The Torch

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	newspapers periodicals
Producer	Unity Movement
Coverage	1950-1958
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
Education, Bantu Education and skills	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
Resistance and liberation movements	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Hyslop (1987)	The Torch (Cape Town newspaper), 1955-1958	1955-1958	Main source for resistance to establishing committees in Langa, Paarl and elsewhere, and for teacher dismissals by boards.
Van Schoor (1986)	The Torch, 18/9/50 and 'History of Despotism' series (30/1/50)	1950	Source for the content of the Urban Areas Act and its 1937 amendment and for early Cape law.