Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.

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South African History Online. (2012, June 28). Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087505

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"Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.." South African History Online, 28 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087505. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.." South African History Online. June 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087505.