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Solidariteit
Solidarity () is a South African trade union that negotiates on behalf of its members and attempts to protect workers' rights. Although the union is often involved in issues of political interest, it does not align or formally affiliate itself with any political party. Solidarity is a trade union within the Christian tradition of unionism. History Its origins go back to 1902, when the Transvaal Miners' Association was founded in the mines on the Witwatersrand. In 1913, it became the Mine Workers' Union, and it later became the largest affiliate of the South African Confederation of Labour (SACOL), which supported the apartheid system. In its earliest iteration, the TMA took militant stances in a series of “great industrial strikes” and, as the renamed Mine Worker’s Union, in 1922 was a major player in the “Rand Revolt,” in which it fought for preservation of jobs for white South Africans at the expense of black workers in South Africa’s gold mines. It left SAC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaners
Afrikaners () are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch people, Dutch Settler colonialism, settlers who first arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in Free Burghers in the Dutch Cape Colony, 1652.Entry: Cape Colony. ''Encyclopædia Britannica Volume 4 Part 2: Brain to Casting''. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1933. James Louis Garvin, editor. Until 1994, they dominated South Africa's politics as well as the country's commercial agricultural sector. Afrikaans, a language which evolved from the Hollandic Dutch, Dutch dialect of South Holland, is the First language, mother tongue of Afrikaners and most Cape Coloureds. According to the 2022 South African census, South African National Census of 2022, 10.6% of South Africans claimed to speak Afrikaans as a first language at home, making it the country's third-largest home language after Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa. The arrival of Portugal, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama at Calicut, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flip Buys
Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus Buys (born 1 March 1963) is a South African trade union leader and the chairperson of the Solidarity Movement. Born in Delareyville, Buys obtained a degree in Communication Studies, with Political Science as his other major subject, from the Potchefstroom University in 1988. In 1992 he obtained an honours degree in Labour Relations from the University of Johannesburg. During his university years, Buys was a member of the Puk Student Council, chairperson of the Chess Club, deputy chairperson of the mission work organisation, Hulpprojek, and editor of the opinion magazine, Perspektief. He also attended courses in political economics at the University of the Witwatersrand and project management at the NWU. He began working as an industrial relations officer at Eskom, then in 1992 moved to work as an organiser for the Mine Workers' Union (MWU). In 1994, he served on the Volkstaat Council, which investigated the potential of an Afrikaner Volkstaat. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaner Culture
Afrikaners () are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers who first arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.Entry: Cape Colony. ''Encyclopædia Britannica Volume 4 Part 2: Brain to Casting''. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1933. James Louis Garvin, editor. Until 1994, they dominated South Africa's politics as well as the country's commercial agricultural sector. Afrikaans, a language which evolved from the Dutch dialect of South Holland, is the mother tongue of Afrikaners and most Cape Coloureds. According to the South African National Census of 2022, 10.6% of South Africans claimed to speak Afrikaans as a first language at home, making it the country's third-largest home language after Zulu and Xhosa. The arrival of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama at Calicut, India, in 1498 opened a gateway of free access to Asia from Western Europe around the Cape of Good Hope. This access necessitated the founding and safeguarding of trade statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
