Revolution on the Rand – March 1922

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Exactly one hundred years, ago the inhabitants of Johannesburg, Benoni and Brakpan awoke to an unpleasant phenomenon – violent and armed civic insurrection!

This uprising was to be the swansong of a quarter century of White-on-White violence, which included the Jameson Raid, the South African War, and the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion, before culminating with the Rand Revolt of 1922.

Also known as the 1922 Miners’ Strike or even the Red Revolt (occurring merely five years after the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia), it remains the greatest violent political upheaval on the Witwatersrand.

Researcher and explorer SJ De Klerk will lead us on a fascinating virtual exploration of the events of 1922, with discussion on how they shaped not only Johannesburg but the whole of South Africa.