Aspects of hawking in the Transkei, 1920-1945

During the 20th century Transkei became a place of migrant workers, old people, women and children. The gradual impoverishment of the region and its African population paradoxically was accompanied by economic opportunities for whites, particularly in the towns. Poor whites fleeing the harsh economi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Contree 2024-06, Vol.28, p.4
Main Author: Morrell, Robert
Format: Article
Language:afr ; eng
Subjects:
1920-1945
20th century
hawking
transkei
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:During the 20th century Transkei became a place of migrant workers, old people, women and children. The gradual impoverishment of the region and its African population paradoxically was accompanied by economic opportunities for whites, particularly in the towns. Poor whites fleeing the harsh economic climate of white South Africa were able to succeed as hawkers in Transkei largely because local authorities had discriminatory policies towards black competition. In the countryside African maize traders attempted without much success to gain direct access to the market and thus evade the financial power of the vested white traders.
ISSN:0379-9867
2959-510X
DOI:10.4102/nc.v28i0.641