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Nhemachena, Artwell; Warikandwa, Tapiwa V.

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“…Notwithstanding these difficulties, there are instances of mining firms that have attained notable expansion through strategic planning [38] and emphasizes the need for capable leadership and a methodical approach. Effective strategic planning in the mining sector depends on better employee participation [26], communication, and taking legal [7] and environmental issues into account.…”

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“…The political leadership's setback in restricting the conversion of internal political disputes into wide-scale civil unrest has created an environment of distrust amongst global investors. This concern has been deeply amplified and enrooted by far-reaching media coverage spotlighting ransacks, malicious damages, and incompetency to regulate law and order [7]. The apparent lack of suitable regulatory structure, police, and security forces accompanied by delayed responses from the government and extreme dependence on community-based sentinels are the reasons that account for the unpreparedness of institutes to strikes that often convert into civil unrest [11].…”

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Unveiling the Potential of Open Strategy: An Exposé of Strategic Planning in the South African Mining Sector

Gray,

Subadra,

Sreekala

2024

TIJAR

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The South African mining industry, despite being the world's fifth-largest mineral reserve, is facing various challenges that prevent it from contributing to the economy to its fullest potential. These challenges include inflationary pressure, extreme nationalism, political instability, civil unrest, poor infrastructure, and inefficient regulatory practices, which have discouraged foreign investments. Although the government has developed legal frameworks to address uncertain circumstances, the lack of follow-up and transparency are key drawbacks contributing to the persistence of these issues. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of open strategy as a strategic management method in the South African mining industry can foster innovation and growth while showcasing how open strategy can benefit both established and emerging mining entities. The study highlights the importance of adopting a mutually beneficial approach, which can unlock the full potential of the mining industry and lead to more innovative and competitive business strategies. The study used a mixed methodology, which means both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. The research included interviews with 20 highly knowledgeable participants and a survey that received 205 responses. To identify the right individuals to participate in the research, the snowball research technique was used. It helped in creating a relevant chain sampling and selecting individuals based on their knowledge, relationships, and expertise regarding the research subject. According to the study's results, there is a favorable attitude toward open strategy, which is reinforced by the growing demand for inclusive communication as an effective means of engaging stakeholders. The results also revealed that the South African mining sector lacks formalized strategies and employee engagement methods. The research determined the value of the current strategic processes in South Africa's mining sector and generated an approach to how open strategy can be a successful process for mining companies.

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Unveiling the Potential of Open Strategy: An Exposé of Strategic Planning in the South African Mining Sector

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Subadra,

Sreekala

2024

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“…Instead, those who stole property from African indigenes and their successors in title negotiated for provisions such as the questionable willing buyer willing seller mechanism. This is where the constitutional and property jurisprudence in post-colonial Africa becomes problematic (Nhemachena & Warikandwa, 2017). If it is accepted that one cannot duly benefit from property acquired illegally, how then is the concept of a willing buyer and willing seller embraced in Africa’s legal jurisprudence.…”

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Worse Than “Bushmen” and Transhumance? Transitology and the Resilient Cannibalization of African Heritages

Nhemachena

Warikandwa

Mpofu

2020

Journal of Black Studies

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Although Eurocentric scholars theorize the world in terms of Western evolutionary progress rather than de-evolutionary retrogression, this paper takes a different perspective. Forced to transition away from their tangible and intangible heritages, from their families and marriages, cultures, societies, polities, and economies in ways that legitimized imperial claims to res nullius (unowned resources) and terra nullius (empty land), some indigenous people wittingly and unwittingly increasingly devolved their heritages to the colonialists that benefited from the African transitions. The point here is that unlike “Bushmen” and those that practiced transhumance, contemporary Africans are forced to transition, to change and to transform away from owning and controlling their tangible and intangible resources, including land, culture, laws, religions, polities, economies, livestock, families, marriages, and so on. Whereas “Bushmen” and transhumance migrated and transitioned while retaining ownership and control over their land, forests, livestock, and so on, contemporary Africans are forced to transition in ways that divorce them from their families, marriages, cultures, religions, polities, and from ownership of their material resources. Because Eurocentric forms of transition put African institutions and resources on the chopping boards, we argue that this kind of transition is cannibalistic. Made to believe that transition is easier to accomplish without the supposed burden of repossessing ownership and control over one’s resources, Africans are witnessed as disinherited and wandering around the world arguably in ways that even precolonial “Bushmen” and transhumance pastoralists would not envy. There is no justice in “transitional justice” that transitions indigenous people from their heritages.

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Unveiling the Potential of Open Strategy: An Exposé of Strategic Planning in the South African Mining Sector

Unveiling the Potential of Open Strategy: An Exposé of Strategic Planning in the South African Mining Sector

Worse Than “Bushmen” and Transhumance? Transitology and the Resilient Cannibalization of African Heritages

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