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ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Parliament sitting together. That outcome was achieved by General Hertzog, leader of the first Afrikaner Nationalist … The South African National Party (SANP…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… Leslie Ma ssina , formerly secretary of CNETU, became General Secretary. Cleopas Sibande and Lucy Mvubelo were … Asia, Aust6ralia and New Zealand. The…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… and it was expected to make great strides in the coming general election of 1915. The outbreak of war in August … was a “new kid on the block”, as it just…
PlaceWaterloo Bay, East London
A Bay is an Area of water surrounded or otherwise demarcated by Land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land…
ArchiveFaites la C G T
… Initials C G T (Confederation generale du travail = General Confederation of Labour) in blue, red, yellow and …
EventMilitary Coup in Ghana
… A military coup, led by General Joseph Ankrah, seized power in Ghana. They staged the … The Black Handbook, London: Cassell.|ghanaweb, Lt. General Joseph A…
ArchiveTransport workers flock in
… Goods transport workers are flocking to the Transport and General Workers Union and in the past four months the union …
ArchiveNAAWU honours leader
… Brother Arthur van Wyk, who recently retired from General Motors after 25 years service, was presented with an …
ArchiveThe Black Sash National Headquarters report 1973 to 1975
… Conference presented on 10 October 1975, discussing: General Elections, Campaign on African Women, Migrant Labour, …
ArchiveMetalworkers unite! : Abolish the wage gap!
… three workers earning very different wages. Notice of IMF General meetings on 30th April and 14th May. …
ArchivePaper, Wood and Allied Workers Union
… PWAWU notice of Annual General Meeting at Ipelegeng Centre, Soweto on Saturday 11th …
PlaceAgricultural Publications Building, Vermeulen Street, Pretoria
… in about 1914 to accommodate the premises of E.P. Grant, a general merchant. It was declared a National Monument under …
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to Botswana National Front
… Letter from D Nokwe, African National Congress Secretary-General, to the Central Committee of the Botswana National …
ArchiveThis is the time: time to end apartheid, time for peace
… Extract from the report of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches …
ArchiveNew links with international labour
… John Copelyn, the acting general secretary of the National Union of Textile Workers, …
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… the State President, the State Secretary, the Commandant General, the Registrar of Deeds, the Surveyor General and the Government Attorney, as well as a…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… and later ordered his assassination. The UN Secretary General, Dag HammarskjÁ¶ld, was blamed for Lumumba’s death, … crash. U Thant replaced HammarskjÁ¶ld as…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… and Kajee held moderate views. Kajee, the former Secretary General of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) had been … a small section of "big Indian…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… (SAP), to form the United Party (UP) in 1934. They won the general election to form the Pact Government with Hertzog … electorate. Hertzog's request was…
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… for various contested and complicated reasons, but in general the reasons consisted of both "push" factors (including the general dissatisfaction of life…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) after the general synod renounced apartheid. This came after … teachings. The DRC was suspended from the WARC…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… and transit of all types of landmines in line with the UN General Assembly Resolution on landmines. In May 1996, the … their use as a weapon. In December…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… of the N.R.C. over recent months. Dr. Xuma referred to General Smuts' promise to place more concrete proposals … people to send back the present N.R.C…
Report on my visit to Mocambique: 17th March - 3rd April 1962
… Report to the Commandant-General, Defence Headquarters, Pretoria, written by R P D …
Propaganda and the Pursuit of Hegemonic Goals – The Myanmar and Zimbabwe Experience by Thabo Mbeki, 29 February 2016
… President Mandela had visited Nigeria in 1994 and engaged General Abacha on the matter of the release of Mr Abiola. In … a small delegation of our Government…
ArchiveThe challenge of Black Theology to the present S.A.
… Lecture delivered by Rev M. Ngakane, Deputy General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches in …
EventPetrus Jacobus (Arrie) Paulus is born
… Petrus Jacobus (Arrie) Paulus, General Secretary of the Mineworkers' Union in 1967, is born …
PlaceHertzog House, 19 Goddard Street, Bloemfontein
… The building was erected in 1895 for the family of General JBM Hertzog who lived there until 1928. It was …
ArchiveMeeting with Dr Jonas Savimbi: Pretoria, 12 April 1984
… from the Department of Foreign Affairs to discuss general developments concerning Angola. The issue of the …
ArchiveFood workers issue call for unity
… Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union, told a crowded annual general meeting on February 9. …