188 BOOK REVIEWSof Jerenje, was knocked unconscious with a steel bar (p. 69-70). Theseinward responses were oblivious to the position of women and would attimes become a hindrance to organization. However, the history of thecolliery is also a history of strikes Š a reflection of the super exploitationof Black workers for purposes of capital accumulation.The book is well illustrated with maps and photographs which help togive a very vivid picture of the history of the Colliery in all its ramificationsviz.Š the geographical location of the company in the country, key peoplewho were closely associated with the development of the company, labourissues, and other important production activities on the colliery. By usingsecondary and archival sources, in addition to oral testimony, the authorcomprehensively documents the history of an aspect of mining whosecentrality to the development of the country, if not the subregion, is not indoubt. The book is a welcome addition to the history of mining in colonialZimbabwe which should find its way into the shelf of every historian,economic historian, political scientist and other scholars who have aninterest in the history of the colliery.University of Zimbabwe MAURICE K. MUTOWOThe Transport and Communications Sector in Southern Africa Edited byS. Ngwenya. Harare, SAPES Books, 1993,135 pp., ISBN 0-7974-1224-7, Z$38.The book is a sectoral study conducted under the auspices of SAPES andis primarily based on Integration papers on regional cooperation presentedat a Southern African Development Community (SADC) conference held inGaborone in 1991. The study attempts to evaluate the strategy of SADC inthe light of the main objectives of the 1980 Lusaka Declaration, involvingco-operative development within the group and a reduction of dependenceon countries outside it.In the first three sections of the book, the reader is given a succinctaccount on the formation of SADC and an overview of the regional transportand communications programme. Of importance is the role played by theSouthern African Transport Co-ordination Conference (SATCC) incoordinating the use of existing systems of transport and communicationsas well as planning and financing new ones.The body of the book covers specific areas related to ports andtransport systems, intra-regional surface transport projects, civil aviation,telecommunications, posts and meteorology. Seven transport corridorsystems are covered in detail. The book undertakes an appraisal of eachtransport corridor in terms of its development, capacity, constraints andperformance. An important area covered by the authors is that of freightmodal choice which does not solely depend on the least cost route but inmost cases the choice of the freight forwarder. The freight forwarder'schoice is in turn influenced by considerations related to freight forwardingcompanies in the transit country, which in most cases are branches of theBOOK REVIEWS 189same company. Consequently, much freight has been sent through theSouth African ports, negating the objective of reducing dependence onthat country.Throughout, the authors have argued that the regional transport andcommunications programme is heavily dependent on foreign funding andtechnical assistance and clearly not sustainable in the long term.The last three sections make important observations on new directionsand issues to be addressed. These include; the need to establish a commonpolicy in the transport and communications sector, removal of non physicalbarriers and maximum mobilization of financial resources from within theregion rather than relying on external assistance. The authors alsoconclude that the strategy to remove links with South Africa was not touse the South African routes and ports.The book is undoubtedly an important contribution to theunderstanding of transport and communications in the region, being thefirst to bring together so many issues. The book is well supported bystatistical appendices. It is free of jargon and easily read by a wide cross-section of people in different professions.Although the book is analytical, it would have been more useful insome instances to discuss issues in the context of what is taking place inthe region rather than generalising. For instance, the harmonization ofroad user charges should have included specific examples on countrydisparities.The authors rightly conclude that the strategy to break links withSouth Africa failed. However, the book was written and published at atime when the political environment in South Africa was changing rapidly.There is little discussion of changes that are likely to take place after thedissolution of apartheid.On a minor point, a map showing the major corridors and ports wouldhave been useful. The book remains an important text for those involvedin transport, in its administration, in its planning and for various studentsof transport systems.University of Zimbabwe T. C . MBARAThe Wesleyan Methodist Missions in Zimbabwe, 1891-1945 By C. J. M.Zvobgo. Harare, University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1991, ix, 169 pp.,ISBN 0-908307-18-7, Z$22,50.Chengetai Zvobgo has produced a stimulating study of the planting andgrowth of Wesleyan Methodism in Zimbabwe from 1891 up to 1945. Thepublication arises from a Ph.D thesis in 1974, which has to some extentbeen updated in line with current scholarship.The book was published as a contribution to the celebration of thecentenary of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Zimbabwe which tookplace in September 1991. The author decribes how Methodism came to