April 7 1961 - Warmbaths Strikes - Warmbaths came to
April 7 1961 - Warmbaths Strikes - Warmbaths came to the boil for three days municipal cops and advisory board men slept in bushes in fear of their lives. Business came to a standstill in this dusty platteland town. And men fell to police bullets. And all over one man Martinus Wessel Van Coller. Warmbath's labour force, 5000 strong from Bela-Bela township went on strike over the reappointment of Van Coller as a Manager of Non-European Affairs. More than 40 people have been arrested following the Sunday stampede. And all over Van Coller. The entire township was non-torn on Sunday afternoon as young men went from house to house, street by street, chanting Van Coller must go, we don't want him here. Several people who didn't join the marchers were beaten up. (Photograph by Drum Photographer @ BAHA)
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