Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly. But under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the state became determined to better manage the movement of Africans into urban areas. This illuminates the genesis of Orlando township and its subsequent history, which is inextricably linked with the lives of prominent South.
