Jan Christian Smuts1914
A railway strike turns into a general strike & Smuts declares martial law
South Africa · Government / Government of South Africa. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
A railway strike turns into a general strike & Smuts declares martial law
War Measure 145 is introduced to prohibit strikes by Africans
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