Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… They received starvation wages - between 16/- and 18/- and for a 44-hour week in the 1930s, with small … Orlando, Alexandra and Brakpan townships which left 18 black people dead and 38 injured. The success of the first … shorter working hours for African labourers working 16-18 hours a day on white farms and 'better pay'. It mentioned …