Artisanal Gold Mining and Farming: Livelihood Linkages and …
Although illegal under Zimbabwe's colonial era mining laws, which still structure present-day mining policies (Dube et al., 2016; Spiegel, 2015), ASGM has become an increasingly widespread economic activity undertaken by socially differentiated groups with a wide range of education levels and economic backgrounds (Mabhena, 2012; Mpofu & Mpofu ...
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ZIMBABWE'S STRUGGLE TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF …
poisonous tree of oppression, racism and colonialism—or post-colonialism—in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. This Comment looks to address these issues by exploring Rhodesian racist colonial land policies; British-imposed limits on Zimbabwe state sovereignty and autonomy; the land hungry exercising their human rights to self-
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How imperialism undermined Zimbabwe
In the case of Zimbabwe, it was Cecil Rhodes who became the British colonizer of what was called Rhodesia in the late 1800s. Rhodes established the DeBeers Mining Company, known for its stolen diamonds from Zimbabwe. He treated the entire country as his private slave plantation with the backing of state brutality.
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Land and agrarian policy in colonial Zimbabwe: Re-ordering …
Because the hoped-for mining potential of the region had failed to materialise, agriculture became the country's dominant enterprise and principal export earner.
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN ZIMBABWE: A HUMAN …
colonial era and the post-independence period. 2.1. Pre-colonial towns The Great Zimbabwe City State The Great Zimbabwe City State, which is believed to have flourished around, between 1100 and 1500 A.D 1, is one major legacy of pre-colonial towns (Mufuka, 1983). Historians argue a …
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The contribution of artisanal and small-scale gold mining to Zimbabwe…
PDF | On Jan 1, 2017, Lyman Mlambo and others published The contribution of artisanal and small-scale gold mining to Zimbabwe's economic growth and development Zimbabwe Accountability and ...
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Lithium Mining and National Economic Development in Zimbabwe
Introduction. Until a few years ago, very few Zimbabweans knew about lithium and its use in the global automotive industry. It was only after newspaper reports of a Chinese mining company having paid nearly half a billion United States dollars to acquire a lithium mine (Reuters, 22 December 2022) that the so-called 'lithium fever' started to grip the country.
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THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL …
There are thousands of such cases throughout Zimbabwe. Diamond mining in Chiadzwa started as an illegal activity carried out by members of the ... but poor harvests are exacerbated by the poor sandy soils of ... colonialism, there have been some durable taboos, customary rules and regulations that have ...
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(PDF) The Mining Industry in Zimbabwe: …
Mining plays a key role in Zimbabwe's economy, contributing 5% and 23% to the country's gross domestic (GDP) and total exports, respectively. ... gold, diamonds, platinum, chrome, asbestos, coal and iron ore. Mining operations …
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Artisanal Gold Mining and Farming: Livelihood …
Although illegal under Zimbabwe's colonial era mining laws, which still structure present-day mining policies (Dube et al., Citation 2016; Spiegel, ... while politicians and urban businessman tended to be sponsors employing the …
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Education of the Peasantry in Zimbabwe as Internal Colonialism
This article utilizes internal colonial analyses to explore and understand the difficult educational conditions students from peasantry background experience in Zimbabwe's universities.
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Dilemmas in Conservationism in Colonial Zimbabwe, …
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 …
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CHAPTER 4: LAND IN ZIMBABWE
World Bank that were responsible for the poor economic advice given to Zimbabwe in the 1980's.30 The above – mentioned reasons alone show that land in Zimbabwe is simply the catalyst of bigger issues.31 "The real causes of distress are poor economic management, ruling party hegemony, racial anxieties, global aid politics and the
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Decolonization and Post-Colonialism in Zimbabwe
Decolonization and Post-Colonialism in Zimbabwe Harry C. Leib HI-348-01 Professor Arndt 12/7/16 Help Received: easybib, lecture and assistance by Professor Arndt ... used mostly peaceful protest against the mass relocation of black Africans to poor reservations to toil on farms for little pay and limited access to goods and services like ...
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Colonialism
Colonialism. From the 1880s to the early 20 th century, a coalescence of Christianity, mercantilism, colonialism and capitalism gradually displaced the pre-colonial socio-political and economic formations discussed above, bringing about a colonial transformation marked by the emergence of new identities, new commodities, new languages, new ideologies, new …
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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 minimization and profit maximization by applying strategies which smacked of both
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How imperialism undermined Zimbabwe
The trans-Atlantic slave trade, resulting in tens of millions of African peoples being stolen from their homeland, laid the foundation for colonialism and neocolonialism. In the case …
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A History of Zimbabwe
A History of Zimbabwe ... This book examines Zimbabwe's precolonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates his-torical factors and trends to more recent developments in the country. Zimbabwe is a country with a rich history, dating from the early San ... 4.5 Africans Employed in Mining, 1906–1910 73
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MINING, MEN AND THE CAMERA IN COLONIAL …
enslavement on the colonial mines in Zimbabwe. It sets out the recruitment meth- ods, the living and working conditions, as well as the coercive methods of labour
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A city at risk of collapsing: The cost of the search for gold in Zimbabwe
This plan would be driven by the mining of gold – which is Zimbabwe's biggest export – along with platinum, diamonds, chrome, iron ore, coal, lithium and other minerals, the government said.
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'From an Agro-Based to a Mineral Resources-Dependent …
Post-colonial mining in Zimbabwe. In the post-independence era, mining prospects escalated in the country as compared to the colonial period. ... Consequently, the sharp decline and poor performance of the once thriving agricultural sector provided the avenue for the prominence of the mining sector. Scoones (Citation 2014) points out that the ...
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WOMEN'S INEQUALITY AND THEIR STATUS IN …
WOMEN'S STATUS IN PRE-COLONIAL, COLONIAL AND POST – INDEPENDENCE: ZIMBABWE 2.1.Introduction 23 2.2.Status of women in the pre- colonial era 24-27 ... mining and a diversity of industries that constitute the Zimbabwean economy.12 In these sectors only a few women have managed to prosper in their own right. This study traces the implication ...
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'From an Agro-Based to a Mineral Resources-Dependent …
The mining sector in the 2000s in Zimbabwe was largely characterised by the growth of informal mining through artisanal and small-scale mining and also through the …
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Mining towns in Zimbabwe (2010).
The collapse of the world-mining prices in the 1990s had a major impact on the mining towns around Chinhoyi after some of the mines scaled down or shut down completely (Kamete, 2012; Zimbabwe ...
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(PDF) The Mining Industry in Zimbabwe: Challenges for …
In Zimbabwe legal and illegal mining activities characterised by open pits and vegetation destruction are practised in rural areas. Despite the existence of a legal framework directed to …
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China's Role in Zimbabwe – A Neo-Colonial Power in Africa?
The new mining equipment and energy infrastructure set Zimbabwe up for a profitable future, just as foreign countries did in China at the beginning of the 20th century. However, while China continuously emphasises its goal to build up strong counter-alliances in the global south with previously marginalised countries against the former ...
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FARMERS, HUNTERS, AND GOLD-WASHERS:
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 housed at the National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ) in Harare, Zimbabwe. Some references are made to documents
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Education of the Peasantry in Zimbabwe as Internal Colonialism
The authorities in Zimbabwe are aiding the spread of market values by use of force, further giving credence to the internal colonial explanation of contemporary Zimbabwe. By enforcing neoliberal policies in universities, as was illustrated above, the biggest losers have been students from rural (peasant) areas who find adapting to life in the ...
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Artisanal Gold Mining and Farming: Livelihood Linkages and Labour
Although illegal under Zimbabwe ' s colonial era mining laws, which still structure present-day mining. ... rural poor and to recognise that farming/mining linkages can be produced out of larger ...
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Displacements in Colonial Zimbabwe: Contestations, …
When the colonial government s eized native lands in Zimbabwe they achieved two things simultaneously. They satisfied their own citizens who wanted mining
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