worKers wne would otherwise have imperialism African economy, more and more skilled labour is required.
as a brake on inaustry the social base of tne regime As to whether any major concessions will be granted, this is extremely unlikely. A rational strategy for multinational corporations in South Africa hardly coincides with the interests of maintaining white privilege. With the abolition of apartheid, the privileged position of many of the whites would disappear too. It is only the super-exploitation or the black working class that permits the high standard of living enjoyed by many white badly paid jobs). It is thus inconceivable that apartheid could be ended simply at the dictates of There are, of course, sectors of South African capital which have no use for apartheid and are already calling for an end to petty-apartheid (seats for whites only, etc.). The reason for this liberalism is of course to be found in the drive for profit. With the increasing growth of the South But as there are only a limited number of whites in South Africa, and blacks are banned in general from such posts, bottlenecks occur and act The result is that the apartneid laws are engineered to allow some blacks to do jobs normally reserved for whites. This gives rise to the argument in some quarters that in time the colour bar will float up and apartheid will simply disappear. But once again this neglects the political strength of the unskilled white workers who form