Industrial Decentralization, Bantustan Policy and the Control of Labour in South Africa

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Title:	Industrial Decentralization, Bantustan Policy and the Control of Labour in South Africa
Authors:	Tomlinson, Richard Hyslop, J.
Year:	1986
Periodical:	African Urban Quarterly
Volume:	1
Issue:	3-4
Period:	August-November
Pages:	220-234
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	labour migration bantustans industrial location Development and Technology Economics and Trade Politics and Government Ethnic and Race Relations Labor and Employment
Abstract:	Industrial decentralization is widely employed as a regional planning tool. In South Africa, however, it has different connotations. Industrial decentralization is being used to further the apartheid system, most obviously by creating jobs in the bantustans and thereby enabling the government to reduce the pressure on impoverished blacks located in the bantustans to migrate. This paper addresses the relationship between industrial decentralization and bantustan policy. Since the latter policy is itself viewed as furthering the ends of labour control, both industrial decentralization and bantustan policy are assessed in terms of what is considered to be a crisis of labour control. The authors conclude that neither policy will relieve that crisis, and that current 'reforms' must be seen in this light. Notes, ref.