By 1921 capitalist were experiencing major problems. Costs had risen and the price of gold had come down. This was due to the social, economic and political conditions in the country, industrial unrest and severe disturbances in the mining industry. Mines had been closed at several periods during the Anglo-Boer War, which lasted from 1899 until 1902. In the mining industry, a colour bar had developed - only whites could perform supervisory or skilled jobs. After the Anglo-Boer …
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…strikers had indeed achieved their goals in the long-term. The strike had been held in the hopes of pressurising mine-owners into withdrawing their new policy. Mine-owners had been employing blacks in the place of whites because they were a cheaper labour force. The strikers had succeeded in regaining their jobs, high wages and job securities. Therefore it can be concluded that the strike, although unsuccessful in the short-term, had in fact achieved its objective eventually.