The South African Labour Movement's responses to declarations of Martial Law, 1913-1922
Date
2003
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University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Military Science
Abstract
The first two decades of South Africa's history is characterised as a period of serious endemic industrial unrest and violence, when the labour movement and capital were involved in regular conflict over labour issues and for control of the country's industrial work force. The level of violence in these conflicts was such that the government as a third party was repeatedly forced to intervene in the disputes and restore law and order by imposing martial law. This paper explores labour's attitude and responses to, as well as the consequences for labour, of the government's declarations of martial law during these disputes and in the First World War.
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CITATION: Visser, W. 2003. The South African Labour Movement's responses to declarations of Martial Law, 1913-1922. Scientia Militaria, 31(2):142-157, doi:doi.org/10.5787/31-2-157.
The original publication is available at http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za
Keywords
World War, 1914-1918, Labor movement -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century, Labor -- South Africa, Martial law -- South Africa
Citation
Visser, W. 2003. The South African labour movement's responses to declarations of martial law, 1913-1922. Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, 31 (2): 142-157.