February 1959 We Call It Semi-Slavery In seven years

February 1959 We Call It Semi-Slavery In seven years nothing has changed round Bethal way A South African farm workerin 1959. Barefoot. Dressed in sacks. His average wage, if he's a man, is 2 12s a month. For a woman its 1 5s. How can his life be anything but wretched? How can his work be anything but inefficient? This is the system favoured by many farmers in South Africa. Because it works out so cheap. Yet proper pay and decent conditions for farm workers could in ten years build a home market that would give a new prosperity. (Photograph by Peter Magubane Baileys Archives) farm labour, assault

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Bethal Dirt Labourers Mpumalanga

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