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ArchiveThree month legal strike
ABOUT 125 Metal and Allied Workers Union members at Pinetown factory, Natal Die Casting, have been out on a legal strike for over three months.
ArchiveThis is how FOSATU has grown
FOSATU's massive growth over the past three years has been highlighted in a report submitted to the second FOSATU congress held in Hammanskraal this month.
ArchivePueblo, ejercito, unidad, garantia, de la victoria
Black, red and white poster. Artwork of FSLN logo on flag being carried by people in protest march. Large red 'v' over poster. Nicaragua, Central America.
ArchiveSoweto Students Representative Council
The circular issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council calls upon students and parents to resist the take over of community schools with Bantu…
ArchiveRemember June 16
White background, with text in red. Artwork of a man carrying a child, with the name Hector over. Another image of protestors holding a flag titled June 16.
Archive1985 International Youth Year
Cream poster with black lettering. Issued by St. Luke's Youth Club, logo of capital 'P' with a cross over the bottom of it. Theme - participation, development…
ArchiveCorruption budget? : Or peoples budget?
Yellow poster with black border and black and red lettering. Black and white photo of a woman with a large empty cooking pot over her head. ANC Logo.
ArchiveSarmcol: the biggest campaign ever
The Metal and Allied Workers Union's B T R Sarmcol campaign is by far the largest campaign over a single factory ever undertaken by an independent union in…
ArchiveMetal workers call for R90 a week
Metal workers at general meetings held on the Reef and in Durban over the past month have launched a call for a minimum wage of R90 a week.
ArticleHistory of Photography in South Africa
A survey of the history of photography in South Africa reveals, broadly, three important eras, colonisation, repression and Apartheid and the democratic…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin: Feburary 1990 volume 14 number 6
Red strip at top with title in black letters. Black and white map with black hammer and sickle over Africa. List of contents. ANC and SACP logo.
ArchiveBreakthrough at Dorbyl
The giant Dorbyl group, which has been hit by a number of strikes over retrenchment, has backed down on its refusal to negotiate severance pay at factory-level.
Maritzburg managers take a hard line
Since the stoppage at Huletts Aluminium over the pensions issue last year, relations between FOSATU unions and several companies in the Maritzburg area have…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
Location: back to this day in history search archive South Africa received a mandate from the League of Nations over South West Africa (SWA) on 17 December…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
The Suez Canal was opened in 1869. As the easiest link to both the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans, the canal was of great strategic importance. Situated…
EventWorld War I begins
19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
Paramount Chief of the Mpondomise, Mhlonthlo, lured Hamilton Hope, the third resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 35 - "New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott:…
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Moothen had the following letter written to the…
ArchiveBeware : Any guy could be a spy
Word 'Beware' in red. Black and white image of a man's face with glasses. Red bubble over right eye with words 'Any guy could be a spy' in white letters.
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
Introduction Part A: The unfolding of total strategy 1948 - 1989 1. The many faces of apartheid repression 2. The legal veneer 3. The…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual decline and struggling to avert state repression. Congress-inspired traditions were also re…
ArchiveThe call of Islam : We stand by the Palestinians
Notice of a meeting at Hanover Park Civic, on Friday 22nd January 1988. Issued by Call of Islam. Image of scales. Image of a woman with a scarf over her head.
ArchiveInternational conscientious objectors day co
Pink, brown and blue poster. Notice of a concert at Wits Student Union Arcade, on Friday 12th May. List of entertainers. Blue artwork of a dove flying over…
ArchiveReduce military spending: build the health system
Treatment Action Campaign poster. Black, white, red, grey and pink poster. Photograph of a fighter jet in side a circle with a cross over it. Also artwork of…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
Urging Congress branches to ensure 100 per cent attendance at the forthcoming A.N.C. National Conference, due to begin at Durban on December 16, President…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
The history of the AVA Gallery echoes the social, political and cultural changes that took place in South Africa. Previously known as the South African…
PlaceSarepta
The Rhenish Missionary Society (Rhenish – of the river Rhine) was one of the largest Missionary Societies in Germany. Formed from smaller Missions founded as…
PlacePondoland
The territory known as Pondoland or, more correctly Mpondoland, incorporated the divisions of Bizana, Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, Tabankulu, and Umsikaba…