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Rand Strike Amid South African Coal Mine Turmoil
The piece argues the conflict is driven by mine owners seeking drastic wage cuts and a color-based labor policy, portraying workers as resisting a planned shut down. It cites Smuts government actions, arbitration refusals, and hints at pretext to deploy force, drawing connections to Australian tactics.
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South Africa
Australia
P Sobs
South African Industrialation
Transvaal
Chamber of Mines
de Beers
Tropical
Africa
General Smuts
S.a.sf
Smuts
Federation
Wallers
Buckle
Tite