Profiles of settler entrepreneurs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. International African Library ii
3. Contents v
4. List of Abbreviations viii
5. Preface ix
6. Introduction 1
7. Objective and scope of the study 1
8. The need for research on ranching 4
9. History of settlement and ranching in the Tuli Block 8
10. The Tuli Block compared with other European settlement areas 16
11. Ranching and class formation in post -colonial Botswana 16
12. Summary Overview 21
13. Profiles of settler entrepreneurs 23
14. Vorster, the paternalist entrepreneur 23
15. Phase one 24
16. Phase two 32
17. The Clark family firm: from speculator to technocrat 34
18. Phase one 35
19. Phase two 43
20. Brief profiles 47
21. Benson - the insider entrepreneur 48
22. Mulder- the industrial entrepreneur 51
23. Mediation of settler entrepreneurs 54
24. Bordermanship 55
25. The state and settler mediation 57
26. Dynamics of labour in settler firms 67
27. Settler family labour 68
28. Hired labour in a family firm 73
29. Payment levels of hired workers in the familist firm by section 75
30. Conclusion 78
31. Profiles of local entrepreneurs 81
32. Profiles of local entrepreneurs 87
33. Tau- the upwardly mobile entrepreneur 87
34. Molema- the 'big man' of the village 99
35. Kgari - the traditional elite-cum-entrepreneur 105
36. Analysis of district elites 109
37. The traditional (chiefly) elite as an entrepreneur 109
38. The upwardly mobile entrepreneur 113
39. The village 'big man' 116
40. Pule- the executive state elite 119
41. Differentiating mechanisms between national and district elites 124
42. Pitso- the resident non-elite local farmer 128
43. Elites vis-a-vis non-elites 132
44. Conclusion 137
45. Appendix 144
46. Bibliography 146
47. Index 154