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Bethal (/ b ɛ θ ʌ l /) is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce maize , sunflower seeds , sorghum , rye and potatoes . The town lies 155 km (96 mi) east of Johannesburg on the N17 national route .
The potato boycott of 1959 was a consumer boycott in Bethal, South Africa during the Apartheid era against slave-like conditions of potato labourers in Bethal, Transvaal. The boycott started in June 1959 and ended in September 1959. Prominent figures of the movement included Gert Sibande, Ruth First, Michael Scott and Henry Nxumalo.
Mpumalanga (/ ə m ˌ p uː m ə ˈ l ɑː ŋ ɡ ə /) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique.
Gert Sibande was nicknamed 'Lion of the East' due to his political activities in Mpumalanga. [3] As a farm labourer in the Bethal District, Gert Sibande began to organise farmworkers against unsatisfactory working conditions in Bethal He founded a farm workers association and was a local African National Congress spokesperson.
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Bethal Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve. History
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