Word: driefontein
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...mine owners' reaction was swift and severe. Only hours after the smoke had cleared, thousands of black workers received dismissal notices and were preparing to be bused back to their tribal homelands. At West Driefontein mine, 1,233 blacks out of a work force of 12,000 were fired and sent home; 2,000 were transported from the Kloof gold mine. Those remaining were warned that their contracts would be revoked if they refused to join their work shift. Said one mine manager: "We'll have no trouble replacing the men who left. It will just take some...
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