Rand Revolt

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf armed rebellion
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1922_Rand_Rebellion
gptkbp:arrested over 5,000 arrested
gptkbp:casualties over 1,000 wounded
over 200 killed
gptkbp:causedBy wage reductions
threats to white miners' jobs
gptkbp:commemoratedBy monuments in Johannesburg
gptkbp:endDate 1922
gptkbp:followedBy increased state repression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rand Revolt
gptkbp:location gptkb:Witwatersrand,_South_Africa
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Bill_Andrews
gptkb:Solly_Sachs
gptkb:Jimmy_Green
Jan Smuts
Percy Fisher
gptkbp:numberOfExecutions 18 leaders executed
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:South_African_government
gptkbp:participants white mine workers
gptkbp:precededBy 1913 South African miners' strike
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Labour_Party_(South_Africa)
gptkb:South_African_Communist_Party
Witwatersrand gold mining industry
gptkbp:result hundreds killed
martial law declared
rebellion suppressed
thousands arrested
gptkbp:significance influenced South African labor relations
led to increased racial segregation in labor
gptkbp:startDate 1922
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:South_African_Army
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:South_African_Police
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:South_African_general_strike_of_1922
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8