IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Foreign migrants in South Africa A tide of black slaves

Socialist Challenge No. 39, 30 March 1978 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 895 words

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urban black population. MINING compound hostels are within the neigh bourhood MUNC TIACS WAIG EIC SEErS miles away from the urban DIECK LALEEEIS So black miners rarely come into contact witl ürban blacks, IL is an offence for urban blacks to enter any minime arca especially the compounds where the miners live. Regardless of their country of origin migrant workers have stayed aloel the episodic struggles against capitalisno and white oppression.

"IGNORANCE This has its rools in their ignorance and superstitution imposed by a rustic life and the lear of deportation under the migratory labour and pass laws.

Left 51-088-3850 tor detalis:

SWi. Adm. 50p.

Brompton Road, Lenden.

SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 30 March 1978 page 10 SAM MHLONGO continues his discussion of the prospects for revolution in South Africa with a look at the foreign migrants in the mining industry, and the It is in the interests of the neighbouring black CODETe OaT SaA TaCiTod continue since its defeat would migrant labour systemn. DEVELOPMENT Suel the 1960s Tanzania and Zambia have rescinded the British colonial agrocments with South African UHUUI CODILLES LOELLE migrant labour The migrant labour question in these countries is linked with development which are directly or indirectly under the control of South African capitalists.

Invest ent In tse CoLmtries will only be tolerated as long as it does not disturb this cheap labour traffic into South Africa.

HAP HAIL e metg en aie uni ls in the Ma mel cont tor employment of woekers from these neighbouring terriCAFES revolutionary Eome sBoc Tic ujoT DE ruled their peoples are rural. TACTC ATE TOI YEL TOYa OORdE organisations to carry through suc e progranu Like the urban ascx populaton nas rural origins. But whercas the Afrikaners shared a common language and blacks belonged to different and often hostile formations — hence the separute strucgles against first the Boer incursions and later British imperalisma.

PRIMITIVE There have been no black united froats in the past one and a halt centuries.

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Afrikaners the Temporarily the return to the tribe.

their interests, they belong to trihes.

the tribai Bantustan InC annas Kantsn laments" have to be secn.

ILIEC primitive lc your workmate June: U.10 anly recognised chiefs.. Such groups do exist in the urban areas but they are Intelligentsia, tiny compared with ibe modern ercia] servants.

All ribespeople in urban The areas are migrants, though not all migrants are tribespeople.

The tribespeople in any urban area regard themselves as there their aim it to of 1957.

When the government whites say they know what the blacks want and are acting in the tiny proportion of blacks who inunediate So it is not surprising that African trader.

leaders have agreed to parricipare in PROTECT the separate development experiment". Ir is in this light that "par- Jargeiy factor is still i strong cough in the mines to | to protect their businesses. Marana Rd tort Caedonian. Ro cloimants 30p.

ART AND trea hagene wil ton Yach "clats we ct.50, ei toro almavis."

Socialiste be exploited and fostered by the government and mining St in Suth Atra doel exist in South Africa for whites. This has stunted the prowth of a strong bourgeoisie.

The black petty bourgeoisic 15 made00 professional traders, employees and civil Black traders African and Asian - do not present a united front against African trader grateful to apartheid since it eliminated the Asian traders from the African areas through the Group Areas Act The large supermarkelt are in the central city arens and, of course, white-woed They are not casils reached by black ghetto wellers and so pose no threat the So the African traders have kept out • EK ruin. struggles agaiost When bey have taken part it 1s HURAIICSAND HAGIALIOM UU athock ttam-Spin Sar. B Apri-nt th 3e loken pe Aso tio PORO Noon, Cut WOMEN'S ONLY PARTY in aid of Irisr Womes Uniled, alth Clapperciae un Fansy a Diaco #pm-12-00 ситна, 14 ДАВА НІ ТЕННИ АСИСИ СИЛІК CAVIA nu. LUHEL CET Man. ou RESISTANCE talka Beit an democratic forn and conten in popular ort lodas.

perten or omina theare groups in Chile The Croup Areas Acr brouglit ruin to Asian traders The Aslan population of South million, Most Asians are in Naral and the Durban neighbour hoed, In the Transvaal and Cape Province the Few Asians generaliy belong to trading Fasi ies, hut were forced to close their businesses beause there was no populaion ett to trade among.

COURT Those Tailed re-establish themscives when USUAEBLUUELULE! African areas had ta seek jobs ol the black working class Thoie traders who had cnough cash took their casca to tbc BUULUU! count. desbtie them time significant number hegen to support the African Nationa Congress (ANC), Their overriding aim throughout was the scrapping of the Group Areus Act which had brought them to *Next week: black workers i and the trade amions. friends angi all anti-racist activists 10 think of them.

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