The Rand mineworkers revolt intensifies when 3 mineworkers are shot and killed outside the prison in Boksburg. Read our features on the Rand Rebellion.
eventREF E-0011438Revised
28 February 1922
The Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01looklocal, (2012), 90 years after the Benoni strike, from looklocal, 07 March [online], Available at www.looklocal.co.za [Accessed: 31 January 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011438
South African History Online (2011) 'The Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011438 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).
South African History Online, The Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011438, (accessed 22 October 2026).
"The Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011438. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "The Rand Mine Workers Revolt intensifies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011438.
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