Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… serious dispute in South African history took place in 1913. The miners all along the Reef struck for Trade Union … with future industrial disputes, At the end of December 1913, the European Coal Miners of Natal struck, and the … State-owned railways. Thus there was the general strike of 1913. The Government, alarmed at these developments, declared …