British multinational, Coats Patons, has decided to close its two Randfontein factories, lay off all the workers, and then reopen in Bophuthatswana where it can expect to pay its new employees a quarter of the wages.
archiveREF R-0107016Revised
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Patons moves to Bophuthatswana
- Origin date
- August 1983
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Patons moves to Bophuthatswana. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0107016
South African History Online (2016) 'Patons moves to Bophuthatswana', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0107016 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Patons moves to Bophuthatswana [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0107016, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Patons moves to Bophuthatswana." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0107016. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Patons moves to Bophuthatswana." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0107016.
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