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Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested

Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested

Date
26 Aug 1990
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested

First general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Cyril Ramaphosa, and its president, James Motlatsi, were arrested in Newcastle, Natal. The two men and fifty-nine other union members were arrested when they staged an 'illegal' march through the city centre during a strike, which turned out to 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 workers in breaking the strike. Click here to read more about the South African labour history. Sources: Pretoria News, August 26, 2002. Today in History. http://www.answers.com/topic/cyril-ramaphosa

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012908

South African History Online (2011) 'Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012908 (Accessed: 15 September 2026).

South African History Online, Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012908, (accessed 15 September 2026).

"Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012908. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Ramaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012908.

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