International diplomacy and big business in Namibia: the case of the Rossing Uranium mine

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dc.contributor.advisorMoney, D.
dc.contributor.advisorMunene, H.
dc.contributor.advisorPhimister, I. R.
dc.contributor.advisorQuinn, S.
dc.contributor.authorAshipala, Saima Nakuti
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T10:03:56Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T10:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractIn the 1970s, Rio Tinto Zinc’s Rössing Uranium mine became a symbol of injustice for Namibian nationalists and international opponents of South African rule. Yet, counter-intuitively, the mine survived decolonisation in Namibia virtually unscathed and was re-imagined as part of modern, independent Namibia. How did this come about? This dissertation answers this central question by exploring the development of the Rössing Uranium mine during the colonial and early post-colonial period. The aim of the study is to present a detailed understanding of the strategies adopted by big business in response to changes in the political and economic environment in Namibia. It does so through a case study of big business and diplomacy in the establishment and operations of the Rössing Uranium mine under colonial rule and decolonisation. The study begins with a discussion on the pioneering stage in the history of uranium production in Namibia, which culminated in the transfer of the mining rights from the entrepreneurial prospectors to the British multinational corporation RTZ. The study concludes with an examination of Rössing Uranium’s public relations exercise which was adopted in anticipation of the impending political change in the territory. Keywords: Big Business, Diplomacy, Namibia, Rössing, Uranium.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/11791
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectThesis (Ph.D. (Centre for Africa Studies))--University of the Free State, 2021en_ZA
dc.subjectUranium mine -- Namibianen_ZA
dc.subjectRössing Uranium mineen_ZA
dc.subjectBritish multinational corporation (RTZ)en_ZA
dc.titleInternational diplomacy and big business in Namibia: the case of the Rossing Uranium mineen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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