Oral interview with members of the Midland Chamber of Industries headquartered in Port Elizabeth. The aim was to explore their views at a time when political protests, labor action and repression countrywide were at record highs. A partial state of emergency was is in force in the eastern Cape. Thirteen whites and one black, the personnel manager of a local business, were present.
Archive record
Interview with the Midland Chamber of Industries

- Origin date
- 1985
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Interview with the Midland Chamber of Industries . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114225
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South African History Online, Interview with the Midland Chamber of Industries [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114225, (accessed 29 August 2026).
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