Casualisation of labour in the Zambian mining industry with specific reference to Mopani Copper Mines Plc

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dc.contributor.authorKumwenda, Yewa
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-01T12:28:59Z
dc.date.available2017-02-01T12:28:59Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the of Masters of Arts Degree in Labour and Development, Economic Policy, Globalisation and Labour (Labour Policy and Globalisation). Johannesburg, 2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractZambia has been implementing economic liberalisation policies at the advice of the IMF and the World Bank, to reverse years of economic decline that began with the commodity crisis of the 1970s. As a strategy for economic growth, these included, the deregulation of foreign investment, removal of currency controls, trade liberalisation, decontrolling prices, cutting food subsidies, reduction of state control in running the economy and privatization of state run companies. The rapid implementation of these measures by the Zambian government has seen a change in employment trends in the mining industry from permanent employment to casualisation of labour.These measures have resulted into negative social and economicconsequences on the lives of the casualised mine workers such as job insecurity, poor health and safety standards, lack of protection and union representation, poor remuneration, lack of pension,and other forms of exploitation. Despite booms and busts in the copper price, employment levels have been drastically dropping especially among the permanent mine workers as a cost cutting measure. The role of the state in the running of the mines which Zambia has depended on since independence has diminished significantly and the state is increasingly succumbing to the dictates of the mining Trans-National Corporations (TNCs).The study which was conducted among casualised/contract rock ore drillers at Mopani Copper Mines Plc reaffirms arguments by previous researchers that economic liberalisation has not achieved the high expectations that Zambians wished for and that there is need for government and trade unions to protect the welfare and working conditions of these casualised mine workers who have become a new set of underclass. Through in-depth interviews, observations and documentary analysis, this research has brought to light the social and economic experiences of casualised/contract rock ore drillers at Mopani Copper Mines Plc and questions whether Zambian mine workers were better off when the mines were being run by the state than is currently the case under TNCs.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (x, 79 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationKumwenda, Yewa, (2016) Casualisation of labour in the Zambian mining industry with specific reference to Mopani Copper Mines Plc, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21811>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21811
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshCasual labor--Zambia
dc.subject.lcshUnemployment--Zambia
dc.subject.lcshCopper miners--Zambia
dc.subject.lcshCopper mines and mining--Zambia
dc.subject.lcshMineral industries--Zambia
dc.titleCasualisation of labour in the Zambian mining industry with specific reference to Mopani Copper Mines Plcen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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