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The Urban Research Services Group was formed in 1988 of which the staff complement consisted of about 3-4 people
This service organization provided support, in the form of a research capacity, to important civic associations in South Africa, such as the South African Civic Association (SANCO).
Funding was mainly provided by the Swedish Labour Movement. Issues that affected people in Urban areas seemed to be the focal areas of their research, such as Housing and the Mining industry.
Therefore Labour issues were a prominent area of research as well although it has been confirmed that this organization inherited a lot of the Labour related Material from other service organizations.
This service organization operated in a difficult political time in South Africa in the 1980's with the State of Emergency and Apartheid still as the governing law of the country.