The 1922 miner’s strike at Pilgrim’s Rest

This was a majoir even in South Africa’s history. Official records list the number of people killed during th estrike as 129 soldiers and policement, 43 civilians and 39 miners. One of the reasons why the 1922 strike still echoes in South Africa history is the discordant slogan it adopted: “Workers of the World unite and fight for a White South Africa”. The strike was strongly influenced by the 1917 Russian Revolution and occured less than a year after the formation of the Communist Party of South Africa.