The Casualization of Black Female Labour in South Africa

Fenyes, TI; Lalthapersad-Pillay, Pinky

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dc.contributor.author	Fenyes, TI
dc.contributor.author	Lalthapersad-Pillay, Pinky
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-18T12:28:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-18T12:28:25Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	Fenyes, T.I & Lalthapersad, P. (2000). The Casualization of Black Female Labour in South Africa. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 3(2):165-188	en
dc.identifier.issn	165-188
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18939	en
dc.description.abstract	Black women workers in South Africa are highly marginalized in that their work has been undervalued and underpaid due to disadvantage and discrimination. They were severely curtailed by legislation that aimed to keep them away from urban areas and the formal job market. This paper reports the results of an empirical study of the work done by black women in the manufacturing and retail industries. The purpose of the study was to determine the kind of work black women do and the nature of the job processes. The article examines the main [mdings of the study.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Casualisation of Black female labour	en
dc.subject	Black women workers	en
dc.subject	Women workers	en
dc.subject	Employment discrimination	en
dc.subject	Gender inequality	en
dc.subject	Racial discrimination	en
dc.subject	Labour market	en
dc.subject	Occupational segregation	en
dc.subject	Manufacturing industry	en
dc.subject	Retail industry	en
dc.subject	Employment patterns	en
dc.subject	Working conditions	en
dc.subject	Urban labour	en
dc.subject	Apartheid legislation	en
dc.subject	Marginalisation	en
dc.subject	South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Black women -- Employment -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Women employees -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Sex discrimination in employment -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Retail trade -- Employees -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Apartheid -- Economic aspects -- South Africa	en
dc.title	The Casualization of Black Female Labour in South Africa	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Economics	en