Surplus People Project, Forced Removals in South Africa

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	commission or official report
Producer	Surplus People Project
Coverage	1983
Works using it	4

Project holdings

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

Debates

Debate	Works
Long-run legacy and persistence of apartheid	2
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform	1
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry	1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1
Origins, coherence and ideology of apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Abel (2014a)	Surplus People Project (SPP) report, Forced Removals in South Africa, Volumes 1-5 (1983): geocoded resettlement camp locations and numbers removed	Fieldwork 1980-1983; published 1983	Provides the location and size of resettlement camps, used to build the treatment variable (proximity to camp, radius scaled by number relocated).
Carrillo et al. (2023b)	Surplus People Project (1983), Forced Removals in South Africa, Vols 1-5	1960s-1980s	Alternative removals data cited as limited in dates; used to support that all documented removals were from White areas (falsification logic).
Keegan (1986)	Surplus People Project, Forced Removals in South Africa (5 vols, 1983)	1950s-1983	Cited for population shifts and mass evictions from white-owned farms.
Sato (2012)	Surplus People Project, Forced Removals in South Africa, Volume IV, Natal (incl. 1980 survey at Tugela Estates)	1983 (covering 1960s-1980)	Supplies estimates of 10,000-20,000 people leaving farms, accounts of the chaotic transition, and a survey of Tugela Estates conditions.