Rand Rebellion
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The Rand Rebellion was an uprising of white miners in Witwatersrand, Union of South Africa, in March 1922, sparked off by the mining companies’ intensified exploitation of the miners. Following a drop in the world price of gold, the companies tried to maintain their old profit margins by pressing down wages and massive sackings. Subsequently, the workers took over the cities of Benoni and Brakpan, and the suburbs of Johannesburg—Fordsburg and Jeppe. The young Communist Party of South Africa took an active part in the uprising. Several Communists, including the strike leaders Fischer and Spendiff, were killed as the rebellion was quelled by state forces.[1]
