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TD0022. Through the Red Revolt on the Rand - A pictorial review of events January, February, March 1922. c.1922. Printed by the Argus Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd and by the Central News Agency, Ltd. Compiled from Photographs taken by representatives of 'The Star'. Soft cover. Oblong 250 x 185mm. unpag.(pp.viii, 56), profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Folding map and folding panoramic photograph are missing. Stapled. Spine is torn and damaged.The cover is torn on the top left and along the edges. The top right corner has been folded over. Title page is worn and the top and corners have been damaged on the right hand side. Wear and handling ,arks throughout. The back cover is torn on the bottom left hand side.The Argus Printing Company has it's logo on the back cover.
The Rand Rebellion (also known as the 1922 strike) was an armed uprising of white miners in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa, in March 1922. Jimmy Green, a prominent politician in the Labour Party, was one of the leaders of the strike. Following a drop in the world price of gold from 130 shillings (£6 10s) per fine troy ounce in 1919 to 95s/oz (£4 15s) in December 1921, the companies tried to cut their operating costs by decreasing wages, and by weakening the colour bar to enable the promotion of racially cheapened black miners to skilled and supervisory positions.
The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa. It is one of the titles under the Independent News & Media South Africa group recently acquired by Sekunjalo Media Consortium led by founder and chairman Dr. Iqbal Survé. The Star was previously owned by Ireland-based organisation Independent News & Media.