28 December 1921 – 16 March 1922 (2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Witwatersrand, Union of South Africa
Result
Government victory
Belligerents
Union of South Africa
South African Communist Party
Commanders and leaders
Jan Smuts
Bill Andrews Harry Spendiff † Jimmy Green Percy Fisher †
Casualties and losses
~200 killed[1] 4 executed
The Rand Rebellion (Afrikaans: Rand-rebellie; also known as the 1922 strike) was an armed uprising of white miners in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa, in March 1922. Jimmy Green, a prominent politician in the Labour Party, was one of the leaders of the strike.
Following a drop in the world price of gold from 130 shillings (£6 10s) per fine troy ounce in 1919 to 95s/oz (£4 15s) in December 1921, the companies tried to cut their operating costs by decreasing wages, and by weakening the colour bar by promoting cheaper black mine workers to skilled and supervisory positions.[2]
^Bendix, S. (2001). Industrial relations in South Africa. Claremont: Juta. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7021-5279-5.
The RandRebellion (Afrikaans: Rand-rebellie; also known as the 1922 strike) was an armed uprising of white miners in the Witwatersrand region of South...
including the nation's largest gold mine located at Driefontein. The RandRebellion was a widespread strike among miners in the Witwatersrand area of the...
escalated from a labour dispute to a full scale uprising labeled the RandRebellion. Eventually more than 20,000 fully equipped Union Defence Force troops...
the First World War had led to a strike in South Africa, known as the RandRebellion, which had been defused through a combination of military force and...
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The Maritz rebellion, also known as the Boer revolt, Third Boer War, or the Five Shilling rebellion, was an armed insurrection in South Africa in 1914...
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The Bambatha Rebellion (or the Zulu Rebellion) of 1906 was led by Bambatha kaMancinza (c. 1860–1906?), leader of the Zondi clan of the Zulu people, who...
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known as the First Anglo–Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion. In the 19th century a series of events occurred in the southern part...
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2015). "How Rand Paul tried to lead an eye doctors' rebellion". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 9, 2015. Weigel, David (June 14, 2010). "Rand Paul: I...
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and Irish nationalists in the Irish War of Independence. Crushed the RandRebellion, which caused a political backlash and he lost 1924 general election...
with rivals. In 1906 Dinuzulu was accused of being behind the Bambatha Rebellion. He was arrested and put on trial by the British for "high treason and...
Junior School in Soweto went on strike and refused to go to school. Their rebellion then spread to many other schools in Soweto. Black South African students...
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The club was one of the targets of the striking miners during the RandRebellion of 1922 and was briefly barricaded during the disturbances. The current...
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