, had robbed the working class of 56 dedicated … downed tools after management had refused to recognize the Union and the workers' demands that their wages and … heavily protected by the police. The Secretary of the Union was fined £ 100 or 6 months hard labour (suspended for …

… for the National Liberation of Angola (FLNA) and National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) signed the … which seized power was supported by Cuba and the Soviet Union and UNITA which went to war was supported by South … training. For instance, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African People's Organization …

… have risen to these challenges by forming the African Union. Our Union is based on the principles enshrined in the Charter of … independence of Africa, for nearly 40 years. The African Union (AU) is Africa's practical and determined response to …

… One of the questions I asked was, “Why did you join the union?” I expected them to say “wages” and “benefits” because … that workers gave as the dominant reasons for joining the union. It was human dignity. “I joined the union,” one worker said, “because we are not treated like …

… Congress is the mouthpiece of the African people of the Union of South Africa. All its efforts are and must be … Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa” and Bill of Rights documents. Click … United Nations (UN). 12 August, The African Mineworkers Union launches the biggest strike since the Rand Revolt of …

… scene for the revolt in Fordsburg. At this time some trade union members were attracted to the spirit of socialism and … commandos and an orgy of violence began. To quell this the Union Defence Force was called out, as well as the aircraft … to the Reds, making many arrests. On March 16, the Union Defence Headquarters issued a press statement that the …

… as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. They then flocked to the Union Buildings in a determined yet orderly manner. Estimates … officials began to enforce the regulations throughout the Union. Reaction to the new system was swift and hostile. Even …