Cobbett and Nakedi Botshabelo surveys and Onverwacht employer interviews

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	author survey or fieldwork
Producer	William Cobbett and Nakedi
Coverage	1984-1987
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1
Homelands, separate development, decentralisation and removals	1
Influx control, pass laws and African urbanisation	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Cobbett and Nakedi (1987)	Interviews with 12 companies/employers in Onverwacht industrial park, March 1987	March 1987	Establishes wage levels, gender composition, working conditions, and employer attitudes to unions and incentives.
Cobbett and Nakedi (1987)	Random-basis questionnaire survey of Botshabelo residents and life-history testimonies (Mr Z, Mrs C, Mr M, Mr and Mrs M, Mr N)	c.1984-1987	Documents farm wages, expulsions from farms and reasons for moving to Botshabelo, supporting claims of extreme farm exploitation.