General elections were held in South Africa on 17 June 1924, electing 135 members of the House of Assembly. Considered a realigning election, rising discontent with the government of Jan Smuts led to
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Rand Rebellion
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The Rand Rebellion was an armed uprising of White Syndicalists, Communists, and Nationalists in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa, in March 1922.
Rebels being taken prisoner in Fordsburg
The first meeting of the Fordsburg strike commando in January.
The Fordsburg Women's Commando carrying a banner with a White supremacist slogan.
A photograph showing the Council of Action announcing a continued general strike after removing the Augmented Executive from power on March 6, 1922.