A history of African entrepreneurship in Southern Rhodesia, 1944 – 1979

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dc.contributor.advisorMasakure, Clement
dc.contributor.advisorNyamunda, Tinashe
dc.contributor.advisorMhike, Ivo
dc.contributor.authorChambwe, Tawanda Valentine
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-11T09:10:27Z
dc.date.available2021-10-11T09:10:27Z
dc.date.issued2020-02
dc.description.abstractThe thesis examines the development of African entrepreneurship in Southern Rhodesia between 1944 and 1979. Using previously underutilized sources in the study of African entrepreneurship, such as the Native Trade and Production Commission of Inquiry (1944), business site application bundles from the Native Affairs Department and The African Businessman, amongst others, it contends that colonial policy on African commerce was ambiguous and at times contradictory. For the most part, Africans operated in a restrictive legislative environment, but they were able to carve, a niche for themselves within the grey areas of colonial policy ambivalence, albeit in a limited way. In excuse for its failure to open up commercial space for African entrepreneurs, the state often pointed to African business illiteracy. However, this was a mere red herring for deeper colonial legislative and deliberate structural challenges such as limited freehold rights, lack of capital, and a racialised business landscape that restricted African participation. The responses of African traders ranged from litigation to forming business associations. They reveal their resilience and desire for economic independence in a colonial and racist environment. The study begins in 1944 because of the centrality of the Godlonton Commission of 1944 in discussing African entrepreneurship and ends in 1979 at the end of colonial rule. It analyses these stories through critical junctures in colonial Zimbabwe`s past from 1944, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, and the 1970s-armed struggle, up until 1979 on the cusp of Independence.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/11323
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen_ZA
dc.subjectGeneral dealeren_ZA
dc.subjectMillen_ZA
dc.subjectFreehold titleen_ZA
dc.subjectBusiness siteen_ZA
dc.subjectBusiness partnershipsen_ZA
dc.subjectBusiness literacyen_ZA
dc.subjectTradeen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican traderen_ZA
dc.subjectCooperative Societiesen_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectBusiness Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectSouthern Rhodesiaen_ZA
dc.subjectColonial Zimbabween_ZA
dc.subjectThesis (Ph.D. (Africa Studies))--University of the Free State, 2020en_ZA
dc.titleA history of African entrepreneurship in Southern Rhodesia, 1944 – 1979en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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