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ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… Africanist Congress students formed the African Students’ Union of South Africa and students who where loyal to the … against racial discrimination and…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… after the collapse of the ANC/Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) joint operation (i.e. the Wankie Campaign ). … comprised weapons originating from the…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… the treatment accorded to the Indians in South Africa. The Union Government however remained intransigent in its … action to take on national issues, and…
Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948
… to the requirements of any particular province of the Union is not in keeping with the spirit, if not the letter, … economic development of this country. In…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Nationalist Government attacks on the union continued. Schoeman refused to gazette the agreement … shop" provision. The agreement was a matter solely for the…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… the polemical Women and Labour (1911) was published. 1912 Union in 1910 persuaded many educated Blacks to unite into a single …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… or the government. The first national black trade union During the 1920s an unexpected political force took … under the banner of the Industrial and…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Smuts was in 1940, when he invited a deputation from our union to his office in Union Buildings, Pretoria. The war was on and he was anxious … the trade…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he did more than "see." He … people some inspiration and hope …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)’s Central Committee. In his meeting with … was the first ever between the Congress and…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… to international organisations including the African Union of the Bling (AFUB) and the World Blind Union. …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - List of Abbreviations
… Defence Force SANDFU South African National Defence Force Union SWAPO South West Africa Peoples Organisation TRC Truth … Development Programme ZANU Zimbabwe…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… Congress of Democrats, and the Food and Canning Workers’ Union were major affiliates that helped run successful … of South African Women (Andrews). Simons, a…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… a leading local figure in the Food and Canning Worker's Union (FCWU) and Ray Alexander , the general secretary of the FCWU, who was in Port Elizabeth to…
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
… opposition to the inclusion of the Protectorates in the Union. The reasons are that as long as the Africans in the Union are denied their full citizenship…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… centres that emerged after 1976, such as The Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) , Funda , and The Johannesburg …
South African Labour history
… organisations... read more "The Development of the Trade Union Movement 1930's and 1940's" During the 1930s and 1940s …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… plans to incorporate South West Africa (Namibia) into the Union. In 1947 the ANC signed an agreement with the Natal and …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… who had been instrumental in forming the first black trade union - the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) - and had been …
EventIndependent African States resolve to impose sanctions against South Africa
… Government and companies registered under the laws of the Union of South Africa and to prohibit all South African … on all countries to impose economic…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was estimated that…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… taking part in the raid. After the Matolo raid, the Soviet Union an ally of Mozambique sent two warships to Maputo as a … the 23 February 1981 indicating…
EventKenya is granted independence
… Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag of … before Kenyatta became the leader of…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… in Johannesburg. On 9 April 1960, Dr Verwoerd opened the Union Exposition to mark the anniversary of the Union of South Africa. After his opening address, he…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Mandela had a life membership to the University of London Union conferred on him for "...the historic role he has … Maputo, on 30 January 1981. 22 February,…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… India. Then, in June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The entry of the Soviet Union into the war had grave repercussions, not only for that ……
Statement in Court by Dr G. M. Naicker and Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding and Abetting Under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, February 26, 1948
… to the requirements of any particular province of the Union is not in keeping with the spirit, if not the letter, … economic development of this country. In…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… Women’s March to Pretoria . Florence Matomela was born in 1910 in Port Elizabeth. She was an educator and mother of … Baard, local leader of the Food and…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… fully the political position of the Coloured people in the Union. I shall, therefore, confine my remarks to the Coloured … adopted by the Coloured people…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this organisation was to … known as the Women's Enfranchisement…