Nigel is a small gold mining town in Gauteng Province South Africa The town is on the edge of the area known as the East Rand the industrial engine room of
Jan Following the demise of the ICU in the early s the mine workers were the Miners in Nigel protested saying they were being starved measure was used against mineworkers on strike at Langlaagte Estate Gold Mine
The Sub Nigel mine had in the meanwhile come into existence and proved to be the riches gold mine in the world As a result of this fact a great influx of people