mine strike in 1946 in south africa

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The post-war strike wave in East, West, and …

The Oakland General Strike took place in 1946. The Coal Miner's general strike of 1949-1950 saw involvement from CLR James ... to have a proper account40 and movements in Apartheid South Africa …

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The National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike

At the time it was the second largest trade union in South Africa. NUM represented mainly Black mineworkers in the gold and coal mines belonging to the Chamber of Mines. Approximately 360 000 Black miners went on strike over wage and working conditions. It lasted for three weeks costing the Chamber of Mines close on R250 million.

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1946 African Mineworkers Strike | South African History …

On 12 August 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. ... This conflict greatly influenced the pattern and direction of trade unionism in South Africa. It introduced the race factor into labour economics and steered white workers into support of an industrial ...

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A history of mining in South Africa (ZA)

Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers' Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went on for a week despite what South African History Online describes as "the most savage police terror". Officially, the police and army attacked the ...

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South Africa Faces African Mine Workers' Strike | Chronotope

On 12 August 1946, the biggest African Mine Workers' Strike in Witwatersrand in the Union of South Africa (now the Republic of South Africa) began. 60,000 workers in …

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The African Mine workers strike of 1946 | South African …

The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts.

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The 1946 African Mine Workers' Strike in the political …

The 1946 African Mine Workers' Strike in the political economy of South Africa | Semantic Scholar. DOI: 10.1080/447235. Corpus ID: 131401069. The 1946 African …

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Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike

to the heroes of the 1946 Mine Strike. Their courage must serve as an inspiration to all our workers to unite and to march shoulder to shoulder towards a liberated South Africa which can begin to lay the foundations for a society free of all exploitation of man by man. Joe Slovo Chairrnan, South African Communist Party

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The 1946 mine workers strike

On Monday, the 12th August, 70 000 Mineworkers came out on strike. It was the biggest strike that had ever happened in South Africa. 21 out of 47 mines stopped work on the first day of the strike. One newspaper said, "The miners treated the strike as a Sunday. They sat or lay about in groups behind the compound wall.

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Labor Unrest in South Africa, 1870-1990

even- for the first time in South African history- a decline in the wage gap between Black and White workers (O'Meara, 1975: 154). In 1946, labor protest spread to the gold mines with a week-long strike by more than 70,000 African miners, which was ruthlessly suppressed by the police. Though the defeat of this strike marked

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South Africa Faces African Mine Workers' Strike

On 12 August 1946, the biggest African Mine Workers' Strike in Witwatersrand in the Union of South Africa (now the Republic of South Africa) began. 60,000 workers in Witwatersrand refused to continue working for the miserable wages they were receiving. The miners were extracting gold from the Witwatersrand Ridge (a total of 48,000 tonnes …

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1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike

The South African Mine Workers' Strike was a labour dispute involving mine workers of Witwatersrand in South Africa.It started on 12 August 1946 and lasted approximately a week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least 9 killed.

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MINERS END STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH NO WAGE …

More than 250,000 black miners agreed today to end South Africa's largest and costliest strike after three weeks. ... The biggest previous mine strike was in 1946, when about 100,000 miners walked ...

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1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike explained

The South African Mine Workers' Strike was a labour dispute involving mine workers of Witwatersrand in South Africa.It started on 12 August 1946 and lasted approximately a week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least 9 killed.

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South African Miners' Strike Ends As Rand Strengthens

The success of the South African miners' strike tells underpaid workers in other business sectors that they can earn higher wages too. In January 2019, the national minimum wage for South African workers was 20 rand per hour, which comes to about 3,500 rand based on a 40-hour working week. A living wage in South Africa is …

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History of South Africa's Cheap Labour Economy: The 1946 Miners Strike

Sordid deals between Portuguese East Africa and Apartheid South Africa ensured forced labour to be recruited for the mines and by 1929 there were 115,000 Mozambicans working underground. "It has been said," wrote First in her study of migrant Mozambican miners, "that the wealth of Reef gold mines lies not in the richness of the …

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South African miners strike for higher wages, 1946

Case Study Details. In 1941 the pay disparity between black South African mine workers and white South African workers was R70 to R848, respectively. The African Mine Workers' Union (AMWU) formed in response to address this issue. By 1946 the 12:1 ratio of pay had not changed, as black workers were paid R87 while white workers were paid …

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South Africa: Mining unions extend strike over pay rise …

Striking miners at South Africa's second largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, say they are extending their strike until they get a pay rise. Thousands of workers have been demanding a 63 US ...

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The Mine Workers Strike

Africa; Classroom; Places; Timelines; Archives; Publications; About Us; Donate; go. The Mine Workers Strike - 1946 Collections in the Archives. The Mine Workers Strike - 1946. Places Workers' Museum, Johannesburg; General Galleries. Visit our YouTube Channel. Produced 31 March 2011. Last Updated 31 March 2011. Know …

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South African miners strike for higher wages, 1946

By 16 August 1946 the strike ended. Gold production had dropped by 169,000 tons, the lowest it had been since 1937. 75,000 strikers by record of the Director of Native Labour, …

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1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987 | South African …

Army quells miners' strike, killing 214 1941 African workers formed the African Mine Workers Union 1943 In order to stave off the growing unrest among the African mine workers, the regime appointed a Commission of Enquiry 1946 They called a general strike. Nine men were killed, and seventy men were dismissed. The union was subsequently …

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Mining Strike Impacts South African Economy

The strike has hit about 40 percent of global production of the precious metal, which is used for catalytic converters in vehicles and is a key source of hard currency for South Africa.

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Echoes of the past: Marikana, cheap labour and the 1946 miners strike

Sordid deals between Portuguese East Africa and Apartheid South Africa ensured forced labour to be recruited for the mines and by 1929 there were 115,000 Mozambicans working underground. "It has been said," wrote First in her study of migrant Mozambican miners, "that the wealth of Reef gold mines lies not in the richness of the …

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Echoes of the past: Marikana, cheap labour and the 1946 …

On August 4, 1946 over one thousand miners assembled in Market Square in Johannesburg, South Africa. No hall in the town was big enough to hold them, and no …

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1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike

African Mine Workers' Union In 1941 a miners' conference was called by the Transvaal Provincial Committee of the African National Congress. The conference was supported by Paramou

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1946 African Mineworkers Strike | South African …

On 12 August 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 …

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Workers at War

Mining; Strikes; Workers at War - CNETU and the 1946 African Mineworkers: Description: This is the front cover of the booklet, titled 'Workers at War - CNETU and the 1946 African Mineworkers' Strike'. The cover was digitised by SAHA in 2012. SAHA virtual exhibition - ' Hlanganani Basebenzi: Commemorating South Africa's Labour …

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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922 | Encyclopedia

In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government. The workers' action was a response to the owners' plan to reduce wages and replace the well ...

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More than 2,000 mine workers extend underground protest …

Updated 12:34 PM PDT, December 19, 2023. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 2,000 workers remained underground for a second day Tuesday in a protest over pay and benefits at a platinum mine in South Africa. The mine is owned by Implats, which is one of the world's biggest platinum miners. The firm has suspended …

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1946 African Mineworkers Strike Collection | South African …

1946 African Mineworkers Strike Collection. Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos ... The Story of Thambi Naidoo, a lieutenant of Gandhi in the Satyagraha in South Africa, and of his family which saced for five generations in the struggle for a free South Africa by E.S. Reddy ... Document 140 - "Terrorism on the Mines: Union ...

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Birth of the African Mine Workers' Union | South African …

The 1946 mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president was J.B.Marks, he was also a leader in the South African Communist Party. Black workers were introduced to trade unionism by the early struggles of white British workers who had begun to form trade unions from 1880 onwards. During the first thirty …

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African Mineworkers' strike starts | South African History …

African Mineworkers' strike starts. 12 August 1946. A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active in distributing pamphlets and other material related to the strike.

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Labor Unrest in South Africa, 1870-1990

even- for the first time in South African history- a decline in the wage gap between Black and White workers (O'Meara, 1975: 154). In 1946, labor protest spread to the gold …

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Mine Strike's Lessons; South African Companies' Victory Is Costly …

South Africa's powerful mining companies emerged from the longest mine strike in the nation's history as chastened victors in a test of strength that proved far more costly than they had anticipated.

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The Sedition Trial 1946

A case in point is the 1922 mineworkers strike, in which a number of people died. Another strike which provoked the anger of the government was the 1946 strike. In response to a call made by the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), over 60 000 workers went on strike at the Witwatersrand Gold Mines on Monday 12 August 1946. The call on 13 …

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1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987

1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987. Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley. Diamond mining begins in Griqualand West. Introduction of pass laws to …

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Report on the recent South African miners' strike | libcom

Submitted by loveletters on March 12, 2012. The wildcat strike at Rustenberg, the biggest platinum mine in the world, has ended. Production resumed Monday the 5th. The miners have gained nothing besides bitter experience, and 2000 of them have been left unemployed. This experience, however, makes it unlikely that the …

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Economic Long Waves and Long Waves of Strikes in South Africa …

In 1946 the African Mine Workers strike took place on the expansive economic long wave including several strike waves in the 1950s. Similarly, there are many strike waves in the 1990s with the largest number of strikes in South African history recorded in 1997, eight years before the peak of the economic long wave is reached.

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Workers strike at Glencore Xstrata chrome mines in South Africa

Helena mine, South Africa. Workers are on strike at three South African chromes mines owned by Glencore Xstrata Plc (LSE: GLEN), the fourth largest miner in the world. Job action started with 200 ...

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Miners' Strike in South Africa Raises the Spirit of Resistance

The Chamber of Mines, an employer trade association, said that 220,000 to 230,000 black miners were on strike and that production had been ''significantly affected'' at 33 of the group's 99 mines.