The Origins of Forced Labor in the Witwatersrand.

Moeti, Moitsadi

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ERIC Number: EJ358767

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Origins of Forced Labor in the Witwatersrand

Moeti, Moitsadi

Phylon, v47 n4 p276-84 Dec 1986

Gold mining brought a forced labor system to Witwatersrand, South Africa, in the 1880s as African laborers were rounded up from the hinterland and delivered to the mines. The system produced low wages, high mortality, and the loss of chances for upward mobility. Forced labor persists today in South African mines. (VM)

Descriptors: Black Employment, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Labor, Labor Utilization, Mining, Occupational Safety and Health, Quality of Working Life, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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