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b) the title of the book in quotation marks

c) the publisher and date of publication

d) the page number(s) so that you can find the information again easily.

The above is information that is required by the historian, and therefore it is compulsory. The different departments in one university sometimes differ about what they regard as the correct manner of recording information about sources, e.g. some require full stops between the author, title and publisher, while others do not. Ensure that your project is as correct as possible, as authoritative sources prove the validity of your opinion.

Example :Hanks, Patrick, Collins Dictionary of the English Language ,William Collins Sons&Co. Ltd. 1979. p. 337. Read Source A below, taking note of the different social classes as well as the products involved in the conflict between Salga and Samwu.

SOURCE A

Die Burger, P. 10 Saturday 6 July 2002

Salga not interested in further negotiations on Samwu strikers’ wages

CAPE TOWN. – The South African Local Government Association (Salga) is not considering any further negotiations on wage increases for members of the muni

cipal union (Samwu).

In letters between the president of Salga, Mr. Petrus Mashishi, and Samwu, as well as between the trade union Cosatu and Sal

ga, the hope was expressed, however, that further negotiations in this regard could be entered into. This was said yester

day after

noon by Adv. Etienne Vermaak, one of Salga’s main negotiators on the issue.

“We stick to the offer of 8% and the minimum wage of R1 900 per month. This is not because Salga is insensitive to the difficult living circumstances of some municipal workers, but because we cannot place a heavier burden on the rest of our taxpayers… to meet Samwu’s require

ments. The strike might still last a while, but we believe that it will lose momentum next week. In essence it is a power struggle.”

On the instructions of the minister of labour, Mr. Membathisi Mdladlana, the Commission for Mediation, Reconciliation and Arbitration tried to convene a meeting between the striking municipal workers and their employer yesterday.

Samwu said in a statement yesterday that it does not approve of littering, damage to property or any violence. “It is a pity that Salga and certain local structures concen

trate on this, rather than on the issues that gave rise to this behaviour.”

Ms. Anna Weekes, the media spokes

person for Samwu, said the union repeats its demands and that it will not give in. “We also appeal to local managements not to replace our workers with private service providers. This action causes even more tension.”

Matters proceeded in a reasonably order

ly manner in Cape Town yesterday, with a total of 2 314 workers – or about 8% of the total workforce – staying away from work.

“There was no serious disruption of municipal services,” said Mr. Charles Cooper, the media spokesperson for the city.

According to Mr. Mike Marsden, execu

tive director of commercial services, more workers turned up for work yesterday and the municipality attempted to catch up with the overdue provision of services. He said that emergency services will continue, as they did over the weekend.