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A Historical Study of Zimbabwe's African Elite A HISTORICAL STUDY OF ZIMBABWE’S AFRICAN ELITE: CONFIGURATIONS, NETWORKS AND TRANSITIONS c. 1900-2013. BY GILBERT TARUGARIRA A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE IN FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HISTORY. FACULTY OF ARTS MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 2016 Declaration I Gilbert Tarugarira declare that this Thesis entitled A Historical Study of Zimbabwe’s African Elite: Configurations, Networks and Transitions c.1900-2013 is based on my own research and reading and has not been submitted for any degree or examination in any other university.All the sources consulted and quoted have been acknowledged as complete references. Signed: ______________________________ Date: ________________________________ i Acknowledgements I wish to recognize tremendous support I received while writing this thesis. Intellectual guidance and inspiration came from Prof. N. M. Bhebe, Dr. T. M. Mashingaidze and Dr. G. C. Mazarire. Their vision, interest and confidence in my work persuaded me to work hard. The generous comments they made goaded me to refine my ideas. My deepest gratitude and appreciation also go to all lecturers in the Department of History for the stimulating intellectual exchanges. I am particularly grateful to Dorothy Goredema and Joshua Chakawa for the hours they spent debating with me on the weaknesses and strengths of my research. Colleagues, you provided stimulus and helped mitigate the isolation of postgraduate research. Outside the Midlands State University, I benefitted greatly from comments and suggestions by Dr Rory Pilossof of the University of the Free State and colleagues from the University of Zimbabwe’s Department of History who provided intellectual inspiration and motivation through Seminar presentations. This study had a long gestation period. Consequently, there are many people who supported me at various points. During my fieldwork, I was invited into the homes of many people that I interviewed. Honourable Ransome Makamure, Stanislous Mupunga and Simbarashe Tarugarira offered me their hospitality, sometimes in ways that seemed to exceed their means. Funding for this study was provided by the Midlands State University through the Department of Research and Postgraduate Studies headed by Professor D.Z.Moyo.I thank the Vice Chancellor Prof.N.Bhebe for a deliberate policy which created a ‘golden age’ whose ‘golden fund’ enabled me to meet the financial demands of the research process. This research would have been impossible without the financial support. I would also like to acknowledge directors and personnel of various archives and libraries especially the National Archives of Zimbabwe for giving me access to classified documents when required and the Gutu District Administrator Mr. Roy Hove and staff for generously providing me with free office space whenever needed. Finally, I thank my family – my wife Dorcas, children Precious, Prince, Mukudzeishe and Makanaka for the many sacrifices over the years necessary for this thesis to reach completion. It may seem a commonplace to say this, but it is undoubtedly true that without their support, this ii thesis would not have been possible. Needless to say, all errors, factual or in interpretation, are mine. iii Dedication To the memory of my mother and victims of elite power and politics. iv Abstract This thesis employs ‘elite’ and social capital as analytical tools to explore the history of African elite formation and the development of power relations within a socio-economic and political context in Zimbabwe. Using the case of elites from the Gutu district of southern Zimbabwe the thesis traces patterns of social differentiation and mutation of elite organisation. Besides unpacking the diverse elite groups, I seek to explore elitist modes of social reproduction and transmission of privileged positions in society. Contrasting patterns of recruitment and selection in terms of career paths, the relative influence, visibility, power and prestige of different elite groups are considered. The thesis underscores that networking contacts among the elites occurred both formally and informally. My central argument is that within the diversity of elite typologies, networks facilitated resource mobilization and ultimate access to power. This is largely viewed through the prevalence of elitist enclaves and clusters and their interaction with socio-economic and political environments in both country and town settings. Many of the individuals referred to in this study were pluralists of power who held influential positions in a number of elite groups. The thesis contends that due to elite ‘interlock’, intra-and extra socio- economic and political networks were established towards the realization of material rewards and privileges. I pursue these network concerns to develop insights into how new forms of inequality are created. Antonio Gramsci’s theory is used to draw attention to the question of hegemony in an attempt to reconcile perceived notions concerning the development and functions of elite groups in relation to serving the wider public and their endeavour to enhance and maintain power. The study reveals that while the elite continuously seek to acquire more resources through networking and predatory means, strategies deployed in manufacturing selves are generally embedded in a continuum from pre-colonial to post-colonial historical contexts. The qualitative nature of the research afforded the convergence of information from oral and archival sources as well as documents and texts. v List of Acronyms AAG Affirmative Action Group AMS African Marketing Services ANC African National Congress CONEX Department of Conservation and Extension DC District Commissioner DDF District Development Fund DRC Dutch Reformed Church ESAP Economic Structural Adjustment Programme IBDC Indigenous Business Development Centre ICA Intensive Conservation Area LAA Land Apportionment Act LDO Land Development Officer NADA Native Affairs Department Annual NAZ National Archives of Zimbabwe NC Native Commissioner NDP National Democratic Party NLHA Native Land Husbandry Act NPA Native Purchase Area PC Provincial Commissioner PF Patriotic Front vi RAR Rhodesia African Rifles RATA Rhodesia African Teachers Association RCC Roman Catholic Church SRNA Southern Rhodesia Native Association TLA Tribal Land Authorities TILCO Tribal Trust Lands Development Corporation TTL Tribal Trust Land VIDCO Village Development Committee WADCO Ward Development Committee YFC Young Farmers’ Club ZABA Zimbabwe African Business Association ZANLA Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ZANU Zimbabwe African National Union ZANU-PF Zimbabwe African Union-Patriotic Front ZAPU Zimbabwe African People’s Union ZIPRA Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army ZNP Zimbabwe National Party ZNLWVA Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association vii Table of Contents Declaration...................................................................................................................................... i Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... ii Dedication ..................................................................................................................................... iv Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... v List of Acronyms .......................................................................................................................... vi The Study in Perspective .............................................................................................................. 1 0.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 0.2 Thesis Objectives and Research Questions........................................................................... 6 0.3 Justification of the study…………………………………………………………………….7 0.4 The theory of hegemony considered .................................................................................... 13 0.5 Conceptualizing the Elites .................................................................................................... 15 0.6 Elite typologies: The matrix and overlapping indices of elite attributes ......................... 18 0.7 Research Methodology and Fieldwork Experiences .......................................................... 23 0.8 Literature Review ................................................................................................................. 27 0.9 Architecture of Study ........................................................................................................... 38 Chapter 1: Elite Formation in Historical Perspective: The Gutu Experience ...................... 41 1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 41 1.1 Geographic preface and peopling of Gutu.......................................................................... 41 1.2 The ideal of status and socio-economic inequalities .......................................................... 46 viii 1.3 Dimensions of dominance and elitist prerogatives ............................................................. 49 1.3.1 Symbols and enclaved commodities as signifiers of elite status ....................................
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