American Committee on Africa
New York, New York, United States
Undated, December 1970 or early 1971
2 pages
Contents: Working Conditions • Accommodation • Wages • Monthly • Relationships • Reprint by the American Committee on Africa. At a time when there are still cases of people being paid the unbelievable wage of R1.60 (plus food) for a month’s work and, when R4.00 is not uncommon, it is essential for all those who are employers to re-examine themselves and to ask whether the wages they are paying are adequate. Domestic service is one area where those who wonder so often what they can do about the great problems of the country could make an important start. Footnote: The compilers of the pamphlet from which these extracts are taken are a group of Christians in...
Contents: Working Conditions • Accommodation • Wages • Monthly • Relationships • Reprint by the American Committee on Africa. At a time when there are still cases of people being paid the unbelievable wage of R1.60 (plus food) for a month’s work and, when R4.00 is not uncommon, it is essential for all those who are employers to re-examine themselves and to ask whether the wages they are paying are adequate. Domestic service is one area where those who wonder so often what they can do about the great problems of the country could make an important start. Footnote: The compilers of the pamphlet from which these extracts are taken are a group of Christians in Johannesburg who wish to promote the thrust of the ‘Message to the People of South Africa’ issued in the name of the South African Council of Churches in September, 1968.
English
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Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).
