Liz Abrahams
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE
STUDENT NAME: NOMATHEMBA SETH
STUDENT NUMBER: 2250517
MODULE: ADM 651
MODULE NAME: EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
ASSIGNMENT: LIZ ABRAHAMS ANALYSIS
LECTURER: MS PEARL PUGIN
DUE DATE: 13 FEBRUARY 2013
Outline the most significant events in the life of Liz Abrahams, as she describes in her life story, Married to the Struggle, in the context of South Africa’s employment relations history.
Ms Liz Joseph who got married and was known as Mrs Liz Abrahams was born in the year of 1925 near a place known as Hermitage. At a very tender and young age of 14 years she started working as a seasonal worker and during those days, there was nothing alarming about a young person doing the labour and (Abrahams, 2005) states that a person could start working at the age of ten. She worked because her family situation forced her to do so, due to the fact that her father, who has been a bread winner for a long time was ill now and could no longer work, and her mother was the only one supporting her and the siblings, so she wanted to help her family and also to ensure that her other siblings are put through to school. During this time, seasonal workers only worked when there was fruit available and they remained unemployed during the time there was no fruits and therefore that meant there was nothing for them to do in the factories (off-season). She had a natural, intrusive and questioning spirit and always wanted to help others and know what is going on. Therefore at a very young age she was inquisitive about the happenings around her and this was noticed by Bryma Moerat’s father when he said “She’s going to travel a lot, and she’s going to travel far.” Abrahams E (2005:2).
Liz always made sacrifices for others and that included sacrificing her life so that workers could be able to have better working conditions in South
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE
STUDENT NAME: NOMATHEMBA SETH
STUDENT NUMBER: 2250517
MODULE: ADM 651
MODULE NAME: EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
ASSIGNMENT: LIZ ABRAHAMS ANALYSIS
LECTURER: MS PEARL PUGIN
DUE DATE: 13 FEBRUARY 2013
Outline the most significant events in the life of Liz Abrahams, as she describes in her life story, Married to the Struggle, in the context of South Africa’s employment relations history.
Ms Liz Joseph who got married and was known as Mrs Liz Abrahams was born in the year of 1925 near a place known as Hermitage. At a very tender and young age of 14 years she started working as a seasonal worker and during those days, there was nothing alarming about a young person doing the labour and (Abrahams, 2005) states that a person could start working at the age of ten. She worked because her family situation forced her to do so, due to the fact that her father, who has been a bread winner for a long time was ill now and could no longer work, and her mother was the only one supporting her and the siblings, so she wanted to help her family and also to ensure that her other siblings are put through to school. During this time, seasonal workers only worked when there was fruit available and they remained unemployed during the time there was no fruits and therefore that meant there was nothing for them to do in the factories (off-season). She had a natural, intrusive and questioning spirit and always wanted to help others and know what is going on. Therefore at a very young age she was inquisitive about the happenings around her and this was noticed by Bryma Moerat’s father when he said “She’s going to travel a lot, and she’s going to travel far.” Abrahams E (2005:2).
Liz always made sacrifices for others and that included sacrificing her life so that workers could be able to have better working conditions in South