Labour Export Policy in the Development of Southern Africa

The book's broad theme is that the evolution of the power to control labour flows among different territorial jurisdictions was of major importance in the formation of a system of states. Labour export policy in eight countries in Southern Africa is examined over roughly the century 1890-1990 in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The proportion of the total population absent working in another country is graphed for each, and combined, over the same period.

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Abbreviations, Acronyms and Glossary - Introduction: Labour Export in Theory and in Southern Africa - Malawi: The Power to Control Recruiting - Zambia: Labour Export and the Creation of a State - Zimbabwe: The Maintenance of a 'Labour Account Surplus' - Mozambique: Labour Export Policy and International Conflict - Tanzania: A Successful Labour Retention Policy - Lesotho: Labour Export, Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations - Swaziland: Managing a 'Labour Account Deficit' - Botswana: From 'Goromente' to the Government of Labour Export - Conclusion: The Struggle to Control Labour Export in Southern Africa - Appendix 1: The Southern African Labour Supply Commission - Appendix 2: Statistics on Migrant Labourers Working Abroad in Southern Africa - Bibliography - Index