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Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction through peaceful demonstrations. … January 2014, almost 70 000 platinum…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, … 1946 African mine workers of the…
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ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was … Deep mines in January 1911. But they were brutally forced…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the … ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers Published by…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… begins in Griqualand West. 1872 Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines. 1873 … Rhodes a limited mining concession. 1907…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… According to a study, titled Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in … already struggle with food insecurity, a lack of access to nutritional food. A…
The Mine Workers Strike - 1946
… The Mine Workers Strike - 1946 …
The Duration of the strike!
… The Duration of the strike! …
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… Communist Party Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate", South African Worker, 27 February 1937 The … that we can be proud of and that we shouid not allow…
”Why did the V.F.P. Strike Fail?”, Workers Voice, 1 February 1944
… ”Why did the V.F.P. Strike Fail?”, Workers Voice, 1 February 1944 …
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny “I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work … Alex Lichtenstein “Exodus without a…
Mandela: Message to India
… South African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of an India-South … . Editor] There has been a golden thread that has…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference - Papers Submitted
… These papers were submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference …
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… with its partners, a conference of academics and activists to take stock of some of the key issues of the day and …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… Stone Age people (San/Tsam//Xam) teach their children how to hunt and gather food, skin animals, prepare and cook food … slaves and 1 Khoikhoi child. A…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact … Amongst National Party (NP)…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… from families. Sirdars (supervisors) were appointed to assist in the management of the passengers and assist in … and there was a shortage of drinking water…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… All Government action and response was decided according to the policy of apartheid. In turn, apartheid failed to respond effectively and adequately to…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ascended to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of … a disgruntled contingent of the ANC, who had turned their…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… African sub continent, it is Angola that is reputed to have been devastated by the Atlantic Slave Trade. … the Colonial administrations facing a labour…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… My father Ponnen was born in Madras, India. He was brought to Natal, South Africa, in 1890 as an indentured labourer on … ............... My father took part…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this section. It is important to note that CAPS 2011 does not require it to be covered in … of the…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… Transition to Armed Struggle The brief respite from the Treason Trial … this demand”. The protests took the form of a general strike, monitored by Mandela…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… passed by the NP led government in the 1950s as it sought to deal with dissent and entrench apartheid. Leading … the aftermath of the events of 21 March,…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section is almost in direct contrast to the previous topic…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… increasingly under threat however, as African resistance to the racially based system rapidly escalated. This crisis was brought to a head by the continuing…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… a pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on … - Edith, Gerty, Bertha, Toby, Sol -…