A company called Springbok Patrols
On a hot day in Umtata in December 1982, a young man stood with his belongings next to a big truck. He was nervous. Gcinisiko Mthini was...
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Working without a boss
There is nothing special about Brits — a hot and dusty little town near Pretoria. It is like most other towns in the Transvaal. When you...
The union fights back
Over six thousand workers climbed into the buses that day – that hot miserable day in November when Sasol fired their workers. The...
Death in the air
The Olifants River flows gently through the green valleys of the Strydpoort mountains. Thousands of people live in villages on the river...
The day 6500 workers lost their jobs
A BLACK CHRISTMAS At about 12 o’clock on the morning of the 6th November, a trade union got a phone call. The phone call did not last...
The muscle of unity
For two days in November, most factories and firms in the big cities of the Transvaal were empty and silent. The workers were showing...
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