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Surplus People Project interviews

Literature › Primary sources

Kind interviews oral history
Producer Surplus People Project
Coverage 1979-1983
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control 1
Homelands, separate development, decentralisation and removals 1
Long-run legacy and persistence of apartheid 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Carrillo et al. (2023a) Surplus People Project report (1983), interviews with relocated people 1980-1983 Qualitative interview quotations illustrating that relocated White-place migrants faced scarce jobs and poor opportunities in the homelands.
Hallett (1984) Interviews and life histories recorded by SPP (Maria Zotwana, Mr E. Mngadi, Bangweni indunas) c.1979-1982 Gives first-person testimony on the experience and consequences of removal.