Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office.

  • Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Commodity Bacon, per lb. Mbabane and Manzini Districts 4/- Other Districts 4/- Beef, per lb 2/5d. 1/9d. Mutton, per lb. 3/3d. 3/- Butter, per lb. 3/6d. 3/6d. Cheese, per lb. 3/Gd. 3/3d. Milk, per pint. 7d. 6d. Eggs, per dozen 4/- 3/3d. Mealie meal, per 200 lb. bag 41/3d. 45/4d. Potatoes, per lb. 4d 6d. Rice, per lb. 1 /3d. 1 /3d. Sugar, per lb. 6d. 6d. Bread, per 2 lb. loaf lid. 1/- Tea, per lb. 8/- 8/- Coffee, per lb. 5/6d. 5/6d. Salt, per lb. 4d. 4d. LABOUR DEPARTMENT There is no Labour Department in the Territory. In 1957. a Labour Officer was appointed and is stationed at the Secretariat in Mbabane. His duties include the assessment of present and future labour requirements, the supervision of working conditions, and the main¬ tenance of statistical records. In co-operation with the District Administration, the Labour Officer is respon¬ sible for the implementation of labour ]egis]ation and the promotion of good industrial relations. Workmens’ Compensation The Workmens’ Compensation Proclamation, No. 25 of 1939, provides for the payment of compensation to all manual workers, whose earnings do not exceed £500 per annum, engaged in occupations which, at present, in~ elude mining and employment in connection with power-driven machinery. Compensation is payable at the rate of £1,000 or 48 months’ wages, whichever is the less, for permanent, total incapacity. A percentage of this amount is payable in cases of partial incapacity- Most claims for compensation are settled between the parties on the advice of the District Commissioner, to whom all fatal accidents must be reported. The
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