Richter Scale Day
My accomplice was Sophie, but she was absent while I did the modifications, so Maria finished the experiment with me.
To be able to appeal to a large pool of labour, influx management measures needed to be removed. In 1942 Basic Smuts’ United Social gathering UP) government handed the Struggle Measures Act, which included the lifting of inflow management regulations to satisfy growing demand for labour. This allowed tens of 1000’s, mainly families, emigrate to the cities, and to Johannesburg particularly. Consequently, Orlando’s subtenant population grew exponentially during this era. And but, the UP authorities was reluctant to build more homes to accommodate the rising variety of subtenants. By the end of the warfare in 1945, overcrowding in Orlando had reached crisis proportions.
Bantu Biko knew that our tradition was a ‘acutely aware culture,’ and that, if it was to be within the orb of Technologies and machines, it might … Read the rest