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… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was … destructive behaviour. A wooden ticket office at the main railway station was burnt, the bar was raided and the … mouthpiece of the mining magnates. The next day, Saturday 5 July, clashes took place outside the Rand Club, the …

… January 2014, almost 70 000 platinum mine workers went on strike. The majority of workers were from major platinum … about 40 percent of platinum production as a result of the strike and subsequent shutdown that started in January 2014. … of their annual income, and it would take them roughly 2.5 years to recoup it through the recently negotiated wage …

… 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in the face of the most savage police … that wages were to be raised by 4 pence for surface and 5 pence for underground workers, and that the extra wage …

… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the … and three meals a day 4. Abolition of the contract system 5. A minimum wage of £10 a month 6. An eight-hour working day … go back to work. At Sub Nigel, with a total workforce of 5,000, all the miners at the Betty Compound went on strike, …

… Rhodes a limited mining concession. 1907 White miners strike against Chinese labor 1922 Army quells miners' strike, killing 214 1941 African workers formed the African … a Commission of Enquiry 1946 They called a general strike. Nine men were killed, and seventy men were dismissed. …

… clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South … were sent underground, and no further trouble occurred. 5,000 natives at the Main compound, City Deep, were involved … were slightly injured in a clash between 400 policemen and 5,000 strikers at the main compound at City Deep yesterday. …

… Background to the strike …

… part of unions are not able to participate in a protected strike, meaning workers who took part in strike place their already precarious jobs on farms at risk. … According to The South African Labour Guide, a protected strike is, “refers to a lawful strike which is in compliance …

… The Duration of the strike! …

… The Mine Workers Strike - 1946 …

… time to time. In particular does this apply to the Great Strike of 1922 on the Rand, commonly known as the Rand … to commemorate the 15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT RAND STRIKE OF 1922. Every miner, every worker, every lover of … 15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937 …

… ”Why did the V.F.P. Strike Fail?”, Workers Voice, 1 February 1944 …

… 1979-1985 by Noor Nieftagodien  Exhibition: Durban, 1973: Strike against cheap labour by David Hemson  Excavations: …

… They then accompanied the Satyagrahi women to the Durban railway station, where the women began the first part of … community. Indian workers all over Natal decided to go on strike and to join the Satyagrahis. On 13 October 1913 a new … than sit at home.' Harbarsingh died in a Durban jail on 5 January 1914. The government eventually forced the striking …

… gold on the farm Langlaagte, owned by Gert C. Oosthuizen. 5 July, Prospecting licenses are taken out on 36 claims in … using the Johannesburg city's pavements. 2 November, The railway line linking Johannesburg to Lourenco Marques was … of many labour disputes which culminated in the General Strike of 1922. 1912 8 January, The South African Native …

… grenade into SAP vehicle 1977 08/01/77  Economic:  railway line near Soweto 15/06/1977  Unplanned … personnel:  Lt Magezi Ngobeni; grenades thrown into home; 5 children wounded December 1979  Economic:  railway near … grenade damages bakery in Umlazi where workers were on strike ??/07/85  Government personnel:  hand grenade attack …

… succeeds Hoffman as President of the OFS. 1859 April, 5 municipalities are chosen. April, Market starts 1860 MW … is elected as the fifth President of the OFS. 1890 The railway line from Colesburg to Bloemfontein is completed, … 1917 Labour organiser, Henry Selby Msimang, leads a strike of municipal workers in Bloemfontein, for which he was …

… workers Union is formed. 1946 August, African Mine Workers strike. 1948 Rise of the Nationalist Party to state power. … organise grassroots structures effectively. South African Railway and Harbours workers union, under the able leadership … and joins the reformist camp of the SATUC-FOFATUSA. 5 March - 6 March, South African Congress of Trade Unions …

… for success was greater. The ICU failed to promote strike action where it was clearly warranted, and when … with the police. In the same year there was also a general strike of railway and harbour workers in East London. …

… YCL played an important role during the great mineworkers’ strike when 25,000 white miners downed tools because the … 10 February 2012] The CPSA and YCL supported the strike since it was directed against the Chamber of Mines and … We plastered the town with stickers and pasted them on railway coaches so that their message was carried to the four …

… marriages would be recognised. Gandhi called for a strike and a renewed passive resistance campaign against the … border 60km from Newcastle. They were given 1,5 pounds of bread and some sugar, and told to submit to the … would lead a mass march on 1 January 1914, but when white railway workers went on strike, Gandhi withdrew his threat, …

… Max Sisulu , is born in Engcobo District, Transkei 1913 A strike of 9000 African miners takes place at Jagersfontein … workers respond to the call and within a few days some 5 000 African workers in the railway yards, in factories and on public works follow suit …

… or SAR developed. The Cape had finished building a railway line to Johannesburg and tried to get as much of the Transvaal's railway traffic as it could by reducing its rates. It was … government increased the rates on the part of the railway that ran through the Transvaal once it had crossed …

… campaign that left many women jailed. African miners strike at Jagersfontein Diamond mine after one of their … trading licences, the franchise, ownership of land and railway regulations. 1918 Women's anti-pass campaign led by … defeat the aims of the conveners of the Conference. 4-5 September The Anti-Asiatic League holds a congress in …

… The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) calls for a strike of dockworkers at Cape Town. 3 000 workers respond to the call and within a few days some 5 000 African workers in the railway yards, in factories and on public works follow suit …

… I’Ons visits Port Elizabeth. 9 November, The first strike recorded in the Cape takes place when a group of … the Victoria Quay. Timeline: Port Elizabeth 1850-1899 1850 5 March, First issue of The Mercury published. 1851 1 April, … End jetty. 1871 May, The Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage Railway Company is formed. The link to Uitenhage is opened on …

… searched as they leave work leads to the first mineworkers strike in the diamonds mines in Kimberley. Black workers also go on strike in sympathy. The strike lasts a week and is violently put down by force …