Privileged Precariat
Privileged Precariat

Author: Danelle van Zyl-Hermann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-04-15

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1108923968

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A rethinking of South Africa's recent past, this book presents unique historical evidence of white working-class responses to the dismantling of apartheid and establishment of majority rule in South Africa, from the 1970s to present, placing this in the context of global debates on neoliberalism and identity politics.

Migrant Labour in South Africa's Mining Economy
Migrant Labour in South Africa's Mining Economy

Author: Alan H. Jeeves

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1985-06-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0773560920

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In tracing the development of the recruiting system, Alan Jeeves shows how a large proportion of the labour supply came to be controlled by private labour companies and recruiting agents, who aimed both to exploit the workers and to extract heavy fees from the employing companies. The gold indusry struggled for years against the internal divisions which created the competition for labour, until at last the Chamber of Mines, with the support of the state, succeeded in driving out the private recruiters and centralizing the system under its control. This study of the interests involved in the struggle for control of the black labour supply reveals much about the forces which created and now entrench racial domination in South African's industrial economy.

White, Poor and Angry
White, Poor and Angry

Author: Lis Lange

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1351750763

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This title was first published in 2003. A fascinating insight into the economic, social and political processes that shaped the lives of white workers in Johannesburg between the beginning of deep level mining (c. 1890) and the 1922 Rand Revolt miners' strike. The book examines four related topics: the formation of working class families, working class accommodation, the constitution of social networks in the working class neighbourhoods and the political and ideological aspects of white workers' unemployment. The main argument presented here is that the class experience of white workers in Johannesburg had a very important role in fostering a sense of community between English and Afrikaner workers and their families. It is this sense of community that plays an important part in understanding the solidarity that emerged between English and Afrikaner workers during the 1922 Rand Revolt.

The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980
The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980

Author: South African Democracy Education Trust

Publisher: Unisa Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 1006

ISBN-13: 9781868884063

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v. 3: The third volume in the series examines the role of anti-apartheid movements around the world. The global anti-apartheid movement was very successful in creating awareness of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and in contributing to the downfall of the apartheid government. This volume, in 2 parts, brings together analyses which in the main are written by activist scholars with deep roots in the movements and organizations they are writing about.

Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa
Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa

Author: William Beinart

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1134850328

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As South Africa moves towards majority rule, and blacks begin to exercise direct political power, apartheid becomes a thing of the past - but its legacy in South African history will be indelible. this book is designed to introduce students to a range of interpretations of one of South Africa's central social characteristics: racial segregation. It: • brings together eleven articles which span the whole history of segregation from its origins to its final collapse • reviews the new historiography of segregation and the wide variety of intellectual traditions on which it is based • includes a glossary, explanatory notes and further reading.

South Africa's Racial Past
South Africa's Racial Past

Author: Paul Maylam

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1351898930

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A unique overview of the whole 350-year history of South Africa’s racial order, from the mid-seventeenth century to the apartheid era. Maylam periodizes this racial order, drawing out its main phases and highlighting the significant turning points. He also analyzes the dynamics of South African white racism, exploring the key forces and factors that brought about and perpetuated oppressive, discriminatory policies, practices, structures, laws and attitudes. There is also a strong historiographical dimension to the study. It shows how various writers have, from different perspectives, attempted to explain the South African racial order and draws out the political and ideological agendas that lay beneath these diverse interpretations. Essential reading for all those interested in the past, present and future of South Africa, this book also has implications for the wider study of race, racism and social and political ethnic relations.