Oral accounts of Qwaqwa and Matatiele informants

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	interviews oral history
Producer	Sharp and Spiegel
Coverage	1940s-1970s
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Sharp and Spiegel (1990)	Oral accounts of Matatiele informants on north-eastern Cape and southern Natal farm employment	early 20th century to 1950s (recalled)	Supports the claim that farm labour reinforced existing gender divisions and livestock payment persisted until the 1950s.
Sharp and Spiegel (1990)	Oral accounts of Qwaqwa informants on Orange Free State white-owned farms, 1940s-1970s	1940s-1970s (recalled)	Reconstructs changing labour tenancy and payment forms on farms and the gendered effects of mechanisation and the shift to cash wages before relocation.