The Struggle for Swazi labour, 1890-1920

326 Pages·1987·12.729 MB·English

by  Jonathan Crush

1890-1920
JONATHAN CRUSH

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The Struggle for
Swazi Labour,
i8go—ig20
JONATHAN CRUSH
McGm-Queen’s University Press
Kingston and Montreal
© McGill-Queen’s University Press 1987
isbn 0-7735-0569-5
Legal deposit 4th quarter 1987
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
Printed in Canada
This book has been published with the help of a
grant from the Social Science Federation of
Canada, using funds provided by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada.
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Crush, Jonathan Scott, 1953-
The struggle for Swazi labour, 1890-1920
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
isbn 0-7735-0569-5
1. Swaziland — Economic conditions. 2. Swaziland —
Social conditions. 3. Social structure — Swaziland.
4. Swaziland - Relations — South Africa. 5. South
Africa — Relations — Swaziland. I. Title.
HC925.C78 1987 330.968C302 C87-093740-5
Cover Drawing of Swazi regiment tilling royal fields,
1890s. Royal village in the middle background.
Courtesy Swaziland Archives.
All photographs are from the Swaziland
Archives except for those from the institutions noted below:
barlow rand: mine workers at Boksburg
JOHANNESBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY AFRICANA MUSEUM:
Swazi regiment on the march; tin miners;
ox-drawn wagon
KILLIE CAMPBELL AFRICANA LIBRARY: Swazi men
dressing hides
For Linda, Claire, and Genevieve
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Contents
Figures ix
Tables xi
Preface xiii
Abbreviations xvii
Glossary of Swazi Terms xix
Illustrations xx
INTRODUCTION 3
PART ONE SWAZILAND IN THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
1 Homesteads, Chiefs, and Kings 13
2 Cattle, Capital, and Commodity
Production 33
PART TWO MINES AND MIGRANTS
3 Coercion, Co-optation, and Taxation 51
4 Rulers, Regiments, and Recruiters 66
5 Traders, Runners, and Recruits 90
6 Brewers, Workers, and the Local
Mines 116
PART THREE LAND AND LABOUR
7 Land, Labour, and the Settler-Estate 131
8 Policy, Partition, and Protest 155
9 Landlords, Tenants, and Farm
Workers 167
10 Continuity, Conflict, and Change 189
viii Contents
CONCLUSION 201
Appendixes 217
Notes 225
Bibliography 271
Index 285