The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is a dispute resolution body established in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 (LRA). It is an independent body, does not belong to and is not controlled by any political party, trade union or business.
The Declaration of Independence. We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776).
LIST of US STATE ABBREVIATIONS. The History of the United States usually begins with the date of 1776, the official declaration of independence! However the territory that is now know as the united states was first occupied by Native Americans followed by European colonists such as Christopher Columbus around 1492. Large settlement originated around the East coast around 1607 by the English.