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Formal name or nicknames acceptable. A 1922 uprising named for this geographical feature presaged the 1946 AMWU strike and led the Pact government to extend the “color bar” for skilled jobs after bombers fired on Fordsburg Square. Managers on this feature [emphasize] codified the Fanakalo pidgin to instruct “tropical boys” whose chibaro labor inspired the song (10[1])“Stimela.” Far-flung night trains brought the Native Labour Association’s recruits to this feature, whose namesake university educated Regina (10[1])Twala and Helen Suzman. This feature’s competitive wages led maize farmers to raise a poll tax that sparked the Bambatha (“bam-BAH-tuh”) Rebellion. (-5[1])Lobengula (-5[1])apocryphally ruled a “second” basin like this scarp’s reserves in Gauteng (“HOW-tang”). From 1886, the second phase of the Mineral Revolution enriched this ridge’s namesake “Lords.” (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])gold bullion coins (10[1])are named for Paul Kruger and what (10[1])ridge (10[3])that names (-5[1])South Africa’s (10[1]-5[1])currency? (10[4])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

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