Eswatini: Mill Workers Fight Back

On 29 March 1963, 150 sawmill workers at Peak Timber in what is now Eswatini went on strike demanding more pay.
A further strike erupted at the mill on May 28, when 300 workers at the mill went on strike for a few hours in protest against the retrenchment of five workers after a small part of the plant was closed.
There was further unrest on June 17, when workers gathered in support of a strike of workers at the nearby Havelock mine, after which 63 workers were arrested.

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