Chamber of Mines statistics

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	official statistical series
Producer	Chamber of Mines / TEBA
Coverage	1897-1982
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
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
Worker consciousness, strikes and conflict on the mines and shop floor	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
De Kiewiet (1941)	Chamber of Mines and Union mining/labour statistics (wages, employment, costs, fatalities, phthisis)	1897-1937	Quantifies wage gaps, working costs, accident and phthisis rates, labour composition and government revenue from mines.
McNamara (1985)	Chamber of Mines Accident Statistics (Prevention of Accidents Committee) and Loss Control Survey	1971-1982	Fatality and injury rates in Table 26 and Rhodesian mine hazard comparison.
McNamara (1985)	Chamber of Mines Statistics / MLO Position of Companies / TEBA Annual Reports and Recruited Labour statistics	1971-1982	Source for tables on labour by origin, regional distribution, novices, length of stay, returnees, desertions, discharges and local engagements.