Professor Edward Charles Webster’s commitment to understanding the complexities of labour dynamics in SA earned him widespread recognition.
Professor Edward Charles Webster, who died at the age of 81 on Tuesday, 5 March, was a towering figure in South African sociology. His commitment to understanding the complexities of labour dynamics in South Africa earned him widespread recognition.
He earned a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand , where he would later become a Professor Emeritus. He was also the founder of theand his partner Foszia Turner-Stylianou at the University of Natal in the early 1970s. They established the Institute of Industrial Education and the South African Labour Bulletin. In December 1975 Eddie was arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act and acquitted a year later for, inter alia, calling for the release of Nelson Mandela.
Webster’s impact on South African academia is undeniable and he is widely credited as being the pioneer of the country’s sociology of work and labour studies. His seminal work,, remains a cornerstone text, analysing the intricate relationship between the labour process and the evolution of the South African labour movement.South African Sociological Associationdescribed the late Webster as “an extraordinary force actually in the field of sociology.
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