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EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… be the longest and costliest strike in the history of the mining industry. The strike was also costly for the NUM as the mining companies fired over 40,000…
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… 1977. Gold-panning is basically an old method of gold mining. In the sport, participants are required to search for … pools using pans in the fastest time…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… nominally composed of a considerable number of different mining companies, it was in essence a closely knit and tiny … of a handful - perhaps five really…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… political affiliations of farmers tended to coincide with mining and commercial capital. In the Orange Free State (OFS, …
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… of Dilolo, in the western Shaba region, en route to the mining centre of Kolwezi, where they instigated out the … the end of May 1977. A year later, the FLNC…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… of the indigenous population. The development of the Gold mining industry was also one of Milner's plans to further … housing, sanitation and the quality of…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… belonged to 19th Century Agricultural, Industrial and Mining Tycoon, Sammy Marks. He lived there with his wife … to Mines and Diggers in South Africa’s…
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… Company (BSAC), bought a written concession for exclusive mining rights in the Matabeleland and other adjoining … venture grew and in 1880 they launched the…
PlaceSprings
… in the Gauteng Province. It was founded as a coal and gold mining town in 1904, but its History can be traced back to … But the discovery of coal and gold…
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
… to come up with a new system of labour relations. The mining bosses were disenchanted with his proposals, as Mqotsi …
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… his health. In South Africa, Rhodes became involved in the mining industry of Kimberley. He began buying a few small mines. Eventually Rhodes founded the De…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… gold was discovered near Krugersdorp in July 1852 and mining activities started successively in various places on … the first landdrost of Johannesburg,…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… Boer military formations were called, laid siege to the mining town of Okiep. Okiep was a small copper mining town in the Cape Colony, that eventually became…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… of the Eureka diamond sparked mild interest in the mining industry, but it was only the discovery of another 83 … diamond is now displayed at the Kimberly…
South African Labour history
… is true of history. For instance the story of the gold mining industry has often been told as the story of …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… forces began crushing the rebellion: 'The outlying mining towns of Benoni and Brakpan were already dominated by …
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… the ore on site has been removed and is on display in the mining district in Main Street, in downtown Johannesburg. On … owner of Portion A of Langlaagte…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… of the South African Republic, to accommodate the Mining Commissioner, the Post Office and other Government … October, 1890, the corner stone was1aid by the…
EventAbout 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike in what became known as the Rand Rebellion
… period of economic depression following World War I, when mining companies were faced with rising costs and a fall in the price of gold. Mining Capital…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… the history - should be seen against the background of the mining revolution described in Gold and Workers . Which … Africa’s pattern of racial capitalism…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… of the ANC government to monitor the contribution of the mining sector to building democracy with a social content through agreed prescripts such as the…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… Patrice Motsepe, who became a billionaire off the mining industry and former Eskom CEO, Brian Dames were ahead … is President Cyril Ramaphosa ’s brother-in…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). After his father's death, his mother could only afford to keep him…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… 'Big Hole'. The diamond fields of Griqualand West Early mining in Southern Africa For many centuries before the … rise to the town of Kimberley and a very…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… and worked as a resident Engineer at the Orion Diamond Mining Company in Kimberley and as a consulting Engineer in … Like other contemporary Enterprising…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… economic depression following World War I. After the war, mining companies were faced with rising costs and a fall in … exploitation of the miners and a…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… The discovery of gold in 1886 resulted in the formation of mining and financial companies with investors who needed a … stock exchange facility in the…
ArchiveExecutive slams union split
… union officials for forming the splinter United Metal Mining and Allied Workers Union. …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… expanded rapidly — it moved from outcrop to deep-level mining n ten years — and demanded a massive labour force. The … peddlers and transport riders. Their…