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Student Wages Commission meet

Student Wages Commission meet

Date
8 Jun 1971
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Student Wages Commission meet

The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and explaining the Poverty Datum Line (PDL) were printed and distributed by the students to workers in industrial areas, outside factory gates and at taxi ranks. 400 workers attended and signed an objection to the Wage Board's latest ruling on the minimum wage, and demanded a minimum wage of R20 per week. The petition was ignored by the government's Wages Board, which had decided on a minimum of R8 - 50 per week.  

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  1. 01South African History Online, 'NUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973', [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 7 June 2013]
  2. 02South African History Online, 'Wages Commission', [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 9 June 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Student Wages Commission meet. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012159

South African History Online (2011) 'Student Wages Commission meet', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012159 (Accessed: 5 September 2026).

South African History Online, Student Wages Commission meet [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012159, (accessed 5 September 2026).

"Student Wages Commission meet." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012159. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Student Wages Commission meet." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012159.

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