Apartheid and the organised labour movement

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ID11905976
AuthorsFrancine de Clercq (0000-0001-9209-059X, corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume6
Issue14
Publication date1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of African Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03056247908703385
OpenAlexW2026341357
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

Despite the superficial impression of stability, the South African regime is in a state of crisis, both political and economic. The regime's most obvious reactions have been the Soweto massacres, the escalation of bannings and harassment of individuals, the torture and death of detainees. But the South African ruling class is aware that such repressive measures can only buy time. Thus alongside the repression, important internal debates are going on within the ruling class over the nature and scope of concessions necessary to buy over certain strata of the black population to act as a buffer between the while ruling minority and the black masses. The debates are about what flexibility is necessary under the new conditions of class struggle in South Africa, but in no way envisage fundamental changes in the apartheid framework. One important aspect of the debate focuses on the system of industrial relations. Its present crisis means it requires substantial adaption to the new situation. New ways need to be found to organize relations between the State, the employers and the workers, and to coerce the black labour force into more effective institutions of labour control and discipline

Development economics · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · Harassment · Human rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Ruling class · Sociology · State (computer science · Torture · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa

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