South African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… left stranded in Johannesburg. The mines had been closed by their owners and the miners paid off, but the mine-owners … possibility of being arrested for vagrancy, being shot at by Boer commandos, or becoming looters and rioters. Though … As a result, more than 7 000 Zulu mineworkers, escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative of the Natal Native …