Extreme apartheid: the South African system of migrant labour ...
ABSTRACT. The migrant laboursystem was an historical system used to reconcile the conflicting need for cheap labour in the mines and cities, with the apartheid ideology that workers should not reside there on a permanent basis.
The history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
Introduction. The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their own lands to being cheap labour in the mines. African men from the Bantustans and from other neighbouring countries left their families behind to work as contract labourers in the mines.
The Impact of Migrant Labour System in Black Communities ...
In this essay, we explore the various dimensions of how the migrant labour system affects black communities, highlighting both historical and contemporary perspectives. The Historical Context of the Migrant Labour System
Globalization, Migrant Labour, and Capitalism: Past and Present
Abstract. Migrant labour has been a feature of global capitalism since the latter’s beginning. Capitalism needed labour from colonies and semi-colonies, also from other parts of the world. Thus, while Atlantic slavery was supplying labour across the ocean, there was an increase in the mobility of labour in post-manumission age, when capital ...
The History of Migrant Labor in South Africa (1800–2014)
Summary. Apervasivesystemof migrant labor played a fundamental part in shaping the past and present of South Africa’s economy and society and has left indelible marks on the wider region. South Africa was long infamous for its entrenched system of racial discrimination.
(PDF) Introduction: Migrant labour after apartheid - ResearchGate
PDF | On Mar 10, 2020, Leslie Bank and others published Introduction: Migrant labour after apartheid | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.
Migrant Labour in Southern Africa: an Historical and ...
The essay intends to analyze the labour migrations not as a simple process that involves the spatial mobility, rather to understand the nature of the social relations that underpin and the processes that sustain these phenomena. We want to place migrant labour within the analysis of the
Introduction: Migrant Workers and Their Role in Rural Change
This introductoryessay and collection concern the social processes within which migration for manual work is located and which are influenced by that same migration.
Migrant labour after apartheid: the inside story
Abstract: SouthAfricas migrant labour system, enforced by the hated pass laws, was a fundamental component of the apartheid political economy as it developed during the 20th century.
Labour Migrants During the Pandemic: A Comparative ...
This essay provides a comparative perspective of the conditions of migrant workers. 1 I will summarise international experience—documented through investigative journalism and rapid research—that shows the vulnerability of migrants and gaps in policy frameworks globally.
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ABSTRACT. The migrant labour system was an historical system used to reconcile the conflicting need for cheap labour in the mines and cities, with the apartheid ideology that workers should not reside there on a permanent basis.
Introduction. The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their own lands to being cheap labour in the mines. African men from the Bantustans and from other neighbouring countries left their families behind to work as contract labourers in the mines.
In this essay, we explore the various dimensions of how the migrant labour system affects black communities, highlighting both historical and contemporary perspectives. The Historical Context of the Migrant Labour System
Abstract. Migrant labour has been a feature of global capitalism since the latter’s beginning. Capitalism needed labour from colonies and semi-colonies, also from other parts of the world. Thus, while Atlantic slavery was supplying labour across the ocean, there was an increase in the mobility of labour in post-manumission age, when capital ...
Summary. A pervasive system of migrant labor played a fundamental part in shaping the past and present of South Africa’s economy and society and has left indelible marks on the wider region. South Africa was long infamous for its entrenched system of racial discrimination.
PDF | On Mar 10, 2020, Leslie Bank and others published Introduction: Migrant labour after apartheid | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.
The essay intends to analyze the labour migrations not as a simple process that involves the spatial mobility, rather to understand the nature of the social relations that underpin and the processes that sustain these phenomena. We want to place migrant labour within the analysis of the
This introductory essay and collection concern the social processes within which migration for manual work is located and which are influenced by that same migration.
Abstract: South Africas migrant labour system, enforced by the hated pass laws, was a fundamental component of the apartheid political economy as it developed during the 20th century.
This essay provides a comparative perspective of the conditions of migrant workers. 1 I will summarise international experience—documented through investigative journalism and rapid research—that shows the vulnerability of migrants and gaps in policy frameworks globally.