The role of the indigenisation policy in community development : a case of the Zvishavane Community Share Ownership Trust, Zvishavane District, Zimbabwe.

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dc.contributor.authorMachinya, Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-18T10:57:06Z
dc.date.available2014-07-18T10:57:06Z
dc.date.issued2014-07-18
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on the role of Zimbabwe‘s indigenisation and economic empowerment policy in community development. In particular, it investigates the contribution of community ownership of mineral resource wealth to community development with particular reference to the Zvishavane Community Share Ownership Trust (ZCSOT) in Zvishavane District, Zimbabwe. The study is situated within the framework of participatory community development and seeks to explore whether the ZCSOT stimulate broad-based participation at community level in the ownership and utilisation of natural resource wealth as envisioned in the indigenisation policy. The research utilised methodological triangulation, using a questionnaire and in-depth interviews for data collection. The findings of this study suggest that the community ownership of mineral resource wealth through community share ownership trusts (CSOTs) is capable of bringing positive social and economic transformation in resource-rich communities much better than state-centred and/or corporate-led development. However, the study also highlights that because of certain irregularities in the indigenisation policy and the subsequent operational imperfections evident in the operation of the ZCSOT, community engagement in the process of development is quite marginal. Instead, what we see is political manipulation of the CSOT, lack of transparency and corruption due to the non-representation of ordinary community members in the CSOT, thus impeding their full participation. The involvement of traditional leaders in CSOTs has promoted the entrenchment of relations of domination, paternalism and stifling of democracy, thereby contradicting with the principles of participatory community development. In the end, the study establishes that the success of community ownership of mineral resource wealth in the socio-economic transformation of mineral-rich communities needs need to be anchored on the full participation of local communities.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/14930
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshCommunity development--Zimbabwe.
dc.subject.lcshEconomic development--Zimbabwe.
dc.titleThe role of the indigenisation policy in community development : a case of the Zvishavane Community Share Ownership Trust, Zvishavane District, Zimbabwe.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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