Beyond Agency: The African Peasantry, the State, …

47 Scurvy was endemic in most mines in colonial Zimbabwe because of poor diet lacking in vitamin C. See, Phimister, I., ' African labour conditions and health in the Southern Rhodesia mining industry, 1893–1953, …

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Capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe

The establishment of capitalist economy in colonial Zimbabwe can be dated as far back as I890 when the British colonialists, under the leadership of the British South Africa company, whose …

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give an account for the development of capitalist mining in …

Capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe. With this short introduction it is clear that the colonial state of Zimbabwe was decisive in creating and developing capitalist economy, its intervention …

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(PDF) 'Dairying Is a White Man's Industry': The

'Dairying Is a White Man's Industry': The Dairy Produce Act and the Segregation Debate in Colonial Zimbabwe, c.1920–1937 September 2019 Journal of Southern African Studies 45(5):911-925

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Beyond Agency: The African Peasantry, the State, and …

commodity prices, colonial policy on high value export crops altered to allow a cautious and guided 2T. Ranger, Peasant Consciousness and the Guerrilla War in Zimbabwe (London, 1985), 54–96; W. Beinart and C. Bundy, Hidden Struggles in Rural South Africa (Berkeley, 1987); C. Van Onselen, The Seed is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, A South

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Colonial Zimbabwe was forced by this situation to enter into an agreement with the Union of South Africa in a bid to slow the flow of labour from the colony.

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This book traces the history of capital accumulation and class struggle on the Wankie Colliery of Zimbabwe between 1894-1954. It also analyses the relationship between settler colonialism …

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Development of urban planning in Zimbabwe : An overview

''Ibid, Jackson, 1986. Urban planning and development in Zimbabwe have been closely shaped by the nature of the emerging colonial political economy, which has been centrally focused on a racial division of society between Europeans and Africans, and geared towards the overall development of a free enterprise capitalist economy.

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IN THE COLONIAL ECONOMY OF ZIMBABWE,

In a paper related to this study, it has been argued that mining capital in early colonial Zimbabwe benefited considerably in its policies from cheap African labour, cost …

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Conflict, Livelihoods and Survival among Miners and …

ince the beginning of this century, Zimbabwe has . witnessed a dramatic increase in artisanal mining, particularly gold mining. 1. This increase in mining coincided with the Fast Track Land Reform Pro-gramme in Zimbabwe (FTLRP). The FTLRP and the development of mining impacted the interac-tion between the state and the country's main pri-

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Mining in Colonial Ghana: Extractive Capitalism and Its …

Abstract:Historians and economists studying the third world regard mining as one of the major sectors in which the exploitation of resources by European enterprise took place, both with regard to labor use and the alienation of large areas of valuable land for what are now regarded as extremely small sums of money. Not only were these resources misused, but …

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Copper Empire: Mining and the Colonial State in Northern Rhodesia, c

Copper Empire Mining and the Colonial State in Northern Rhodesia, c.1930-64 Larry Butler Hardcover 9780230555266 £93.00 / $150.00 Copper Empire is a study of the evolving relationship between the British colonial state and the copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia, from the early stages of development to decolonization, encompassing ...

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MINING, MEN AND THE CAMERA IN COLONIAL …

In his book Chibaro, van Onselen argues that the period 1903-1912 was a period of output maximisation and cost minimi- sation.7 He further contends that the advancement of capital in colonial Zimbabwe was characterised by concerted efforts towards the proletarianization of the …

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Black Economic Empowerment, Employment Creation and …

This research sets out to unravel the history of Lennox Mine from its inception in 1970 tracing the contribution of the mine to the economic development of Zimbabwe from its colonial beginnings up to the current period when the new visionary owner, Honourable Gandiwa Moyo, Deputy Minister of Mines who inherited a dysfunctional mining enterprise set it on course again as a pillar for …

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Decolonization, class struggles and economic empowerment …

Extractive industries indigenisation, displacement and vulnerabilities: The case of Arda Transau, Zimbabwe, 2023. The discovery of diamonds in 2006 in Marange's Chiadzwa area and extractive industry indigenisation in Zimbabwe beginning in 2010 has led to an expanding number of mining-induced internally displaced persons in the country.

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(PDF) Post-colonial theory in Zimbabwe's education

Zimbabwe as an independent state continue to use, thereby perpetuate colonial systems especially in education where the government controls the formulation of policies.

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From dirt tracks to modern highways: Towards a history …

Zimbabwe's road system in the colonial period, highlighting the major benchmarks in the development of the country's road transport. I hope, 15 E. J. Taafe et al., 'Transport expansion in underdeveloped countries: A comparative analysis', in B. S. Hoyle (ed.), Transport and Development (London, Macmillan, 1973), 14ff; A. M.

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Production Systems in Pre-colonial Africa

the relative supply of land, labour and capital), geography and the disease environment. People in pre-colonial Africa were engaged in hunting and gathering, agriculture, mining and simple manufacturing. Agriculture involved most people, so the chapter looks mainly at farming activities.

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Contestation over Resources: The Farmer-Miner Dispute …

The Farmer-Miner Dispute in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1903-1939 MUCHAPARARA MUSEMWA Department of History ... colonial Zimbabwean history, mining, agriculture in settler societies, resources Environment and History 15 (2009): 79-107. doi: 10.3197/096734009X404671 ... stages of colonial development.10 Poignantly silent in her analysis, as in the

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The process of economic development in the British settler colony of Southern Rhodesia (the modern nation of Zimbabwe) was dominated by the needs of European capitalists who had …

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DOWNCAST: MINING, MEN AND THE CAMERA IN …

ber of mine sites in colonial Zimbabwe. In his book Chibaro, van Onselen argues that the period 1903 – 1912 was a period of output maximisation and cost minimi-sation.7 He further contends that the advancement of capital in colonial Zimbabwe was characterised by concerted efforts towards the proletarianization of the peas-2 3.

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Downcast: mining, men and the camera in Colonial Zimbabwe…

Downcast: mining, men and the camera in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890 - 1930 ... and photography played a major role in fixing images that seemed to celebrate each stage of capital advancement and the proletarianization of the peasantry. ... paper seeks to explore a number of issues in relation to a series of photographs taken of colonial Zimbabwean ...

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Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Colonial State in Zimbabwe

The process of economic development in the British settler colony of Southern Rhodesia (the modern nation of Zimbabwe) was dominated by the needs of European capitalists who had invested in agriculture and mining.' In recent years a functionalist bias has pervaded scholarly accounts of this process. A number of writers have argued that the great need of …

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Agrarian Capitalism and the Development of the Coffee …

This book analyses the development of the coffee sector in colonial Zimbabwe within the broader context of agrarian capitalism in settler economies. It unpacks the central philosophy of statecraft based on the desire to develop Southern Rhodesia as a …

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Small-Scale Mining in Zimbabwe: Historical Perspective.

In the pre-colonial period, mining and processing methods were primitive. Mining was also a seasonal activity and mainly confined to winter months (Masiya et al., 2012). This changed during the ...

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Capitalist economy of colonial Zimbabwe

The establishment of capitalist economy in colonial Zimbabwe can be dated as far back as I890 when the British colonialists, under the leadership of the British South Africa …

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Colonial Zimbabwe, 1894-1954 . Harare: Baobab Books and

electricity supply commissions and provided a source of fuel for mines ranging from Zimbabwe's many small and large mines, to the Zambian copperbelt, going as far north as the mines in the …

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REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE

A knowledge-driven mining sector that catalyses and contributes to the broad-based growth and development of, and is fully integrated into, an African market through: o Down-stream linkages into mineral beneficiation and manufacturing; o Up-stream linkages into mining capital goods, consumables and services industries;

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(PDF) 'Small Grains, Small Gains': African Peasant Small …

This article explores the development of small grains (sorghum, millet, and rapoko) production and marketing in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) over the colonial era from 1890 to the 1970s.

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The Manufacturing Industry in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1979

Colonial foundations and early industrialization efforts. At its establishment, various elites constituting the state in Colonial Zimbabwe, such as international capital, farmers, miners, and merchants, believed in the supremacy of the primary exporting industries of agriculture and mining in propelling the economy.

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The Mobilization, Exploitation and Abuse of African …

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "The Mobilization, Exploitation and Abuse of African Labour in the Colonial Economy of Zimbabwe: The Selukwe Mines Case, 1886-1901" by E. P. Makambe

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Farmer–Miner Contestations and the British South

Colonial Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), c.1895 ... against the wishes of mining capital. 10. ... ' The Development of Settler Capitalist Agriculture ...

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Intracontinental Exchanges Before Globalization: The …

Based on the review of literature available on trade, this paper argues that regional and interregional trade involving pre-colonial Zimbabwe were forms of globalization which predate ...

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development of capitalist mining in colonial zimbabwe c

In 1977, Beach published a chapter titled 'The Shona Economy: Branches of Production', easily the most comprehensive account of the pre-colonial economy of Zimbabwe and central …

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Farm Labour, Agrarian Capital and the State in Colonial …

other settler colonies in the region, the colonial state in Zambia promoted the interests of agrarian capital at the expense of the African peasant-worker. Although the labour problems of mining capital had eased with labour stabilisation by the mid-1940s, those of agrarian capital became more acute in the decade 1942-52, and

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