Travel-account informants on labour and wages, 1903

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	interviews oral history
Producer	The author
Coverage	1899-1903
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Indicus (1909)	Account of a building contractor/mason on train from Ladysmith on wage rates and labour supply	1903	Supplies skilled-white versus native wage rates and supply contracts to government.
Indicus (1909)	American mine employee's account of the Rand compound system and native mine wages	1902-03	Describes compound operation, pay range, contract length and working conditions for African miners.
Indicus (1909)	Conversation with an official of the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines (labour question)	1903	Gives the claimed numbers of natives needed, monthly recruitment inflow and Chamber labour spending, plus the white union-labour count.
Indicus (1909)	Interviews with Indians in Natal (Mohammedan and Parsee, educated men; a Madrasi labourer; a Bengali lamp-tender)	1903	Provides testimony on Indian treatment, wages and contribution to Natal agriculture.
Indicus (1909)	Johannesburg friend/informant on the Rand workforce and wage ratios	c. 1899-1903	Gives pre-war employment numbers in mines (whites and Kaffirs) and wage differentials.