When the government overlooked them, the strikers (among the main organisers was a 42-year-old, Thembu-origin Nelson Mandela) carried out their threats.
政府当时忽略了他们的要求，因此罢工者们（主要的组织者之一是42岁的泰姆布族人纳尔逊·曼德拉）实施了他们所扬言的威胁。