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QUESTION 1 ............................................................................................................. 5
Identify the primary scholarship (classical sources) from each article. ....................... 5
a) Anstey, M. (2013). Marikana - and the push for a new South African Pact.
South African Journal of Labour Relations, 37(2), 133-145. ................................... 5
b) The fate of labour after regime change: Lessons from post- communist
Poland and post-apartheid South Africa for Tunisia's Nobel-Prize winning unions.
Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(1), 20-41. ................................................ 5
c) Runciman, C. (2019). Rolling back the right to strike: amendments to South
Africa's Labour Relations Act and their implications for working-class struggle.
Review of African Political Economy, 46(160), 347-356. ........................................ 5
d) Tshoose, C.I. (2013). The impact of the Labour Relations Act on minority
trade unions: a South African perspective. African Journals Online, 16(4), 284–
326. 6
e) Webster, E. (2015). The shifting boundaries of industrial relations: insights
from South Africa. International Labour Review, 154(1), 27-36. ............................. 6
QUESTION 2 ............................................................................................................. 7
The process of the literature review involves exploring literature in order to establish
the status quo, to formulate a problem or research enquiry, to defend the value of
pursuing a line of enquiry and to compare findings with that of the researcher (Bruce,
1996). In respect of each article, critically .................................................................. 7
f) present the state of the literature ...................................................................... 7
g) identify the gaps in the literature ................................................................... 7
h) discuss how the gaps in the literature could be addressed indicate new
literature perspectives............................................................................................. 7
Anstey, M. (2013). Marikana - and the push for a new South African Pact. South
African Journal of Labour Relations, 37(2), 133-145. ................................................. 7
a) State of the Literature: ................................................................................... 7
b) Identified Gaps in the Literature: ................................................................... 8
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, c) discuss how the gaps in the literature could be addressed indicate new
literature perspectives............................................................................................. 9
Hartshorn, I. M., & Sil, R. (2019). The fate of labour after regime change: Lessons
from post- communist Poland and post-apartheid South Africa for Tunisia's Nobel-
Prize winning unions. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(1), 20-41. ............... 12
a) present the state of the literature................................................................. 12
b) Identify the gaps in the literature ................................................................. 13
c) discuss how the gaps in the literature could be addressed indicate new
literature perspectives........................................................................................... 14
Runciman, C. (2019). Rolling back the right to strike: amendments to South Africa's
Labour Relations Act and their implications for working-class struggle. Review of
African Political Economy, 46(160), 347-356. .......................................................... 16
a) present the state of the literature................................................................. 16
b) identifying gaps in the literature................................................................... 18
c) discuss how the gaps in the literature could be addressed indicate new
literature perspectives........................................................................................... 20
Tshoose, C.I. (2013). The impact of the Labour Relations Act on minority trade
unions: a South African perspective. African Journals Online, 16(4), 284–326. ....... 22
a) Presenting the state of literature ................................................................. 22
b) Identification of gaps in the literature........................................................... 23
c) discuss how the gaps in the literature could be addressed indicate new
literature perspectives........................................................................................... 26
Webster, E. (2015). The shifting boundaries of industrial relations: insights from
South Africa. International Labour Review, 154(1), 27-36. ....................................... 26
a) Present the state of the literature ................................................................ 26
b) Identifying the gaps in the literature ............................................................ 28
c) discuss how the gaps in the literature could be addressed indicate new
literature perspectives........................................................................................... 29
QUESTION 3 ........................................................................................................... 32
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,Conceptualising the literature process. Critically explain the individual perspective of
each article and the collective perspective of all the articles. ................................... 32
d) Individual perspective: Edward Webster "The Shifting Boundaries of
Industrial Relations: Insights from South Africa. ................................................... 33
e) Collective perspective - Edward Webster The Shifting Boundaries of
Industrial Relations: Insights from South Africa. ................................................... 35
The individual perspective "The Impact of the Labour Relations Act on Minority
Trade Unions: A South African Perspective" by C.I. Tshoose .............................. 36
f) The collective perspective: Tshoose, C.I. (2013). The impact of the Labour
Relations Act on minority trade unions: a South African perspective. African
Journals Online, 16(4), 284–326. ......................................................................... 39
g) Individual perspective: Anstey, M. (2013). Marikana - and the push for a new
South African Pact. South African Journal of Labour Relations, 37(2), 133-145. . 40
h) Collective perspective: Anstey, M. (2013). Marikana - and the push for a new
South African Pact. South African Journal of Labour Relations, 37(2), 133-145. . 42
i) Individual perspective: Hartshorn, I. M., & Sil, R. (2019). The fate of labour
after regime change: Lessons from post- communist Poland and post-apartheid
South Africa for Tunisia's Nobel-Prize winning unions. Economic and Industrial
Democracy, 40(1), 20-41. ..................................................................................... 44
j) Collective perspective: Hartshorn, I. M., & Sil, R. (2019). The fate of labour
after regime change: Lessons from post- communist Poland and post-apartheid
South Africa for Tunisia's Nobel-Prize winning unions. Economic and Industrial
Democracy, 40(1), 20-41. ..................................................................................... 45
k) Collective perspective: Runciman, C. (2019). Rolling back the right to strike:
amendments to South Africa's Labour Relations Act and their implications for
working-class struggle. Review of African Political Economy, 46(160), 347-356. . 47
l) Individual perspective: Runciman, C. (2019). Rolling back the right to strike:
amendments to South Africa's Labour Relations Act and their implications for
working-class struggle. Review of African Political Economy, 46(160), 347-356. . 48
The collective perspective of all the articles ............................................................. 49
QUESTION 3 ALTERANTIVE ANSWER: ................................................................ 51
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,QUESTION 4 Literature seeks to describe. to summarise, to evaluate, to clarify
and/or to integrate the content of primary reports (Cooper, 1985). Critically
summarise the main literature themes of the articles. Note: Do not forget to do your
self-evaluation! ......................................................................................................... 54
a) The main literature theme: Runciman, C. (2019). Rolling back the right to
strike: amendments to South Africa's Labour Relations Act and their implications
for working-class struggle. Review of African Political Economy, 46(160), 347-356.
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b) The main literature theme of the article: Hartshorn, I. M., & Sil, R. (2019).
The fate of labour after regime change: Lessons from post- communist Poland and
post-apartheid South Africa for Tunisia's Nobel-Prize winning unions .................. 55
c) The main literature theme of the article: Anstey, M. (2013). Marikana - and
the push for a new South African Pact. South African Journal of Labour Relations,
37(2), 133-145. ..................................................................................................... 56
d) The main literature theme of the article: Tshoose, C.I. (2013). The impact of
the Labour Relations Act on minority trade unions: a South African perspective.
African Journals Online, 16(4), 284–326. ............................................................. 58
e) The main literature theme of the article: Webster, E. (2015). The shifting
boundaries of industrial relations: insights from South Africa. International Labour
Review, 154(1), 27-36 .......................................................................................... 60
References ............................................................................................................... 63
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, QUESTION 1
A literature review uses as its database, reports of primary or original scholarship
and does not report new primary scholarship itself (Cooper, 1985).
Identify the primary scholarship (classical sources) from each article.
These authors are regarded as primary scholarship (classical source), because they
are the original researchers of the topic under discussion and they undertook the
research at a specific time and during the occurrence of a specific event.
a) Anstey, M. (2013). Marikana - and the push for a new South African Pact.
South African Journal of Labour Relations, 37(2), 133-145.
• Hyman, R. (1971)
• Klein, N. (2008)
• Hayes, J (2010)
• Sibaya, B. (2012)
• Jones, G. (2013) Hartshorn, I. M., & Sil, R. (2019).
b) The fate of labour after regime change: Lessons from post- communist
Poland and post-apartheid South Africa for Tunisia's Nobel-Prize
winning unions. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(1), 20-41.
• Levitsky, S. & Way, L. (1998)
• Crowley, S. (2004)
• Pillay, D. (2008)
• Buhlungu, S. (2010)
• Khunou, G. (2012)
c) Runciman, C. (2019). Rolling back the right to strike: amendments to
South Africa's Labour Relations Act and their implications for working-
class struggle. Review of African Political Economy, 46(160), 347-356.
• Bond, P. (2000)
• Lehulere, O. (2003)
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