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  2. 1971–72 Namibian contract workers strike - Wikipedia

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    During this period, Namibia existed under apartheid as a subjugated colonial state of South Africa. [9] Apartheid began in 1948 [11] under British control in the Union of South Africa. By the mid-1960s, about 45 to 50 percent of the Black labour force was contract migrant labour from the northern Namibia colonial reserves. [9]

  3. South African labour law - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1910–1919

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    This is a list of acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted in the years 1910 to 1919. South African acts are uniquely identified by the year of passage and an act number within that year. Some acts have gone by more than one short title in the course of their existence; in such cases each title is listed with the years in which it applied.

  6. Mines and Works Act - Wikipedia

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    The Mines and Work Act was a piece of legislation in South Africa, originally passed in 1911, amended in 1912 and 1926 before undergoing further changes in 1956 and 1959. This act legally established South Africa's employment "colour bar." and was enacted to establish the duties and responsibilities of workers in Mines and Works in South Africa.

  7. 1945 Nigerian general strike - Wikipedia

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    In Eastern Nigeria, a leader, T. O. Okpareke, encouraged public support for the strike to the point that goods were sold to strikers at low prices and many did not have to pay their rent. Strikers in the North turned to the general public for funds, conducting door-to-door fundraising. The government used various means to encourage the strike ...

  8. Law of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Countries (in pink) which share the mixed South African legal system. South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, [1] formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which ...

  9. Industrial Conciliation Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the registration and regulation of trade unions and employers' organizations, the prevention and settlement of disputes between employers and employees, the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by agreement and arbitration and the control of private registry offices; to provide for the establishment of an industrial tribunal and ...