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The Artisan Staff Association (ASA) was a trade union representing higher-paid technical railway workers in South Africa . The union was established in 1924, on the initiative of the National Shop Stewards' Association. It attempted to register with the Government of South Africa in 1926, but was rejected due to opposition from smaller ...
Culture of South Africa. South African art is the visual art produced by the people inhabiting the territory occupied by the modern country of South Africa. The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in a South African cave. Archaeologists have discovered two sets of art kits thought to be 100,000 years old at a cave in South Africa.
In South Africa, the millwright trade (especially focused on the mining sector) enjoys a far more versatile description than in most other countries. [citation needed] Fields wherein South African millwrights may operate include: Low-, medium- and high-voltage electrical fault finding, installation, and maintenance.
Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839–1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist. Matthew Hindley (born 1974) Nicholas Hlobo (born 1975), sculptor [ 2] Robert Hodgins (1920–2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker [ 2] Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter.
Artisan. An artisan (from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art, sculpture, clothing, food items, household items, and tools and mechanisms such as the handmade ...
National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa) The National Union of Mineworkers ( NUM) is a mainly mining industry related trade union, an organisation of workers with common goals through organised labour, in South Africa. With a membership of 300,000 as of 2014, it is the largest affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
Artisanal gold mines near Dodoma, Tanzania. Makeshift sails lead fresh air underground. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence mining involving a miner who may or may not be officially employed by a mining company but works independently, mining minerals using their own resources, usually by hand.
t. e. African art describes the modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual culture from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent. The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, such as: African-American, Caribbean or art in South American societies inspired by African traditions.