Effects Of Migrant Labour For SA And Entire Region Flashcards
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Due to young men leaving to work on mines what happened to women children and old men left behind
They had to take over they young males jobs
What did those who remained behind result in
Less food produced
More dependency on money sent home by migrant workers
People in rural areas began depending on manufactured good like blankets,clothes and cooking pots brought home by migrant workers
What did the dependency mean
Village craft industries slowed down and eventually disappeared as people turned to machine made goods
Family in rural areas suffered a great deal
Children rarely saw their fathers
Wives rarely saw their husbands. This affected traditional families in terms of they cultural and traditional beliefs
Traditional way if life was threatened and capitalists got their cheap labour
