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ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… and the trade unions operating in that sector, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Association of Mine workers and Construction Union (AMCU) were found…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union brought … Later,…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… in which we celebrated the massive Women's March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria 50 years ago. Women throughout … government was set up in 1901 and called…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… conference is the formation of the African Mine Workers' Union (AMU) which elects J.B. Marks as its president. … Congress is the mouthpiece of the African…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… in a letter published in the The Worker : ‘When a trade union is engaged in a struggle,'' he wrote, "it is the right … is rightly called a scab, even if he…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… of hostility between the European inhabitants of the Union on the one hand and any other section of the inhabitants of the Union on the other hand? (Dugard…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… campaigning against the pass book laws to supporting trade union movements and exploring the concept of African unity. … of influx control. 1938 Sarah…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… the banner of the Federation of South African Women to the Union Building on August 9th 1956 to protest the carrying of …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… 1960s 1964 Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London. 1965 Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… of democracy. Some protests were initiated by trade union movements and others were initiated by the workers … and they were migrant seasonal workers…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… 27, 1955, when 2,000 women of all races marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria, planning to meet with the … all parts of South Africa staged a second…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… a national minimum wage and exploitation of workers. Trade union action in the struggle for power by united workers is …
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… boundaries in the subcontinent, even before the Act of Union in 1910. 7 The founding of rival provincial societies in South … "for do we not all think... …
Political executions
… Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Mini, Vuyisile 1964/11/06 Trade union leaders. Killing of state witness, Eastern Cape. … Elizabeth (June 1986). Mkaba, Zinakele 1964…
ArticleParties involved in the history of elections in South Africa
… (PNP) Afrikaner Party (AP) Progressive Party (PP) National Union Party (NUP) New Republic Party (NRP) Progressive …
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… representatives from South Africa, Mozambique and Soviet Union, was instituted to establish the cause of the crash. … Mozambique, as the owner of the…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
… campaigning against the pass book laws to supporting trade union movements and exploring the concept of African unity. …
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… case. 1920 A 'national' Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is established at a conference in Bloemfontein. … The ICU was originally established as…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… make progress through the multiracial and liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In particular, NUSAS … In 1969, African students launched…
ArticleGrade 12 - Forms of civil society protest emerged from the 1960s to 1970s
… politics was dominated by the rivalry between the Soviet Union (Russia) and the United States of America. This rivalry …
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… affluent and more likely to be drawn from a legal, trade union or non-professional background than the politicians of …
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… nevertheless underestimated the support for a continental union which would require the surrendering of sovereignty to … unattainable. The divisions rendered…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… saw the emergence of trade unions like the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the union federation Cosatu, the Black Consciousness grouping … presence in…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Organisation (SWAPO) and South West Africa National Union (SWANU). The South African United Front advances the … between the South African Communist Party…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… socialist leader Tom Mann , who came to South Africa in 1910. Mann, like Kier Hardie before him, criticized the South …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… his family. 1908 The Native Beer Act (No. 23) is passed. 1910 1 August, The Durban Corporation opens the Indian Market … Five Pillars and Pakistan News,…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Organiser for the SANNC. His duties include touring the Union in search of financial assistance. July, John Dube … and Daniel Colrane, representing the…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… in May in support of the Food and Cannings Workers Union was the first consumer boycott since the late fifties. … of the Group Areas Act. The South African…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… the twentieth century this shifts between the new state (Union of South Africa), the imperial interests (for example, …
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… on Google maps: no current location FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre) The Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre was established in…