Inter-Departmental Committee of Inquiry into Riots on Mines (McKay)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	commission or official report
Producer	Inter-Departmental Committee
Coverage	1975
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Worker consciousness, strikes and conflict on the mines and shop floor	3
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	2

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Horner and Kooy (1980b)	Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee of Inquiry into Riots on Mines in the Republic of South Africa	1970s (report on 1973-75 riots)	Provides the official 'tribal/ethnic differences' explanation of riots (33 of 54 incidents) and the prevention and suppression recommendations that the authors critique.
Horner and Kooy (1980c)	Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee of Inquiry into Riots on Mines in the Republic of South Africa	c.1975	Source of the official 'faction fighting' explanation, the committee's recommendations for prevention and suppression of riots, and the claim that 33 of 54 incidents were 'ethnic differences'.