1 / 7

ORIGINS of UNDERDEVELOPMENT in the EASTERN CAPE

ORIGINS of UNDERDEVELOPMENT in the EASTERN CAPE. TRADITIONAL ECONOMY. CHIEFS – the Owners of the Land Responsible for Defence and Food Security Income from Taxes and Judicial Fines “Fathers of their People” Subsistence but Self-Sufficient Economy

erasmus-ewing
Download Presentation

ORIGINS of UNDERDEVELOPMENT in the EASTERN CAPE

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ORIGINSofUNDERDEVELOPMENTin the EASTERN CAPE

  2. TRADITIONAL ECONOMY • CHIEFS – the Owners of the Land • Responsible for Defence and Food Security • Income from Taxes and Judicial Fines • “Fathers of their People” • Subsistence but Self-Sufficient Economy • Limitations on Chiefly Power [Cirha and Tshawe]

  3. COLONIAL IMPACT TRADERS and MISSIONARIES • New Products – Ironware, Sugar • New Tastes – European Dress • Money Economy • New Opportunities • Higher Standard of Living but Dependence • Power of Chiefs undermined

  4. “Peasants” – the new Entrepreneurs • Term introduced by Colin Bundy • Embrace the money economy • Control their own means of production, eg. Land • Produce to sell, and not to buy • Innovative • Invest in Capital Equipment, eg. Ploughs, waggons AMAGOGOTYA and AMAMFENGU

  5. IMPACT OF MINING ECONOMY Monopoly Capitalism - De Beers not Diggers Democracy Compound System Black People must become Workers not Peasants Critical Role of White Traders Emergence of Kwa Teba

  6. RESERVE ECONOMY • Migrant Labour is Cheap Labour • Job Reservation – Blasting Certificates • 1913 Land Act

  7. Jeff Peires CORY LIBRARY • 046-603-8373 • j.peires@ru.ac.za

More Related