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Sowetan

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Kind newspapers periodicals
Producer Sowetan
Coverage 1982-2004
Works using it 4

Debates

Debate Works
Why apartheid ended: reform, transition and elite bargaining 2
Resistance and liberation movements 2
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion 1
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Budeli et al. (2008) Newspaper report: Louw I 'Labour Federation threaten to Strike over the Anti-terror Bill', Sowetan, 27 February 2004 2004 Source for COSATU's 2004 opposition to the Anti-Terror Bill and its threat to strike.
Cronin (1994) Sowetan, 20 November 1989 (Zeph Mothopeng statement) and Indicator SA vol.7 no.3, 1990 (Benny Alexander) 1989-1990 Quoted to illustrate the PAC's 'all-in moment' view that negotiation is a sell-out.
Seekings (1990) Sowetan newspaper, 1982-1983 (e.g. 7 June 1983; 28 Jan 1983; 15 Oct 1982) 1982-1983 Reports of rent increases, council meetings, Civic quotes and ERAB budget decisions.
Strauss (1993) Sowetan (Johannesburg), 16 March 1992 March 1992 Source for Rev. Frank Chikane's view of a 'No' vote.