The influence on the South African economy of the gold mining industry 1925–2000

Abstract

The year 1925 was a watershed one for the South African gold mining industry. After the trauma of the "Rand Rebellion" in 1922, in which the White labour on the mines fought against the desire of the mining houses to promote the advancement of Black workers, there had been a period of uneasy industrial peace. However, in 1924 a National Party/Labour Party coalition under the leadership of General J.M.B. Hertzog and Colonel F.H.P. Creswell, had been elected.