Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… of registered unions rose from 637,480 in 1972 to 1,226,454 in 1982. Total union membership, registered and unregistered, was 1,500,000, representing 15 per cent of the economically … Arrests due to pass laws violations increased by 28.3 per cent between 1981 and 1982 and fines paid by Africans …