... 90•migration in south and southernafricaThemachineryofinfluxcontrol and labourallocationschangedconsiderablyafter1980.Thecentralisationofrecruitment in newemployment and guidancecentres in ornearAfricantownships in largercitiesincreasedthemobilityofurbanAfricans and gavepreferencetolocalworkseekers–asRiekerthadrecommended.Aftertheonsetoftherecession in 1982,strictercontrolswereexercisedovertheentryintoprescribedareasofblackworkerswithoutSection10qualifications. In thehomelandstherewerebreakdownsoflabourbureaux and minerecruitmentasthelabourmarketcontracted and thelaboursurplusgreweverlarger,resulting in vastareas and populationsbeingexcludedfromtheurbanlabourmarket.However,manyruralhouseholdshadtohaveaccesstourbaneconomies in ordertosurvive,sovariousmeansoflivingwithinreachofurbanemploymentwerefound,rangingfrombackyardshacks in formaltownshipstosquattingwithincommutingdistanceofurbanlabourmarkets.Bytheendofthe1980s,thereweremanyinformalsettlements in and aroundtheurbanareas and overcrowdingoftownshiphousingreachedhighproportions in manyareas. In themetropolitanareaspeoplesettledonwhateverlandtheycouldfind.Manyfacedeviction and relocation,whilesomeweresettled in newlyestablishedcommunities.Otherswereforcedtosettleevenfurtherfromthecities(Lemon1991).ThePresident’sCouncilreleasedareport in 1985,proposingtheeliminationofthediscriminatoryaspectsofinfluxcontrol and ashifttowardsapositivestrategy,emphasisingthedevelopmentroleof‘orderlyurbanisation’.Thisinvolvedtheordering and directingofAfricanurbanisation,mainlybyindirectincentives and disincentives,butalsobydirectcontrolmeasures,mainlythroughexistinglegislation,includingthoseconcerninggroupareas,squatting and slums,health,immigration and security(Lemon1991).Thenewapproachwasembodied in theAbolitionofInfluxControlActof1986,whichprovidedforatotalrepealoftheNatives(UrbanAreas)ConsolidationActof1945 and thepartialorentirerepealof33otherlaws.Henceforth,attentionwasfocusedontheprovisionofhousing,infrastructure and socialservices.Butthenewstrategystillcontrolled and channelledAfricanurbanisation,usingthematerialconstraintsofland and housingastoolsfordistributinglabour and population, and employingthedecentralisation and deconcentrationprogrammesdevelopedunderthenewregionaldevelopmentstrategywhichhadbeenoperativesince1982(Lemon1991).Withinthetownships,thepassingoftheBlackCommunitiesDevelopmentAmendmentAct in 1986allowedfullhomeownership and introducedproceduresthroughwhichthesupplyoflandforAfricanhousingcouldbeincreased,thusmakingpossiblethedevelopmentofanAfricanhousingmarket.Thegovernmentmadeclearitsintentiontowithdrawfromthedirectsupplyofhousing,preferringtoconcentrateonthesupplyofland and bulkinfrastructure.Fromthenceforththeprivatesectorcouldapplytobuild in thesedevelopmentareas(Lemon1991).Despitethefactthatmanygovernmentrestrictionswereliftedduringthelate1980s and early1990s,manyareascontinuetobemarkedbypoverty and vulnerability.Theseinequitiescouldescalateifpeoplearedeniedtheopportunitytomove.Free ... 90•migration in south and southernafricaThemachineryofinfluxcontrol and labourallocationschangedconsiderablyafter1980.Thecentralisationofrecruitment in newemployment and guidancecentres in ornearAfricantownships in largercitiesincreasedthemobilityofurbanAfricans and gavepreferencetolocalworkseekers–asRiekerthadrecommended.Aftertheonsetoftherecession in 1982,strictercontrolswereexercisedovertheentryintoprescribedareasofblackworkerswithoutSection10qualifications. In thehomelandstherewerebreakdownsoflabourbureaux and minerecruitmentasthelabourmarketcontracted and thelaboursurplusgreweverlarger,resulting in vastareas and populationsbeingexcludedfromtheurbanlabourmarket.However,manyruralhouseholdshadtohaveaccesstourbaneconomies in ordertosurvive,sovariousmeansoflivingwithinreachofurbanemploymentwerefound,rangingfrombackyardshacks in formaltownshipstosquattingwithincommutingdistanceofurbanlabourmarkets.Bytheendofthe1980s,thereweremanyinformalsettlements in and aroundtheurbanareas and overcrowdingoftownshiphousingreachedhighproportions in manyareas. In themetropolitanareaspeoplesettledonwhateverlandtheycouldfind.Manyfacedeviction and relocation,whilesomeweresettled in newlyestablishedcommunities.Otherswereforcedtosettleevenfurtherfromthecities(Lemon1991).ThePresident’sCouncilreleasedareport in 1985,proposingtheeliminationofthediscriminatoryaspectsofinfluxcontrol and ashifttowardsapositivestrategy,emphasisingthedevelopmentroleof‘orderlyurbanisation’.Thisinvolvedtheordering and directingofAfricanurbanisation,mainlybyindirectincentives and disincentives,butalsobydirectcontrolmeasures,mainlythroughexistinglegislation,includingthoseconcerninggroupareas,squatting and slums,health,immigration and security(Lemon1991).Thenewapproachwasembodied in theAbolitionofInfluxControlActof1986,whichprovidedforatotalrepealoftheNatives(UrbanAreas)ConsolidationActof1945 and thepartialorentirerepealof33otherlaws.Henceforth,attentionwasfocusedontheprovisionofhousing,infrastructure and socialservices.Butthenewstrategystillcontrolled and channelledAfricanurbanisation,usingthematerialconstraintsofland and housingastoolsfordistributinglabour and population, and employingthedecentralisation and deconcentrationprogrammesdevelopedunderthenewregionaldevelopmentstrategywhichhadbeenoperativesince1982(Lemon1991).Withinthetownships,thepassingoftheBlackCommunitiesDevelopmentAmendmentAct in 1986allowedfullhomeownership and introducedproceduresthroughwhichthesupplyoflandforAfricanhousingcouldbeincreased,thusmakingpossiblethedevelopmentofanAfricanhousingmarket.Thegovernmentmadeclearitsintentiontowithdrawfromthedirectsupplyofhousing,preferringtoconcentrateonthesupplyofland and bulkinfrastructure.Fromthenceforththeprivatesectorcouldapplytobuild in thesedevelopmentareas(Lemon1991).Despitethefactthatmanygovernmentrestrictionswereliftedduringthelate1980s and early1990s,manyareascontinuetobemarkedbypoverty and vulnerability.Theseinequitiescouldescalateifpeoplearedeniedtheopportunitytomove.Free ... www.hsrcpress.ac.zaintroduction•1CHAPTER1IntroductionPieterKok,DerikGelderblom and JohanvanZylThetenthanniversaryofthe1994firstdemocraticelections in SouthAfricawasanopportunetimetoreflectonwhathad– and whathadnot–changed in thecountrysincetheendofapartheid.GrandApartheidhadattemptedtoaltertheracialdistributionofthepopulationthroughmechanismssuchasan‘influxcontrol’system,populationrelocation and thecreationofrelativelydensesettlements in theformerhomelandareas.Assuchithadanimportantimpactonpatternsofinternalmigration. In addition,becausethepermanentsettlementofblackpeoplefromAfricancountriesnorthofSouthAfricanborderswasnotallowed,apartheidalsochangedpatternsofinternationalmigration.Oneofthethingsweneedtoascertainthereforeishowmuchtheliftingofapartheidhasaffectedmigrationpatterns,bothinternally and in thesouthernAfricanregion.Thistaskimplies,firstly,thatsomepurelydescriptiveresearchonbothcurrent and pastmigrationpatterns in SouthAfricaneedstobeundertaken,investigatinghowmuchmigrationoccurredduringtheapartheidperiod and afterit. In addition,itstillneedstobedeterminedwhetherthemigrationwaspredominantlyrural–urbanorrural–rural.Alsotobeconsiderediswhetheratypologythataccountsfortheareasbetweenrural and urbanwouldnotbemoreappropriate in thedescriptionofmigrationpatterns–forexampleonegradingfromrural,throughsemi-urban,peri-urban, and urbanareastofullymetropolitan.Agreaterunderstandingofthehistoricalcontextofmigration in SouthAfricaisthusneeded,toachieveamorenuancedviewofthecontinuities and discontinuities in SouthAfricanmigrationovertime.Migrationissues and implicationsforpolicy In thisbook,whichdealslargelywiththecausesofmigration,weattempttoanalyse and evaluatebothinternational and internalmigration in South and southernAfrica.Althoughitspolicy and planningimplicationsarenotalwaysobvious, in mostcasestheindividualchaptersbringtheissuesinvolvedclearlytothefore.Perhapsabroad-brushreminderoftheseissueswouldbeappropriatehere.InternationalmigrationStoriesaboutforeignmigrants–legal,illegal and asylumseekers–appearalmostdaily in thenews.Governments…notetheseeventswithalarm and grapplewithpolicyreformsaimedatselectingcertainmigrants and keepingoutothers.(Hatton&Williamson2002:1)ThisquotationfromHatton and Williamsonisausefulsummaryoftheimpactthatinternationalmigrationoftenhasonpublicperceptions and henceonlegislatedFree...