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Southern African Migration Project surveys

Literature › Primary sources
Kind author survey or fieldwork
Producer SAMP
Coverage 1997-2001
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 2
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves 1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Crush and McDonald (2001) SAMP research reports on attitudes, farming and mining labour (SAMP 1999, 2000, 2001) 1997-2001 Supports claims on hostility to immigrants, extension of contract labour to women, and continuity of foreign mine labour.
Kanyenze (2004) SAMP 1998 survey of gender differences in migration (Table 6) and SAMP survey of legal status of African immigrants 1998 Establishes the male/female difference in purpose of visits and work history, and the legal status of immigrants.
Kanyenze (2004) SAMP 1998 survey on reasons for entry to South Africa (Table 5) 1998 Used to explain differing patterns of cross-border migration by showing work, trade, shopping and family-visit motives by country.