Background to the strike

1946 African Mineworkers Strike

"Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the fami

Mining Strikes & Disturbances 1995 - 1999

Mining Strikes & Disturbances 1991 - 1994

Mining Strikes & Disturbances 1987 - 1990

Mining Strikes & Disturbances 1986 - 1987

Namibia

21 March 1990, Namibia became the forty-seventh African colony to gain independence. Whilst preparing for this State of