Fordsburg
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Fordsburg is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Fordsburg is a residential suburb, although housing numerous shops and factories.
Today, Fordsburg is a major centre of
From the earliest days of Johannesburg, the suburb housed a large
1922 Miner's strike
Fordsburg was the site of a miners strike by Afrikaner nationalists and many Communists. Mine bosses insisted on using African labour in the mines. White workers opposed this policy, and Smuts called in the troops and airforce.[3] This strike is also known as the Rand Rebellion. A plaque in Fordsburg Square records the people who were killed there in the last battle of the rebellion.
Writer Herman Charles Bosman and playwright Athol Fugard, as well as anti-apartheid activists such as Yusuf Dadoo, GM Naiker and Nelson Mandela spent time in Fordsburg.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Fordsburg". Census 2011.
- ^ CHAPTER FOUR JEWS – REFORMERS, REBELS, OR JUST UITLANDERS?, accessed 23 June 2013
- ^ Marikana: A lesson in late liberal democracy Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Eish!". www.southafrica.net. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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