Increase burden of women in the reserves Flashcards
1
Q
What is a reserve?
A
Areas where black communities live in rural areas. They were also places when people waited to get work
2
Q
What is soil erosion?
A
The wearing away by wind and water and over farming of earth surface
3
Q
What is family erosion?
A
The slow breaking down of families
4
Q
Why did family erosion took place in the reserves?
A
More and more men left home to go and work on the mines and become migrants. The women that stayed behind had to do all the mens work. if you were sick you have to look after yourself. Areas became poorer and family erosion started
