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Coplan and Thoahlane interviews with Lesotho ex-miners

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Kind interviews oral history
Producer Coplan and Thoahlane
Coverage 1992-1994
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 2

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Work As cited Period How used
Crush and James (1995a) Coplan and Thoahlane interviews with 60+ ex-miners; NUM Maseru representative (Puseletso Selae, 10 Jan 1994) 1993-1994 Testimony underpinning the 'retrenchment industry' and social dumping claims.
Crush and James (1995b) Interview with Puseletso Selae, NUM representative, Maseru, 10 January 1994 January 1994 Supports claims about NUM Maseru work and alleged non-necessity of retrenchments.
Crush and James (1995b) Interviews with more than 60 ex-miners in Lesotho, Setsabi et al 1992, Sechaba Consultants 1994, Lesotho Bureau of Statistics 1992-1994 Establishes experiences of retrenchment, benefit denial and rural conditions among Basotho ex-miners.