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Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… labourers of the Denver Engineering Works went back to work knowing that their strike, although not dominating newspapers headlines, had … waste. Industrial…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… Sounds of "sizobuya naye uMsholozi" (we will come back with Msholozi), "ngena Jacob, ukhetho luyeza" (enter … and "sivulen` indlela siyo vota" (open the way…
ArchiveSpeech by Comrade Walter Sisulu at the National Welcome Back Rally
… of speech by Walter Sisulu made at the National Welcome Back Rally in Johannesburg, 29 October 1989. … Speech by Comrade Walter Sisulu at the National…
Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.
… Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike. …
A national strike paralyses Zimbabwe. Bowing to growing demonstrations, the government gives up plans for new taxes to finance
… A national strike paralyses Zimbabwe. Bowing to growing demonstrations, … the government gives up plans for new taxes to finance …
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa’s longest wage strike
… South Africa's longest and biggest strike was organised by the National Union of Mineworkers … Black mineworkers in the gold and coal mines belonging to the…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… in Potchefstroom in the late 1920s, Mofutsanyana went to Durban as an organiser in 1931 but was deported back to the Transvaal. For most of the 1930s he was…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… production, which was only in its infancy, began to decline and large-scale unemployment followed. As there … the hundreds of garment workers, who had no…
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
… in 1920. At the time his father was a builder belonging to the Christian faith, while his mother (a young Zulu girl) … doctors failed to cure him, his uncle…
Mandela: Message to India
… South African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of an India-South … . Editor] There has been a golden thread that has…
The Constitution Bill is given its first reading and is referred back to the Constitutional Committee for amendments to be cons
… Bill is given its first reading and is referred back to the Constitutional Committee for amendments to be cons …
The Constitution Bill is given its first reading and is referred back to the Constitutional Committee for amendments to be cons
… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … Bill is given its first reading and is referred back to the…
Zacharias Wagenaer, successor of Jan van Riebeeck, writes to the Lords 17 suggesting that sixty-seven families be sent back to
… Zacharias Wagenaer, successor of Jan van Riebeeck, writes to the Lords 17 suggesting that sixty-seven families be sent back to …
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… strikes, the two police strikes and finally the musicians' strike. 1 It is the latter strike which will be examined here … day by day 3 had forced eight…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… both passed away in 1990. In 1969, his family relocated to KwaZakhele Township. He received his primary education at … the African National Congress (ANC)…
ArchiveAgri-villages: one step forward or two steps back?
… Agri-villages: one step forward or two steps back? …
Church would back violence, says Tutu from Saldru archive
… Church would back violence, says Tutu from Saldru archive …
Right wing tag water off my back, March 2005
… Right wing tag water off my back, March 2005 …
Article1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference - Papers Submitted
… These papers were submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference …
BiographyLord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne
… Oxford. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies from 1895 to 1900, when he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He came to South Africa to succeed Lord…
BiographyElijah Barayi
… a variety of jobs until 1960 when he left the Eastern Cape to take up employment as a clerk at State Mines, Brakpan. At … In May 1985 he led 9000 miners at…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… South Africa’s old racial order. Plaatje was headed to the U.S. for a series of speaking engagements intended to spread the word about alarming new…
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
… which he composed at a time when the genre was relegated to a cultural wasteland owing to the massive exodus of jazz … at Dorkay House – notably with Ben …
Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after eleven days of hunger strike in Algiers.
… Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after eleven days of hunger strike in Algiers. …
ArchiveLetter on the general strike of 1922
… Letter on the general strike of 1922 …
ArchivePick n Pay strike: what do shopstewards say?
… Pick n Pay strike: what do shopstewards say? …
ArchiveStrike at SA Bata Company - February 1984
… Strike at SA Bata Company - February 1984 …
ArchiveCracking the public service: Transvaal hospitals strike
… Cracking the public service: Transvaal hospitals strike …
ArchiveSudan: general strike brings down the government
… Sudan: general strike brings down the government …
ArchiveStrike is looming at Phalaborwa mining company
… Strike is looming at Phalaborwa mining company …