Images of mine work among non-mining migrants in Durban.

The disposition of migrant labour in Durban toward working farther afield is assessed and some of the motivating factors involved in job selectivity are discussed. 496 male contract workers from all corners of Natal and the Transkei were interviewed, and represent a wide range of age and educational groups

The situation of African migrant workers in Durban: brief report on a preliminary survey analysis

This study which forms the basis of this report was conducted as a pilot investigation undertaken during the planning of a larger project, a major study of migrant contract labour on behalf of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa.Chamber of Mines of South Afric

Migrant labour in South Africa II: emergent stress in the migrant labour system

Paper prepared for the Workshop on the Rural-urban Nexus in South Africa, Unit for Futures Research, Stellenbosch University