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The 1971–72 Namibian contract workers general strike was a labour dispute in Namibia between African contract workers (particularly miners) [6] and the apartheid government. Workers sought to end the contract-labour system, which many described as close to slavery.
The Industrial Conciliation Act, 1956 (Act No. 28 of 1956; subsequently renamed the Labour Relations Act, 1956), formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. It prohibited the registration of any new 'mixed' unions and imposed racially separate branches and all-white executive committees on existing 'mixed' unions.
As the imported laws took precedence, over time, even local courts in the English metropoles employed tax prosecutions and British disciplines surrounding work and labour contracting. [36] The African common and civil law remains relatively similar to what has been left behind by the colonising powers, though the employment of such laws varies ...
The common law of South Africa, "an amalgam of principles drawn from Roman, Roman-Dutch, English and other jurisdictions, which were accepted and applied by the courts in colonial times and during the period that followed British rule after Union in 1910," [76] plays virtually no role in collective labour law. Initially, in fact, employment law ...
The New Labour Party (NLP) was a minor South African political party founded by Peter Marais through floor crossing legislation [1] after he left the New National Party under some disrepute. The name was chosen to evoke the former Labour Party led by the Reverend Allan Hendrickse , as an anti- apartheid Coloured party.
The entire apartheid system, relied on black labour workers to keep its economy growing, thus the strikes strategically disrupted the system of power. Not only did these strikes distort the nation's economy, they also inspired students to strike on their own. The Durban labour strikes were a foundation for rebellions such as the Soweto Uprising ...
The Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 (renamed in 1964 to the Bantu Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, in 1973 to the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act, and in 1978 to the Black Labour Relations Regulation Act) was a South African law that formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The effect ...
It was established in 1943 during World War II to accommodate a rising demand for labour. [2] SWANLA was a driving force in the creation of opposition political movements, including future liberation movement and ruling party of Namibia South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO).