An investigation commissioned by the National Union of Mineworkers
Item
- Title
- An investigation commissioned by the National Union of Mineworkers
- Creator
- NUM
- Date Issued
- Jul-85
- Description
- The University of the Witwatersrand has a long established relationship with the mining industry. Indeed, its origins go back to the South African School of Mines established in Kimberley in 1896. (1). Since 1917, the Chamber of Mines has given direct grants to the University and its predecessors. In fact, the Chamber remains our largest private donor. Murray has shown in his authoritative study of the early years of the University that there have been occasions in our history when the Chamber has felt that it has not received a satisfactory return upon its massive investment in the University (2). On balance, however, the University can rightly claim to have served the Chamber well over the years. In recent years, the other side of the industry's history and social structure has been a focus of systematic investigation in this University. Here, van Onselen's Chibaro stands out : a pioneering attempt to create historically the social world of the compound in the early years of the mining industry in Southern Rhodesia. In our own Department, Moodie, Bozzoli, and Innes have all contributed to our knowledge of the social structure of mining.
- Format
- Language
- English
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134861
- Archive
- Cory Library for Humanitites Research
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Extent
- 143 pages
- Rights
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- Rights Holder
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- Use/re-use
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Publisher
- National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
- Item sets
- General Materials
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