Author Colin Stoneman Publisher Mambo Press Gwelo, P.O. Box 779 Salisbury, P. Bag 6602, Kopje Gokomere, P. Bag 9213, For Victoria In association with the Catholic Institute for International Relations and the Justice and Peace Commission of the RCBC Publishing date 1978 Printed and published in Rhodesia by Mambo Press, Senga Road, Gwelo Category Economics Language English
About the Series
FROM RHODESIA TO ZIMBABWE consists of a collection of papers which address the social, economic, administrative and legal problems to be faced by an independent government of Zimbabwe. CllR has launched this series in collab oration with the Justice and Peace Commission in Rhodesia as a contribution to the important debate about the creation of a just society in Zimbabwe -a debate which the Commission has been concerned to promote since its inception in 1971. Each paper will take as its starting point the question: how can the new ·government of Zimbabwe provide for the basic needs of the poorest sectors of society? The views expressed in individual papers are those of the contributors; they do not necessarily reflect the views either
of CIIR or of the Justice and Peace Commission.
About the Author
COLIN STONEMAN has been concerned with the problems of Zimbabwe
for a number of years. He has undertaken a most comprehensive
assessment of foreign capital in the country, published in
World Development in January 1976, which is to be followed
soon by a further article in the Review of African Political
Economy. He has also been directly involved in the debate about
education in Britain. He co-edited the Penguin book Education for
Democracy, published in 1970 with a second edition in 1972. This
is to be followed early next year by Education and Equality. The
author lectures at the University of Hull.
About this Booklet
Skilled Labour and Future Needs examines the problems and possibilities
facing the supply and demand of skilled labour as Zimbabwe
is born. Hopes will be high for rapid development in the
country, but this development will be critically determined by the
skilled manpower available. Colin Stoneman shows that the pattern
of colonial development has been based on an almost total
predominance of whites in skilled jobs. Of the small number of
Africans with some secondary education, a large proportion do not
have jobs commensurate with their skills. The under-utilisation of
potential skills in the country has led to appalling waste. The booklet
goes on to discuss the changes which are necessary if Zimbabwe
is to make the maximum use of her human resources to
meet the basic needs of the population. It is clear that the removal
of racial discrimination will provide, in itself, no solution unless
the more fundamental problems of the country’s economic
structure are addressed.
The Series From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe:
No. 1 Alternatives to Poverty by Roger Riddel, 35c.
No. 2 The Land Question by Roger Riddell, 45c.
No. 3 The Unemployment Crisis by Duncan Clarke, 45c.