Economic History
NAME: Nyasha Chirara
REG NO. : R124089N
COURSE: Economic History of the Developing World {EH1070} LECTURER: Mr. U. Kufakurinani TUTOT: MR TARINGANA
TUTORIAL GROUP: TUE 09am-10am
QUESTION: 15. Account for labor migratory trends in any geographical region of your choice in Africa.
DUE DATE: 25/03/13
Labour migration can be understood as the movement of people from one place to another, in search for work. With such, when modern states go into terminal decline or fail altogether, the predictable response of ordinary people is to get out, as soon as they can, to wherever they can go. This paper seeks to give reasons for migratory trends in the Southern African region. Migration can be caused by a number of factors which can be generally put under two categories; push and pull factors. An economy in fee-fall, soaring inflation, unemployment, collapse of public services, political oppression and deepening poverty prove to be powerful, virtually irresistible push factors for many countries, for example Zimbabwe. On the other hand, good living conditions which include well paying jobs may thus fall under the category of pull factors as they tend to attract people from those countries suffering from political and socio-economic problems.
In the Southern African region, many countries tend to flood South Africa. Labour migratory trends can be traced back to the nineteenth century. The discovery of diamonds (1866) in the Northern Cape triggered movement from every corner in the Southern African region. It transformed South Africa from a predominantly subsistence agricultural economy into a modern capitalist economy . It is generally agreed that the black population was much more reluctant to seek employment in the new mines. Pressure was therefore put on blacks to force them to sell their labour to the white capitalists. This pressure took two forms: first, the black population was forced to
REG NO. : R124089N
COURSE: Economic History of the Developing World {EH1070} LECTURER: Mr. U. Kufakurinani TUTOT: MR TARINGANA
TUTORIAL GROUP: TUE 09am-10am
QUESTION: 15. Account for labor migratory trends in any geographical region of your choice in Africa.
DUE DATE: 25/03/13
Labour migration can be understood as the movement of people from one place to another, in search for work. With such, when modern states go into terminal decline or fail altogether, the predictable response of ordinary people is to get out, as soon as they can, to wherever they can go. This paper seeks to give reasons for migratory trends in the Southern African region. Migration can be caused by a number of factors which can be generally put under two categories; push and pull factors. An economy in fee-fall, soaring inflation, unemployment, collapse of public services, political oppression and deepening poverty prove to be powerful, virtually irresistible push factors for many countries, for example Zimbabwe. On the other hand, good living conditions which include well paying jobs may thus fall under the category of pull factors as they tend to attract people from those countries suffering from political and socio-economic problems.
In the Southern African region, many countries tend to flood South Africa. Labour migratory trends can be traced back to the nineteenth century. The discovery of diamonds (1866) in the Northern Cape triggered movement from every corner in the Southern African region. It transformed South Africa from a predominantly subsistence agricultural economy into a modern capitalist economy . It is generally agreed that the black population was much more reluctant to seek employment in the new mines. Pressure was therefore put on blacks to force them to sell their labour to the white capitalists. This pressure took two forms: first, the black population was forced to
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