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History of Zimbabwe | Britannica

Rhodesia, c. 1902. Map of Central Africa, showing most of Rhodesia (part of which is now Zimbabwe) from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in 1902. (more) By 1892 about 1,500 settlers from the south had arrived in Rhodesia. The railway reached Bulawayo in 1896 and Victoria Falls in 1904.

Developing rural Africa: rural development discourse in colonial …

Drawing on a variety of sources – from colonial records and missionary literature to film, academic texts and personal testimonies – Makombe argues that "development" and development policies in colonial Zimbabwe up to independence had a strong leaning towards controlling the black population and towards the division of a modern, white ...

Zimbabwe Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank

Nevertheless, Zimbabwe's economic development continues to be hampered by several challenges. Real GDP growth remained high at 6.5% in 2022 from 8.5% in 2021 driven by a continued growth in agricultural production. Mineral exporters benefited from rising high global prices and together with tourism contributed to overall …

Colonial Economy and Society to 1953 (Chapter 4)

Introduction. From the collapse of the first concerted African armed resistance to British colonialism in 1896–7 until the creation of the political and economic bloc known as the Central African Federation or the Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland in 1953, Southern Rhodesia went through tremendous economic and political changes that ...

'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow …

I later came to see the land seizures as acts of political and economic grievance that answered directly to Zimbabwe's colonial history, and to feel that, in many ways, Mugabe and my father were ...

Cultural Economic Survival under Crisis—Malawian …

Beginning in early 1998, Zimbabwe entered a period that has come to be generally known as the 'Crisis in Zimbabwe' (Raftopoulos 2009).This chaotic phase witnessed 'a once vibrant and dynamic society and economy virtually collapsing as political instability, lawlessness, mis-governance and a relentless economic meltdown …

(PDF) ANALYSING PRECOLONIAL, COLONIAL AND …

Debates on Zimbabwe's agricultural development have centred on different framings of agriculture viability and land redistribution, which are often antagonistic. Yet, …

Partly Protected: Origins and Growth of Colonial …

Origins and Growth of Colonial Zimbabwe's Textile Industry, 1890-1965* ... Report of the Economic Development Committee (Government Printer, Salisbury, 1939), pp 38-40. ... Rand gold-mining industry. These early attempts were spearheaded by the British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA).4 While concerted

THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF AFRICAN LABOUR …

IN THE COLONIAL ECONOMY OF ZIMBABWE, 1903-1930: A LOPSIDED STRUGGLE BETWEEN LABOUR AND CAPITAL1 E.P. Makambe Accepted January 17, 1994 Abstract Up to 1903, the mining industry in colonial Zimbabwe had operated on the basis of primitive accumulation whereby extra economic coercion was a major factor in …

THE EARLY YEARS: EXTENSION SERVICES IN PEASANT …

as the need arose.3 A brief look at pre-colonial and early colonial peasant techniques might go some way in dispelling this erroneous interpretation, as will a critical examination of colonial land policy. The latter, and not poor techniques, was the primary contributory factor to poor peasant performance in later decades.

THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF AFRICAN …

Exploitation and Abuse of African Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe Introduction In a paper related to this study, it has been argued that mining capital in …

An Analysis of the History of Public Sector Trade …

Early forms of workers' organisation were much concerned with organising resistance to white brutality in compounds, farms and mines. During the period 1920 onwards, issues of race were very much high on the agenda. However, the 1970s period saw questions of race ... Labour and Law in Colonial Zimbabwe Historically, governments have always ...

Women and Colonialism: Southern Africa | SpringerLink

Women in colonial Southern Africa often rejected the colonial norms of domesticity (Epprecht 1993, p. 203) and moved to occupy like their male counterparts, the public space. From the 1960s onward, women defied the imperialist regimes' migration rules and made their way into the cities in search of employment.

Full article: 'From an Agro-Based to a Mineral Resources …

Introduction. The agricultural sector is the backbone of many economies in Southern Africa and Zimbabwe is no exception. The key literature on Zimbabwe's agricultural industry shows the important role played by this sector in contributing to the economic development of the country (Mlambo and Zitsanza, Citation 2001; Sithole, …

ZIMBABWE'S STRUGGLE TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF …

ARTICLE D_POST TEMPLATE (DO NOT DELETE) 5/24/19 1:43 PM 122 TEMPLE INT'L & COMP.L.J. [33.1 Further, Land Reform is not unique to Zimbabwe and has impacted other post-colonial nation-states such as Namibia13 and South Africa.14 These states all share the following commonalities: (1) European colonizers victimized their Black

Mineral policy in Zimbabwe: Its evolution, achievements

Zimbabwe has probably the lowest grade nickel, copper and gold mines in the world. Much of its chromite comes from seams only 10 cm thick. The Great Dyke platinum grades are generally lower than those in South Africa's mines. Zimbabwe has enor- mous resources of coal, enough for many thousands of years, but most is of poor quality.

Zimbabwe: Cultural Heritage Management | SpringerLink

Zimbabwe has a history of formal cultural heritage management which dates back to the colonial period. The country was a British colony from 1890 and named Rhodesia after Cecil John Rhodes. It won independence in 1980 after a war of liberation. The management of cultural heritage has remained conservative, lagging behind modern …

Farmers, miners and the state in colonial Zimbabwe …

The thesis thus explores the protean nature of state policies in dealing with the country's farmers and miners. Mining and agriculture were the country's leading primary …

Partly Protected: Origins and Growth of Colonial …

S. Zhara, "The Development of the Cotton Industry in Southern Rhodesia from the early 1920s to 1942." BA Honours, University of Zimbabwe, 1983; T. Moyo, "A History of the Cotton Industry in Colonial Zimbabwe: 1903-1940s." BA Honours, University of Zimbabwe, 2001. 5. Nyambara, "Origins and Development of the Cotton Industry", pp 141 ...

Traditional Grain Crops in Pre-Colonial and Colonial …

ABSTRACT . This study explores the role and contribution of traditional grain crops to the pre-colonial and colonial Zimbabwean economy. The study argues that traditional …

The Coal-Mining Sector during Colonialism and after …

In the following we have at the historical development of the mining industry and workers' struggle in the area – from the 'Colonial Times' to 'Independence' after 1945 and nationalisation of the mining industry in 1971-3. On this background we then focus on the re-structuring process which took place since then: through 'mafia mode of …

Dilemmas in Conservationism in Colonial Zimbabwe, …

erosion in colonial Zimbabwe. This study examines these two problems in the Mazoe District of North Eastern Zimbabwe and arrives at a similar conclu-sion. Specifically, the study examines the role that the two major pillars of the settler cash economy—mining and commercial agriculture—played in causing forest degradation and soil erosion.

The early years: Extension services in peasant agriculture …

White farmers to compete with the mines for scarce labour. Initially agriculture and 'Native policy' were relegated second place and mining 6 National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ). N9/l/4. Native Commissioner Annual Reports, Native Commissioner, Chilimanzi,1898. 7 R. H. Palmer, Land and Racial Domination in Rhodesia (London, Heinemann, 1971). 72.

White Settler Groundnut Production and Marketing in colonial Zimbabwe …

However, from the early years of 1890-1905, mining was a major economic pillar of colonial Zimbabwe where during this period the mines were largely dependent on African agricultural produce for food supplies.17 The shift from considering mining as the only major pillar of the economy was after the failure to locate second rand in anticipated ...

(PDF) Farmer–Miner Contestations and the British …

Abstract. This article explores the interaction of settler farmers, miners, and the state in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1895 to 1923. The governing authority, the British South Africa ...

THE ASIAN LABOUR SOLUTION IN ZIMBABWE,

In the process, the lowest wages in the Zimbabwean colonial society were to be reserved for non-white workers. In the final analysis, the white colonist worker in early colonial Zimbabwe and after was, if he accepted it, therefore bound to derive numerous benefits of both economic and sociopsychological nature

Women, Land and Urban Governance in Colonial and Post-colonial Zimbabwe

From 1890 to 1979 Zimbabwe was under British colonial rule, which shaped access to urban land and spaces on a racist and masculine basis. Urban planning legislation was introduced in 1933 and 1945, ostensibly modelled upon the British planning system (Brown 2001).From the Municipal and Town Management ordinances of 1894, when local …

Labour Control and the Establishment of Profitable Settler Agriculture

Labour Control and the Establishment of Profitable Settler Agriculture in Colonial Kenya, c. 1920-45. ... It is held that in settler colonies such as Kenya and Zimbabwe, living standards declined as the state intervened in land and labor markets to ensure a steady supply of cheap labor to settlers (Arrighi 1970, Palmer and Parsons 1977 ...

Farmers, Hunters, and Gold-Washers: A Reevaluation of …

In other societies, women's early involvement in the production and sale ... South Africa to the copper mines of Katanga, were competing successfully with ... 8When discussing the colonial period, Zimbabwe will be referred to by its colonial name, "Southern Rhodesia." Unless otherwise indicated, all colonial documents cited in the footnotes are ...

Contestation over Resources: The Farmer-Miner …

and white over resources from the moment of colonial occupation and beyond. Specifically, the history of the long-standing dispute between miners and farmers over timber, water, …