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Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… with a very serious setback. In a judgment of the Supreme Court, arising from a case in the building industry (Rex v. … the legal formalities had been…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… an Olympic-sized Swimming Pool, Athletics Track, Tennis Court, Netball Court, Volleyball Court, Basketball Court, and a Fitness Centre. The Screen …
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… of a Land Claims Commission and a Land Claims Court to respectively probe and adjudicate claims of … and communities dispossessed on or after June 1913. The…
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of … The NPA agreed to reopen the inquest. Essop…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… Heritage in a deeply personal way. National Monuments Old Court House (Circa-before 1897) Paul Kruger Bridge (Circa-before 1902) St Marks Anglican Church …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… that Congress might be recognised by the Government. Before anything could be done on these lines a situation had … European property during the years from…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
The potato boycott began in protest against slave-like labour conditions for Black workers on potato farms. In areas like Bethal in Eastern Transvaal (now…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… brought in scabs and petitioned the South African supreme court to evict the mineworkers: since the strike was … Lomnin mineworkers to abandon their…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… been brought to the Cape colony. In 1657, half a year before the arrival of the Amersfoort , the Dutch East India … works make the claim that there were 11…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… had been disputing the 10.5% increase for almost 4 months before the WitsFeesMustFall protests kicked-off on 14 October … protesting in post-apartheid South…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… realised unhappily that I should not now be able to get to court to see Nelson, although I did not know then that I … and a half hours to get out of the…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… incident on Chapman’s Peak Drive, which resulted in a court case against the Cape Metropolitan Council who was the … agent at the time of the incident. In…
The turn to armed struggle
… bannings, exile, detention, interrogation, torture and a court case ultimately led to the ARM’s demise. …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… in 1908 qualified as an attorney in the Transvaal Supreme Court. In 1907 he went to India to enlist the support of the … labourer, in penury and starvation"…
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of … The NPA agreed to reopen the inquest. Essop…
South African and World leaders
… rushed out to form a guard of honour to meet the men. The court officials turned them away, but they sang ‘Nkosi Sikele … after contracting the virus from…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
South African cartoonist Daniël Cornelis Boonzaaier was born at Patatsrivier in the Cape Province in 1865. Boonzaaier became famous for his caricatures and…
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… Maria Burton was born on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to South Africa in …
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
On 25 June 1927, Michael Miller and Sam Cohen opened the first OK Bazaars on Eloff and President Streets in Johannesburg. OK Bazaars went on to gain success as…
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… Air Force in Britain. Bushell became squadron leader in 1940. He was shot down and crash landed on German occupied …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… African workforce into registered unions. Until about 1940 African trade unions remained small, weak and divided. … Mineworkers' Union. More on this strike…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… for years been pleading their case against South Africa before the United Nations. In view of the intransigence of … of South West Africa is being taken to…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… as much to learn and as far to develop as Lukosi and Anna, before the three of them work with a common purpose at the … "Tax Song" (off stage) ACT II. Scene…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… non-white communities along the Liesbeek and Black Rivers. Before GPA was proclaimed, there were coloured and black …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… still another chapter was being added to history. A little before midday, the Resistors arrived at the bridge, which … without the option of fine in the…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… refused the aid of an attorney, on the grounds that the court had no jurisdiction over him because it could not be considered either a court of law or a…
The Detention Weapon
… 180 days 'preventive' detention and overcomes problems of court challenges experienced with Section 28. In addition to … trial. Time limit is 6 months unless…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… the fold of registration. In recent years, the Industrial Court has made judgments against unfair labour practices. … African, Indian or European, was the…