South African Industrial Conciliation Act of 1924 and current affirmative action : an analysis of labour economic history
- Jordaan, Charline, Ukpere, Wilfred I.
- Authors: Jordaan, Charline , Ukpere, Wilfred I.
- Date: 2011-02
- Subjects: Apartheid , Affirmative action , Industrial relations , Labour unions , South Africa. Industrial Conciliation Act, 1924
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5818 , ISSN 1993-8233 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7834
- Description: This paper is directed towards making a comparison between the Industrial Conciliation Act (ICA) of 1924 and the current Affirmative Action (AA) in South Africa (SA), in order trace their respective impact to industrial relations in SA. First and foremost, it is necessary to give an overview of Industrial relations within the period of 1924 to 1948, and to identify three events that took place within that period and give a discussion of the events. Furthermore, the impact of those events on the labour legislation at that time, and its effect on the labour relationship will be analysed. Additionally, the different approaches used during these periods towards the labour relationship will be reviewed. Finally, an analysis will be made between Industrial Conciliation Act of 1924 and the current South African Affirmative Action.
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- Authors: Jordaan, Charline , Ukpere, Wilfred I.
- Date: 2011-02
- Subjects: Apartheid , Affirmative action , Industrial relations , Labour unions , South Africa. Industrial Conciliation Act, 1924
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5818 , ISSN 1993-8233 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7834
- Description: This paper is directed towards making a comparison between the Industrial Conciliation Act (ICA) of 1924 and the current Affirmative Action (AA) in South Africa (SA), in order trace their respective impact to industrial relations in SA. First and foremost, it is necessary to give an overview of Industrial relations within the period of 1924 to 1948, and to identify three events that took place within that period and give a discussion of the events. Furthermore, the impact of those events on the labour legislation at that time, and its effect on the labour relationship will be analysed. Additionally, the different approaches used during these periods towards the labour relationship will be reviewed. Finally, an analysis will be made between Industrial Conciliation Act of 1924 and the current South African Affirmative Action.
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Stuck in the middle? Indian South Africans in South Africa’s fading rainbow
- Authors: Desai, Ashwin G.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Apartheid , Racism , Mazibuye
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/226167 , uj:22861 , Citation: Desai, A.G. 2017. Stuck in the middle? Indian South Africans in South Africa’s fading rainbow.
- Description: Abstract: This article examines the political and economic position of Indians in post-apartheid South Africa, where they are sandwiched between an economically dominant white class and the majority African population. It provides a brief background on African and Indian relations since the nineteenth century, and examines how and why these were strained at certain historical junctures. Against this background, the article explores issues of identity, nationality and citizenship in the post-apartheid period, which has seen the population of Indian South Africans augmented by new migrants from the Indian subcontinent. It argues that while the rubric of ‘Indian’ has been challenged by increasing class divides and fracturing along religious lines, the legal definition of South Africans according to race and Indians’ relatively privileged position vis-a-vis Africans has seen them come under pressure in a context of widening inequality and a racially exclusive African nationalism. They will remain ‘stuck in the middle’ for the foreseeable future.
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- Authors: Desai, Ashwin G.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Apartheid , Racism , Mazibuye
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/226167 , uj:22861 , Citation: Desai, A.G. 2017. Stuck in the middle? Indian South Africans in South Africa’s fading rainbow.
- Description: Abstract: This article examines the political and economic position of Indians in post-apartheid South Africa, where they are sandwiched between an economically dominant white class and the majority African population. It provides a brief background on African and Indian relations since the nineteenth century, and examines how and why these were strained at certain historical junctures. Against this background, the article explores issues of identity, nationality and citizenship in the post-apartheid period, which has seen the population of Indian South Africans augmented by new migrants from the Indian subcontinent. It argues that while the rubric of ‘Indian’ has been challenged by increasing class divides and fracturing along religious lines, the legal definition of South Africans according to race and Indians’ relatively privileged position vis-a-vis Africans has seen them come under pressure in a context of widening inequality and a racially exclusive African nationalism. They will remain ‘stuck in the middle’ for the foreseeable future.
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The Coming of Nelson and the ending of apartheid cricket : gatting’s rebels in South Africa, 1990
- Authors: Desai, Ashwin G.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Apartheid , Bacher , Gatting
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/240161 , uj:24699 , Citation: Desai, A.G. 2016. The Coming of Nelson and the ending of apartheid cricket : gatting’s rebels in South Africa, 1990.
- Description: Abstract: 1990 is a pivotal year in South African history. The liberation movements were unbanned and Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison. These developments were to have a major impact on cricket in the country. An English rebel cricket team led by Mike Gatting was touring the country. The newly constituted National Sports Congress (NSC), which had the support of the African National Congress (ANC) was at the forefront of mass protests against the tour. For once Ali Bacher and his White apartheid cricket body were on the backfoot. But suddenly the NSC, despite massive protests against the tour, agreed to negotiate the end of the tour and call off protests. One of the central reasons for this was that the NSC leadership was informed that Mandela was to be released and that the NSC had to contribute to an environment of ‘stability’. These moves and countermoves were to accelerate the drive to cricket unity and see South African cricket participate in the 1992 World Cup, even before apartheid had officially ended. This article returns to those heady days and seeks to examine the mass protests against the tour and show how the broader political environment contributed to the ending of protests and the return to the international fold before the coming of one person-one vote with negative consequences for the game. The article is entitled ‘Nelson’ because in some cricket countries, such as South Africa, the score of 111 heightens expectations that a wicket could fall. 1990 was the year in which Mandela was released and apartheid’s wicket fell.
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- Authors: Desai, Ashwin G.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Apartheid , Bacher , Gatting
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/240161 , uj:24699 , Citation: Desai, A.G. 2016. The Coming of Nelson and the ending of apartheid cricket : gatting’s rebels in South Africa, 1990.
- Description: Abstract: 1990 is a pivotal year in South African history. The liberation movements were unbanned and Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison. These developments were to have a major impact on cricket in the country. An English rebel cricket team led by Mike Gatting was touring the country. The newly constituted National Sports Congress (NSC), which had the support of the African National Congress (ANC) was at the forefront of mass protests against the tour. For once Ali Bacher and his White apartheid cricket body were on the backfoot. But suddenly the NSC, despite massive protests against the tour, agreed to negotiate the end of the tour and call off protests. One of the central reasons for this was that the NSC leadership was informed that Mandela was to be released and that the NSC had to contribute to an environment of ‘stability’. These moves and countermoves were to accelerate the drive to cricket unity and see South African cricket participate in the 1992 World Cup, even before apartheid had officially ended. This article returns to those heady days and seeks to examine the mass protests against the tour and show how the broader political environment contributed to the ending of protests and the return to the international fold before the coming of one person-one vote with negative consequences for the game. The article is entitled ‘Nelson’ because in some cricket countries, such as South Africa, the score of 111 heightens expectations that a wicket could fall. 1990 was the year in which Mandela was released and apartheid’s wicket fell.
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UJ Talks : “Why are there no Apartheid Studies?”
- Authors: Modise, Theodorah
- Date: 2017/04/07
- Subjects: Mboti, Nyasha , Apartheid Studies , Apartheid
- Type: Discussion
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/236045 , uj:24147
- Description: Nyasha Mboti is an Associate Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Johannesburg. Prof. Mboti’s keen interest in academia is to ask questions that people do not normally intend, or think, to ask – his view being that knowledge is not finding whatever is put there to be found, like in a game of hide-and-seek. Rather, knowledge is knowing what is not intended to be known. Prof Mboti is currently researching possibilities for the emergence of a new theoretical paradigm called “Apartheid Studies”, the subject of his new book Apartheid Studies (Africa World Press, 2018). Invitation UJ TALKS at the APK Library: Gcina Mhlophe Amphitheatre Please join us for a lunchtime discussion with Professor Nyasha Mboti as he talks to us about, “Why are there no Apartheid Studies?” DATE: 7 April 2017 TIME: 12:00 VENUE: APK Library, 1st Floor, Gcina Mhlophe Amphitheatre, University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park).
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- Authors: Modise, Theodorah
- Date: 2017/04/07
- Subjects: Mboti, Nyasha , Apartheid Studies , Apartheid
- Type: Discussion
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/236045 , uj:24147
- Description: Nyasha Mboti is an Associate Professor and Head of Department in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Johannesburg. Prof. Mboti’s keen interest in academia is to ask questions that people do not normally intend, or think, to ask – his view being that knowledge is not finding whatever is put there to be found, like in a game of hide-and-seek. Rather, knowledge is knowing what is not intended to be known. Prof Mboti is currently researching possibilities for the emergence of a new theoretical paradigm called “Apartheid Studies”, the subject of his new book Apartheid Studies (Africa World Press, 2018). Invitation UJ TALKS at the APK Library: Gcina Mhlophe Amphitheatre Please join us for a lunchtime discussion with Professor Nyasha Mboti as he talks to us about, “Why are there no Apartheid Studies?” DATE: 7 April 2017 TIME: 12:00 VENUE: APK Library, 1st Floor, Gcina Mhlophe Amphitheatre, University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park).
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Gender and racial diversity in South Africa’s companies : an exploration of barriers and solutions in the literature
- Authors: Hlobo, Modi
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Discrimination , Diversity , Apartheid
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceeding
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/290055 , uj:31482 , Citation: Hlobo, M. 2018. Gender and racial diversity in South Africa’s companies : an exploration of barriers and solutions in the literature.
- Description: Abstract: South Africa’s Apartheid regime deeply entrenched racial and gender inequalities amongst South Africans, which negatively affected all spheres of the economy, the working environment as well as society. However, since the dawn of democracy more than two decades ago, South Africans have experienced changes in the landscape of employment. This has been mainly due to numerous legislation that were implemented to redress previous unfair discrimination in the workplace. Recently, researcher have identified slow progress in transformation of the working environment. This article is based on a literature analysis on the state of gender and racial diversity in the workplace, the barriers that are hindering the progression of women and blacks in the working place as well as the strategic methods adopted to retain women and blacks in the working environment. The results from the analysis indicate that legislation on its own is not sufficient to efficiently achieve diversity in the working environment. Organisation and countries need to also implement other strategic programs in order to achieve this goal. The outcomes from this study are significant for South African regulators, as they provide justification for increased efforts to transform or diversify the South African working environment, particularly since some studies have recognised that diversity can have a positive impact in an organisation.
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- Authors: Hlobo, Modi
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Discrimination , Diversity , Apartheid
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceeding
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/290055 , uj:31482 , Citation: Hlobo, M. 2018. Gender and racial diversity in South Africa’s companies : an exploration of barriers and solutions in the literature.
- Description: Abstract: South Africa’s Apartheid regime deeply entrenched racial and gender inequalities amongst South Africans, which negatively affected all spheres of the economy, the working environment as well as society. However, since the dawn of democracy more than two decades ago, South Africans have experienced changes in the landscape of employment. This has been mainly due to numerous legislation that were implemented to redress previous unfair discrimination in the workplace. Recently, researcher have identified slow progress in transformation of the working environment. This article is based on a literature analysis on the state of gender and racial diversity in the workplace, the barriers that are hindering the progression of women and blacks in the working place as well as the strategic methods adopted to retain women and blacks in the working environment. The results from the analysis indicate that legislation on its own is not sufficient to efficiently achieve diversity in the working environment. Organisation and countries need to also implement other strategic programs in order to achieve this goal. The outcomes from this study are significant for South African regulators, as they provide justification for increased efforts to transform or diversify the South African working environment, particularly since some studies have recognised that diversity can have a positive impact in an organisation.
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Pan-Africanisation of South African political cultural heritage as tourist attraction
- Ivanovic, Milena, Ramoshaba, Kganya
- Authors: Ivanovic, Milena , Ramoshaba, Kganya
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Pan-Africanism , Cultural heritage , Apartheid
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/277056 , uj:29673 , ISSN: 1582-8859 , Citation: Ivanovic, M. & Ramoshaba, K. 2018. Pan-Africanisation of South African political cultural heritage as tourist attraction. E u r o E c o n o m i c a, 1(37):218-230.
- Description: Abstract: The most visited tourist attractions in South Africa are the political heritage sites of memorisation of the struggle against apartheid and are regarded as the main symbols of the new post-1994 national identity. Building on the rise of African consciousness known as the African Renaissance and Pan- Africanism, the paper explores the possibility that these famous tourist sites are equally representative of the newly emerging Pan-African identity. The study builds on extensive literature on the African Renaissance movement, the concepts of national and Pan-African identity, and on two dimensions of constructive authenticity, cognitive (learning) and affective (feeling). This mixed-method study explores the differences in the way domestic and African tourists construct the authenticity of their experience of the site. The results of data triangulation confirm the main assumption of this paper that the country’s most iconic places of struggle against apartheid are not only representative of the new South African national identity but of newly emerging Pan-African identity too. The findings are valuable for site managers, who should include the Pan African narrative into interpretation and presentation of the sites, and government, who should promote the South African political heritage sites as unique Pan African tourist attractions for the African market.
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- Authors: Ivanovic, Milena , Ramoshaba, Kganya
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Pan-Africanism , Cultural heritage , Apartheid
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/277056 , uj:29673 , ISSN: 1582-8859 , Citation: Ivanovic, M. & Ramoshaba, K. 2018. Pan-Africanisation of South African political cultural heritage as tourist attraction. E u r o E c o n o m i c a, 1(37):218-230.
- Description: Abstract: The most visited tourist attractions in South Africa are the political heritage sites of memorisation of the struggle against apartheid and are regarded as the main symbols of the new post-1994 national identity. Building on the rise of African consciousness known as the African Renaissance and Pan- Africanism, the paper explores the possibility that these famous tourist sites are equally representative of the newly emerging Pan-African identity. The study builds on extensive literature on the African Renaissance movement, the concepts of national and Pan-African identity, and on two dimensions of constructive authenticity, cognitive (learning) and affective (feeling). This mixed-method study explores the differences in the way domestic and African tourists construct the authenticity of their experience of the site. The results of data triangulation confirm the main assumption of this paper that the country’s most iconic places of struggle against apartheid are not only representative of the new South African national identity but of newly emerging Pan-African identity too. The findings are valuable for site managers, who should include the Pan African narrative into interpretation and presentation of the sites, and government, who should promote the South African political heritage sites as unique Pan African tourist attractions for the African market.
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Arts, apartheid struggles and cultural movements
- Authors: Tomaselli, K. G.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Apartheid , Resistance , Arts
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/407089 , uj:34252 , Citation: Tomaselli, K.G. 2019: Arts, apartheid struggles and cultural movements.
- Description: Abstract: This study i) briefly sketches some anti-apartheid arts initiatives of the 1980s; ii) examines the anti-apartheid academic common sense that assumed that ‘real struggle’ could occur only within the labour movement; while iii) both are discussed in relation to early Afrikaner conservative cultural theory. The role of social theory within these sites of resistance is discussed. The article offers a lived methodology by including evocative observations from some social actors who participated in, and contributed to anti-apartheid art, drama and writing. The objective is to draw out debates on struggle rather than to offer a discussion of arts initiatives themselves. These are examined in terms of Albie Sachs’ pleas for discussion beyond the weaponisation of art, one that restores the humanity robbed by apartheid.
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- Authors: Tomaselli, K. G.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Apartheid , Resistance , Arts
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/407089 , uj:34252 , Citation: Tomaselli, K.G. 2019: Arts, apartheid struggles and cultural movements.
- Description: Abstract: This study i) briefly sketches some anti-apartheid arts initiatives of the 1980s; ii) examines the anti-apartheid academic common sense that assumed that ‘real struggle’ could occur only within the labour movement; while iii) both are discussed in relation to early Afrikaner conservative cultural theory. The role of social theory within these sites of resistance is discussed. The article offers a lived methodology by including evocative observations from some social actors who participated in, and contributed to anti-apartheid art, drama and writing. The objective is to draw out debates on struggle rather than to offer a discussion of arts initiatives themselves. These are examined in terms of Albie Sachs’ pleas for discussion beyond the weaponisation of art, one that restores the humanity robbed by apartheid.
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South Africa’s race to return to global sport : results and prospects on home-ground – the case of Cricket
- Desai, Ashwin, Maharaj, Brij
- Authors: Desai, Ashwin , Maharaj, Brij
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Apartheid , Cricket , Transformation
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/427156 , uj:36667 , Desai, A., Maharaj, B.: South Africa’s race to return to global sport : results and prospects on home-ground – the case of Cricket
- Description: Abstract: The collapse of apartheid in the 1990s saw the rapid re-entry of South Africa into international sporting fields. This move, backed by the African National Congress (ANC) and given Nelson Mandela’s endorsement, was seen as a strategy to attain two objectives; to cut off the White right wing threat by placating the fears of the White population, and to bring in revenue that would be used to redress the legacy of apartheid sport. This article seeks, through a case study of cricket, to assess the effects of this strategy, especially in relation to the latter goal of redressing inherited socio-spatial inequalities. A key contention of this article is that spatial apartheid and inherited racial boundaries has remained in play, and this has influenced who could be selected to place professional cricket and who is excluded. Two and a half decades since cricketing unity, race is still with us, but so is class.
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- Authors: Desai, Ashwin , Maharaj, Brij
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Apartheid , Cricket , Transformation
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/427156 , uj:36667 , Desai, A., Maharaj, B.: South Africa’s race to return to global sport : results and prospects on home-ground – the case of Cricket
- Description: Abstract: The collapse of apartheid in the 1990s saw the rapid re-entry of South Africa into international sporting fields. This move, backed by the African National Congress (ANC) and given Nelson Mandela’s endorsement, was seen as a strategy to attain two objectives; to cut off the White right wing threat by placating the fears of the White population, and to bring in revenue that would be used to redress the legacy of apartheid sport. This article seeks, through a case study of cricket, to assess the effects of this strategy, especially in relation to the latter goal of redressing inherited socio-spatial inequalities. A key contention of this article is that spatial apartheid and inherited racial boundaries has remained in play, and this has influenced who could be selected to place professional cricket and who is excluded. Two and a half decades since cricketing unity, race is still with us, but so is class.
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