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Mining Regulations Commission (UG 36/1925)

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Kind commission or official report
Producer Mining Regulations Commission
Coverage 1924-1925
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves 2
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion 1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth? 1
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
De Kiewiet (1941) Mining Regulations Commission, U.G. 36 of 1925 1925 Shows machinery workable by natives threatened European workers across mining operations, motivating the 1926 Colour Bar Act.
Duncan (1990b) Report of the Mining Regulations Commission (Pittman), U.G. 36-25 1924-25 Links rising accident rate to falling ratio of whites to blacks (1:7.7 in 1911 to 1:10.1 in 1923).