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Surplus People Project, Forced Removals in South Africa (5 vols) and SPP surveys

Literature › Primary sources

Kind author survey or fieldwork
Producer Surplus People Project
Coverage 1960-1982
Works using it 1

Project holdings

The project holds this source in part. See Forced Removals.

Debates

Debate Works
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion 2
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination 2
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control 1
Homelands, separate development, decentralisation and removals 1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Hallett (1984) SPP Reports Vol 2: The Eastern Cape (incl. Ciskei, Transkei, life histories, theoretical background) 1960s-1982 Supplies case studies (Dimbaza, Glenmore/Klipfontein, Elukhanyweni, Mdanstane), life histories and the table of de facto African population distribution.
Hallett (1984) SPP Reports Vol 3: Western and Northern Cape and Orange Free State 1960s-1982 Supplies case studies (Saltpan, Atlantis, Qwa Qwa) and farm wage data from Onverwacht residents.
Hallett (1984) SPP Reports Vol 5: The Transvaal 1950s-1982 Supplies the Winterveld case study of non-Tswana harassment and insecurity.
Hallett (1984) SPP field surveys and questionnaires (Vol 1, section 3 'The SPP surveys') 1980-1982 Underpins the community case studies and unemployment findings; questionnaires are reproduced in Vol 1.
Hallett (1984) Surplus People Project, Forced Removals in South Africa: The Surplus People Project Reports, Vol 1 General Overview (1983) 1960-1982 Provides the national aggregate estimates of people removed or threatened with removal, which Hallett reports as the core quantitative picture.