title: "No TEBA...forget TEBA": the plight of Malawian ex-migrant workers to South Africa, 1988-1994.
abstract: "This article is about the process of socioeconomic transformation in rural Malawi. It examines the survival strategies and enterprising spirit of Malawian migrant workers and their households. It argues that the strategies of these people often went beyond survival in the provision of basic necessities.... In March 1988, the South African Chamber of Mines stopped a century-old tradition of recruiting migrant workers from Malawi. This has arrested and put to a halt a process of accumulation taking place in the households of the returned migrant workers in the rural economy. Thus, the effects of the retrenchment of the workers will spread from the migrant and his family through the economic and social wellspring of all sectors of rural communities and their commercial lives."
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chirwa
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000353:Africa, Southern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Human Resources; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Migrant Workers; Migration; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Rural Population; South Africa; Southern Africa; Standard Of Living