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ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… in the formation of the Transvaal Garment Workers Union (GWU). Jobs for women in factories were generally poorly paid … across colour and class, and under…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… involved in the activities of the Garment Workers′Union (GWU) in 1933. During a strike for better working conditions, … factory to the Trade Hall in…
ArchiveGWU: yes to registration
… GWU: yes to registration …
ArchiveGWU goes for registration
… GWU goes for registration …
ArchiveGWU: cleaning up at Corobrik
… GWU: cleaning up at Corobrik …
BiographyJohanna Catharina Cornelius
… workers were busy forming the Garment Worker’s Union (GWU) with the help of Emil Solomon Sachs . Johanna quickly … class struggle rather than with the…
ArchiveGWU demarcates in interest of unity
… GWU demarcates in interest of unity …
BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
… were in the process of forming the Garment Worker’s Union (GWU) with the help of Emil Solomon Sachs . Impressed by … Johanna her sister were sent to Cape…
BiographyEmil Sachs
… Secretary of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU) in November 1928. This union, under Sachs' guidance, … Johanna Cornelius, who also held leading…
BiographySusan Shabangu
… of the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU) at the Industrial Council; and a National Women's co-ordinator for the T&GWU. Shabangu was also a member…
Hettie Du Preez
… Du Preez became the leader of the Garment Workers Union (GWU) in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1947, she worked on launching … with a large female membership, the…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… clothing factory, and joined the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU) , which was headed by Lucy Mbuvelo at the time. … Union of Clothing Workers (NUCW), the highest…
BiographyHelen Joseph
… the war she took a job with the Garment Workers Union (GWU) and came under the influence of Solly Sachs , Johanna …
Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers, trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), dies in Johannesburg.
… trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), dies in Johannesburg. …
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
… from 1945 to 1956. She joined the Garment Workers Union (GWU) under Solly Sachs, and soon became one of its leading …
BiographyViola Hashe
… them into a separate union for African women only, the GWU of African Women. This was done because in terms of the …
Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers, trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), is born in Wepener, OFS.
… trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), is born in Wepener, OFS. …
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… for a position at what was then the Garment Workers Union (GWU – now a part of the Congress of South African Trade … She is credited for her role in getting…
ArchiveLetter from Maryland (https://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
BiographyDavid Hemson
… took up employment with the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU) in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Hemson’s …
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
Helen Newton Thompson, an anti-apartheid political activist and founding member of the Black Sash, has for the most part of history, been a fleeting footnote…
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to Sonnyboy Nkwana and…
BiographyLeigh Davids
Leigh Davids was born on 25 March 1979 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent activist, who focused on the…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
BiographyPixie Benjamin
Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from South Africa during Apartheid. She endured harsh punishment under…
BiographyPule Mabe
Puleng Peter Mabe (Pule Mabe) was born on 19 March 1980 in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). He was raised by a single…
BiographySimon Nkoli
“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom.”— Simon Tseko…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… became an active member of the Garment Workers Union (GWU). His mother’s activism propelled him into politics. He …
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… garment workers at the time was the Garment Workers Union (GWU), and soon it was dominated by women that were driven to … force the employers to compromise. …