The Politics of Race: Discrimination in South Africa by Hillel Ticktin

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African:

Coloured:

Asian:

White:

Total:

1987

26.1

3.1

.91

4.9

35.2

1951

8.56

1.10

.37

2.64

12.67

Source: SAIRR, Race Relations Survey, [/i]1987/8, p. 11, South Africa 1984:

Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, [/i]Chris van Rensburg, 1984,

Johannesburg, p. 26.

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[/i]Table 5: Employment

Table 5(a) By sector

1987 in thousands

Totals Including whites (brackets exclude whites)


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Sector:

Manufacturing:

Mining:

Public Sector:

Construction:

Electricity:

Finance:

Trade and Catering:

Agriculture:

Total

1,325

759

1,669

294

57

160

740

1,200

Total excluding whites

1,000(680)

1,000

259

34

43

479


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Table 5(a)(I) Manufacturing Industry

Employment:

1970:

Total: 1.171 million workers of all races.

1987:

Total: 1.325 million workers of all races.

African:

Asian:

Coloured:

White:

705,000

88,500

237,400

294,500

Increase 1970-87 = 11.

53%

7%

18%

22%

6%

Source: D. Hobart Houghton: The South African Economy, [/i]OUP, 1976, p.

289, SAIRR: Survey of Race Relations, [/i]1987/8, p. 322.

Notes:

1. Average number employed per establishment in 1976 was 88. Source:


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Jill Natrass, p. 169.

2. In the period from 1919 to 1976 'the output from the machinerymaking

subsector had grown at an average annual rate of 14 per

cent, to provide 13 per cent of the sector's total output'. Jill Natrass, p.

169.

Agriculture:

Mining & Quarrying:

Manufacturing:

Electricity, gas, water:

Construction:

Commerce:

Transport St Communication:

Finance:

Services:

Unemployed & other:

18.6

12.8

13.80.8

4.7

9.7

3.2

1.0

22.6


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12.8

(1970:35.8%)

(1970:9.9%)

Source: South African Institute of Race Relations: 1982, Johannesburg, 1983, p. 70.

Till 1987

White:

Coloured:

Asian:

African:

1.945 million

.865

.260

6.580

2.009

1.184

.345

6.921

Africans in TBCV (1981) 1.3

Source: SAIRR 1982, p. 69-70, and SAIRR, Survey of Race Relations, [/i]1987/8,

p. 292.

Table 6: Nominal Levels of Payment to Employees

Randsper month.

Note: The rand has fluctuated from around 2 rands to the British pound in 1981-2

down to almost 5 to the pound in 1990. At purchasing power levels the rand would

probably be closer to 2.5 to 3 to the pound and 1.2 to) .6 [/i]to the US dollar.


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African

Coloured

Asian

White

204

548

819

1380

Ratio of African to White households: 4.8%

Source: SAIRR: Survey of Race Relations in South Africa, [/i]1983, Johannesburg,

1984.

Unskilled Semi-skilled Skilled

African

Coloured

Asian

White

351(56)

383(65)

428(73)

589(100)

524(65)

618(77)

681(85)

797(100)

849(60)


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1187(84)

1407(100)

Unskilled African/ Skilled white = 24.94%

Source: SAIRR: Survey of Race Relations in South Africa, [/i]1983, Johannesburg,

1984.

1986: Rands as % of White Earnings

African: 500 28.8

Asian: 912 52.7

Coloured: 634 36.60

White: 1732 100

Source: SAIRR: 1987/8, p. 289

Table 7: Balance of Payments

Balance of Payments: 1987-8

Balance of Trade:

188 1^87

Exports: $22,432 million $21,088

Imports: $17,210 million $13,925

Cold e ports (1988)

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