Underdevelopment And Cheap Labour Supplies In Southern Rhodesia 1923 1953

Review of the historical economic role of South Africa R's racial segregationist labour policy and the institutionalization of Apartheid - reassesses the basis of South Africa's racial policy arguing that racial labour market segmentation was introduced to provide a cheap labour supply source; discusses use of migrant workers, conflict in labour demand between the mining and agricultural sectors, rural migration, the 'poor white' problem, political aspects, etc.; comments on legislation. Bibliography, map and statistical tables.

This book provides the first comprehensive study of the ‘special relationship’ between Southern Rhodesia and South Africa. While most studies approach this from the history of British and South African relations or the history of South African territorial expansion, this book offers new insights by examining Southern Rhodesia’s relations with South Africa from the former’s perspective. Exploring relations through the lens of settler colonialism, the book argues that settler colonialism in the region was marked by a competitive and antagonistic relationship between settler communities, particularly Afrikaner and English communities. The book explores the connections between these countries by examining (high) politics, economic links, and social and cultural ties, highlighting both instances of competition and cooperation. Above all, it argues that economic ties were the cornerstone of the relationship and that these shaped the rest of the ties between the two countries. Drawing on archival records from Britain, South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as a number of secondary sources, it offers a much more nuanced perspective of this relationship than has been previously offered.

This book addresses the complex labour and life conditions faced by workers in the agricultural borderlands of northern South Africa.

Miombo woodlands and their use: overview and key issues. The ecology of miombo woodlands. Population biology of miombo tree. Miombo woodlands in the wider context: macro-economic and inter-sectoral influences. Rural households and miombo woodlands: use, value and management. Trade in woodland products from the miombo region. Managing miombo woodland. Institutional arrangements governing the use and the management of miombo woodlands. Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods: options and opportunities.