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… Africa (and indeed to the Western world) by the Soviet Union's designs on the strategic value of South Africa as the … combined with the mineral wealth profile of the Soviet Union would enable that country to hold the world to ransom. …

… When the idea of launching the African Peoples Democratic Union (APDU) – a mass-based movement for the Unity Movement – … Tabata launched APDUSA (the African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa) to replace SOYA. When many of the …

… that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in the agenda of second …

… insecurities of life. The whole experience of the Trade Union Movement the world over has furthermore established the … organisation into Trade Unions, so is the individual trade union powerless unless there is in existence a coordinating … which unites the efforts of all workers. For such a trade union federation to be successful, it must be able to speak …

… Press reports Mr. Louw, Union delegate, as saying in Fourth Committee on sixteen … delegate's anticipation of racial conflict resulting from Union's discriminatory policy and meant to show that Africans … African Government's attempts to prevent the discussion of Union's domestic affairs at its meeting. Naturally they felt …

… First general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Cyril Ramaphosa, and its … in Newcastle, Natal. The two men and fifty-nine other union members were arrested when they staged an 'illegal' …

… and Gandhi. Following the Gandhi-Smuts deliberations the Union parliament passed the Indian Relief Act on 26 June … Indian rites and facilitating the entry into the Union of the wives of Indians already settled locally.  …

… Serving the orders upon me at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's … months the committee had been discussing what action the union should take. In the event of Swart making an attack … were divided. Some members felt that a call from the union to take militant action might meet with resistance from …

… about 7s. 6d. a week, but as they were not members of the union and afraid to join or give information for fear of … ends meet seemed futile. The various committees of the union were riot very helpful in formulating policies and … common to the clothing industry, The choice before the union was either to succumb to the surrounding misery and …

… would not sack me. Then I heard about the Garment Workers' Union and, one lunchtime, we went to the union office. Mr. Sachs, the secretary of the union, took down all our complaints, and I felt straightaway …

… Native Franchise would be extended to all Africans in the Union, that hope is now dead. Far from increasing the influence of the African vote in the Union parliament; that vote has been cut down, hedged around, … to ultimate political equality with Europeans in the Union, slammed and bolted and barred. In the face of this …

… Historical Documents Section. The Food and Canning Workers Union Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Historical … Goode, 'The History of the Food and Canning Workers Union', MA Thesis, University of Cape Town. …

… Wits students took the matter further by marching to the Union Buildings to hand in their letter of protest. … attacked Wits marchers, preventing them from reaching the Union Buildings.     …

… Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition government with Robert Mugabe … were arrested by Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) government. Three days later, Nkomo went to …

… unionism. In August 1982, CUSA resolved to form National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), a union which is still in operation. On 8 and 9 June 1985 unity …

… best interests of the peoples and the Governments of the Union and India "that their accredited is representatives … responsibility upon the Governments of both India and the Union of South Africa for measures leading to a satisfactory … there would be no channel for negotiation between the Union and India, declared the Prime Minister, General Smuts …

… constant seriousness the segregation of the Bantu in the Union of South Africa as a solution of what is called the … his four Bills of 1926 the Land Amendment Bill, the Native Union Council Bill, the Representation of Natives in … that equally confronts the Europeans and the Bantu in the Union of South Africa is that of the readjustment of …

… Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Hosted by University of the Free State. Converor: …

… historical milestone in the history of this great trade union movement - the 25th anniversary of the Congress of … under which COSATU was founded were: non-racialism; one union, one industry; worker control representation on the … of the Federation today. Programme director, The trade union movement is known to advocate a reformist agenda, as …

… I was still working with the Food and Canning Workers' Union and after a time, since my own union and other people's unions were well organized, there … took part in SACTU. I remember the Textile Workers' Union and the Food and Canning Workers' Union joined SACTU, …

… Kadalie to form the national Industrial Commercial Union (ICU). Due to differences between the two, Msimang resigned as president of the union, but rejoined after Kadalie's resignation in 1929. …

… organisations. The bill sought to curb the growing union movement and undermine gains made by workers since the … stay-away. Notwithstanding fierce opposition from major union federations, the act came into force on 1 September …

… grew and absorbed other schools, many changes followed. In 1910, the school merged with the Eendracht School. Prefects …

… Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU The formation of a trade union federation based on the African workers and upholding … promise for the working class. The old "official" trade union movement was dominated by a leadership reared in the … telegram replying to a request by an international trade union body for information about the 1946 African …

… 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 toured South Africa in 1910 and his diary (found in the archive of the Pitt Rivers …

… the firm being the applicant, the Garment Workers' Union, Mr. G. Malan, an organiser of the union, and myself the respondents. This was the first time in … Africa. I made a passing reference to the conviction of a union leader on a frame-up a month previously and hinted that …

… body of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) which aims to encourage co-operation in all civil … to AFCAC is open to African States and members of African Union.  … Civil Aviation Commission', from Organisation of African Union (OAU), [online] Available at www.africa-union.org …

… a fork-lift truck. In 1983 he joined the Metal and Workers Union, helping to organise Dunlop workers into the union. He participated in the "Dunlop Play" and in 1984 started to perform his "Izibongo zika Fosatu" at union meetings. His performances initiated a revival of …

… (b) Extension of the vote to non-Europeans throughout the Union on the same terms as Europeans in the Northern … with white (d) Abolition ofPass laws throughout the Union (e) Full rights ot' t'ree speech and public meeting … Day) by simultaneous demonstrations all over the Union in support of the demands; President: J. T. Gumede …

… also changed constantly. Bill No. AB 74/1909 and Act II of 1910 amended Law 25 of 1891. Henceforth, employers with up to … indenture altogether. By 1908 the possibility of a future union of the four British Colonies of Southern Africa had … to the white races in the sub -continent." After Union it was the National Party under Dr Hertzog which …