The African Mine workers strike of 1946
… more reluctant than Xhosa and Sotho workers to strike. At City Deep, West Springs, Modder B, Nourse Mines, Robinson … return to work, but then refused to go down the shafts. At City Deep, 1,200 of an 8,000 workforce went on strike. They … and then turned towards the compound gate. A crush took place at the narrow gate, and bodies were piled up four feet …