| Crush (1986b) |
Chamber of Mines/TEBA data on mine labour force composition (foreign vs domestic employment at year-end), 1968-1984 (Figure 2) and 1973-1977 totals |
1968-1984 |
Establishes the fall in foreign share from 79.6% to 49.3% in 1973-77 and its stabilization at around 40% thereafter. |
| Crush (1986b) |
Chamber of Mines/TEBA data on workstays, homestays and length of service of returning miners (1977 vs 1983) |
1977-1983 |
Demonstrates convergence of domestic and foreign migrancy patterns, with lengthening workstays and shorter homestays. |
| Crush (1986b) |
Industry data on novice allocations by supplier area, 1983 |
1983 |
Supports the claim that the mines favour domestic areas in allocating novice workers, implying gradual attrition of foreign labour. |
| Crush (1986b) |
Industry data on valid re-engagement guarantees (VRGs), novice proportions, recruits and workforce size, and experience profile, 1976-1984 |
1976-1984 |
Documents the stabilization campaign: rising VRG coverage, falling novice share, falling recruits needed, growing experience. |
| Crush (1986b) |
TEBA estimate of potential domestic recruits (additional 300,000) and TEBA recruiting office network |
early 1980s |
Supports the claim of a large domestic labour surplus that would permit replacement of all foreign workers. |
| Crush (1986b) |
TEBA recruiting documents (TEBA 458, 459, 460, 461 re-engagement certificates; TEBA 463 'blue letter') |
1970s-1980s |
Describes the institutional instruments of stabilization and discipline. |
| Crush (1986b) |
TEBA regional office recruit numbers (recruits forwarded by TEBA regional offices, 1975-1983, Figure 1) |
1975-1983 |
Shows that recruits from all domestic and foreign supplier areas rose sharply in 1974-77, undermining the claim of a deliberate policy of internalization. |
| Crush (1986c) |
Chamber of Mines/TEBA data on gold mine labour force composition (foreign vs domestic), 1968-1984, plotted in Figure 2 |
1968-1984 |
Establishes the fall in the foreign share of the workforce from 1974-77 and its stabilization at about 40% afterwards, which undercuts the internalization thesis. |
| Crush (1986c) |
Novice allocation data by supplier area, 1983 |
1983 |
Shows novice orders favour domestic areas, indicating a gradual long-term withdrawal from foreign supplier states. |
| Crush (1986c) |
TEBA re-engagement documents (VRG categories TEBA 458-461, TEBA 463 'blue letter') |
1970s-1985 |
Describes the VRG and stabilization system and how it disciplines workers and is being phased out. |
| Crush (1986c) |
TEBA regional office recruit numbers, 1975-1983 (Figure 1) |
1975-1983 |
Shows recruits rising from all domestic and foreign supplier areas in 1974-77, so the change was not a selective policy of displacing foreign labour. |
| Crush (1986c) |
TEBA statement on additional domestic mineworkers available and 120 recruiting offices |
c.1985 |
Shows the domestic labour surplus, with TEBA estimating it could generate 300,000 more domestic mineworkers. |
| Lucas (1985) |
TEBA recruitment data, first 11 months of 1981 (share of novices by country) |
1981 |
Shows low novice shares among foreign recruits, taken as evidence of bias against foreign dependence. |
| Lucas (1987b) |
TEBA reports on excess South African applicants after 1978 |
post-1978 |
Supports truncating the South African mine labor equation at 1978 because of excess labor supply. |