trade unions

Alexandra residents begin a mass bus boycott over fare increases

📅 2 August 1943

After the local bus company raised fares, about 20,000 Alexandra residents began walking roughly 14 kilometres each way rather than pay the extra penny. The ANC helped establish a Bus Service...

National Peace Accord is signed by political and civic groups

📅 14 September 1991

Representatives of political organisations, trade unions, business, churches and other bodies signed the National Peace Accord in Johannesburg. It established structures intended to prevent and...