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groups in South Africa and the Federation, and the African communi­ties outside both. For the expanding economic activities in South Africa, especially in mining, have been the magnet which attracted and attracts non-South African labour from the 'High Commission Territories', Portuguese East and West Africa, from the Rhodesias and South West Africa, from Tanganyika and elsewhere, hi essence, this movement of 'migrant labour' to take advantage of expanding possibilities differs in no significant way from the movement into urban industry generally from the Bantu reserves within South Africa itself. The result is a stream of income payments to the areas con­cerned which adds to their resources; while the demand for the services of such labour reduces population pressure there.6'7'8
In this process of development, pride of place must be given to the mining industry—but the implications of this statement must not be
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