Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… suppressing the domestic brewing of beer and created fresh sources of conflict between municipal authorities and the … mines. Since migrant workers were one of the principal sources of patronage sought by beerhalls all over the Reef, … asserted, and drew its strength from two principal sources. The first was Basotho women's experience, …