Rand Rebellion
id:
rand-rebellion-175-7004510
title:
Rand Rebellion
text:
The Rand Rebellion 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 per fine troy ounce in 1919 to 95s/oz 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
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Uprising in South Africa from 1921 to 1922
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Rebellion
date created:
2007-07-19T11:22:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T04:09:36Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q3070782","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3070782"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Rand_Rebellion.jpg","width":8053,"height":5507}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16