Details of the job reservation order are contained in a notice published in the ‘Government Gazette’ dated October 16, 1964, under Determination No. 16 in terms of Section 77 of the Industrial Conciliation Act.
The Determination lays down that with immediate effect no motor assembly employer may replace a White employee by an employee of any other race. Similarly, no employer may replace a Coloured worker by an African,
As from April 19, 1965, all supervisory and control work, welding or brazing other than in jigs, but excluding resistance welding, must be done by Whites only. This will apply to all motor assembly plants, except the British Motor Corporation plant at Blackheath, near Cape Town, where 1,800 Coloureds and 200 Whites are employed.
Employers, other than BMC, who have Whites in these jobs, will not be allowed to replace them with non- Whites after April 19, and no person who is not a White may be employed on these operations without exemption.