People/labour leader, politician

Sidney Percival Bunting

Sidney Percival Bunting (1873–1936), labour leader, politician, from United Kingdom. Linked to gold.

Legacy

Lawyer in Johannesburg and a founder of the Communist Party of South Africa. With Thibedi he worked to launch an African mineworkers' union.1,2

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Partner ofT. W. ThibediTwo organisers who tried to launch an African mineworkers' union a decade early.2InspiredJ. B. MarksBunting helped found the Communist Party that J. B. Marks joined in 1928.3

Places

Worked atJohannesburgA Johannesburg lawyer and founder of the Communist Party of South Africa.1

Sources

  1. Sidney Percival Bunting South African History Online
  2. T W Thibedi South African History Online
  3. John Beaver JB Marks South African History Online

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Pangkalpinang. Mijn 3b. Een reeks koelies bezig met het transporteeren van grond, Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. (Public Domain Mark 1.0).