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Durban, 1973: Workers at the Consolidated Textile Mill in Jacobs demand a wage hike of R5.
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The seeds of the 1973 Durban strikes still grow

Several unions were formed in the wake of the seminal strikes 50 years ago, including the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

  • Irvin Jim
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