Papers by Herbert Nechena
Practice, progress, and proficiency in sustainability, 2018
The central focus of this chapter is to discuss the way sub-dynasties create new identities and c... more The central focus of this chapter is to discuss the way sub-dynasties create new identities and culture quite different from their original-root-dynasties. The study case is related to the Nerumedzo people who have proven to be a sub-dynasty of the Karanga Duma of Bikita district. The literature highlights that the Nerumedzo people originated from a branch of the Duma Confederacy and have created through time their own new identity, which is based on their culture in a bid to fight for their existence in the Duma community and their alignment with the landscape (which includes their physical geography and insects and the use of identity markers like naming and totems). Their tradition was marked by the birth of Nemeso (who was born double-faced and, for this reason, rejected by his father Pfupajena), the Nerumedzo progenitor. The rejection of the mysterious Nemeso meant a death threat. Therefore, his mother fled with him to her own people with whom he grew up. From a foreign country, he returned to his father who gave him land in the Duma confines of Bikita, where it became the base of his identity.
Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability
The central focus of this chapter is to discuss the way sub-dynasties create new identities and c... more The central focus of this chapter is to discuss the way sub-dynasties create new identities and culture quite different from their original-root-dynasties. The study case is related to the Nerumedzo people who have proven to be a sub-dynasty of the Karanga Duma of Bikita district. The literature highlights that the Nerumedzo people originated from a branch of the Duma Confederacy and have created through time their own new identity, which is based on their culture in a bid to fight for their existence in the Duma community and their alignment with the landscape (which includes their physical geography and insects and the use of identity markers like naming and totems). Their tradition was marked by the birth of Nemeso (who was born double-faced and, for this reason, rejected by his father Pfupajena), the Nerumedzo progenitor. The rejection of the mysterious Nemeso meant a death threat. Therefore, his mother fled with him to her own people with whom he grew up. From a foreign country, he returned to his father who gave him land in the Duma confines of Bikita, where it became the base of his identity.
Economic development initiatives throughindigenization and empowerment have become common practic... more Economic development initiatives throughindigenization and empowerment have become common practice in Africa. Mabhena and Moyo (2014) cites CSOTs like the Mwadiri Community Diamond Partnership by the De Beers Company in Tanzania and the Zimele Scheme by the Anglo-American and the Impala Bafokeng Trust by the Impala Platinum Holdings in South Africa. These schemes have been acknowledged for incorporating local communities in areas they were established. In Zimbabwe, CSOTs were initiated in 2011 through Statutory 21 of 2010. The Statutory Instrument was a follow up to theIndigenization and Economic Empowerment Act (Chapter14:33) of 2007 (Mazarire, 2013). The Statutory Instrument specifies that at least fiftyone percent of shares of public companies and any other businesses owned by foreigners shall be owned by local communities in which mining companies are located. CSOTs were then established to manage funds released by the mining companies (Tsvakanyi, 2012).
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Papers by Herbert Nechena