Die Bloemfonteinse oproer van 1925.

Abstract

• Opsomming: Hierdie oproer was een van talle swart opstande in die twintigerjare teen sosiaal-ekonomiese probleme in stedelike sentra regdeur Suid-Afrika. Die direkte oorsake van die oproer was die munisipale sorghumbierregulasies wat die swartes as onbillike beperking op hul vryheid beskou het, en die swak lone van swart werkers wat gekompliseer is deur werkloosheid. Voorts was nog die Naturelle-adviesraad, nog die stadsraad, nog die polisie in staat om 'n versoenende rol te speel, en het die stadsraad in gebreke gebly om tydig praktiese oplossings te bied.

• Summary: This riot was one of many black riots against socio-economic problems in urban centres right through South Africa during the 1920s. The direct causes of the riot were municipal sorghum beer regulations which the blacks regarded as unfair restriction of their freedom, and low wages for blacks complicated by unemployment. Furthermore neither the Natives' Advisory Council, nor the City Council, nor the police was able to play a conciliatory role, and the City Council failed to present timely practical solutions.