Behind the 'Curtain' at Botshabelo: Redefining the Urban Labor Market in South Africa

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Title:	Behind the 'Curtain' at Botshabelo: Redefining the Urban Labor Market in South Africa
Authors:	Cobbett, William Nakedi, Brian
Year:	1987
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy
Volume:	14
Issue:	40
Period:	December
Pages:	32-46
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	segregation Politics and Government Labor and Employment Ethnic and Race Relations Economics and Trade
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056248708703747
Abstract:	The dumping ground of Onverwacht, now officially known as Botshabelo township, South Africa's second largest township after Soweto, stands as a living monument to the social-engineering policies of the apartheid State. This article looks closely at the creation of Botshabelo township in the eastern Orange Free State, as a case study of forced removals and their human consequences. It also examines the role of forced removals in the context both of influx control policy, of which they form an integral part, and in terms of local government initiatives and changing labour markets in South Africa. Bibliogr.