Southern African Collections : Articles and pamphlets

Southern African Collections

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This file contains articles by Alexander Hepple, completed during his research: Hepple, Alex, 'South Africa's trade unions in the doldrums' in 'I.R.R newsletter', 1964; Hepple, Alex, ‘The scandal of starvation wages’ in ‘Fighting Talk’, June 1958. Articles and pamphlets not authored by Hepple were not digitised. </p><p style='text-align: justify;'>This file forms part of a series of files, being material collected by Alexander Hepple while researching the history of the trade union movement, workers' organisations and industrial relations in South Africa. For material relating to Trade union unity see <a href='/view/MS-RCMS-00199-00002-00002-00001'>RCMS 199/2/2/1</a>, for material relating to the 'Guardian' newspaper see <a href='/view/MS-RCMS-00199-00002-00002-00002'>RCMS 199/2/2/2</a> and for excerpts and research notes see <a href='/view/MS-RCMS-00199-00002-00002-00004'>RCMS 199/2/2/4</a>.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Alexander Hepple (1904-1983) was born in Johannesburg on 28 August 1904. He was the leader of the South African Labour Party, 1953-1958, and founder and chairman of the Treasons Trials Defence Fund, 1956-1961, and of the South African Defence and Aid Fund, 1960-1964. With his wife Girlie he established the International Defence and Aid Fund's Information Service in London in 1967, which they managed together until their retirement at the end of 1972. Hepple was the author of 'Verwoerd' (Pelican, 1967) and 'South Africa: a political and economic history' (Pall Mall, 1966), as well as numerous pamphlets and articles on political and trade union affairs in South Africa. He died in Canterbury, England, on 16 November 1983.</p>