44,

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53.

From a Presidential Radio Address to the Nation, reprinted in The Standard
February, 1972.

Issa Shivji, op.cit.

Cf. Report of the Presidential Commission on the National Union of Tanganyika
Workers (Government Printer, Dar es Salaam, 1967, 1967).

‘Presidential Circular No. 1 of 1970: The Establishment of Workers Councils,
Executive Committee and Boards of Directors’. See P. 152 in this volume.
Henry Mapolu, op. cit

George Kahama, ‘Town and Country: Partners in Progress’, reprinted in The
Standard (Tanzania), October 28, 1971.

Ferene Cszology, ‘Obstacles to Industrial Development’ Reprinted in The Stan-
dard october 30th 1971.

1.J. Maseko, ‘Workers’ Participation in Management in Tanzania’ See P. 228
in this volume.

Peter R. Lawrence, ‘Socialism, Self-reliance and Foreign Aid in Tanzania —
Some Lessons from the Socialist Countries’, paper presented to the U.N.L
D.E.P. Seminar on the Use of Foreign Funds in the Development of the East
African Countries, Dar es Salaam, April-May, 1972 (mimeo).

The Robbialac incident was recounted in a number of issues of the Daily News
during May 1972.

An excellent example of the conceptualisation of workers participation as a
co-optive mechanism and of the manipulative use of the notion of workers
education — an example which also clearly exposes the ambiguity of Tan-
zania's continuing links with imperialist penetration — is given in the
following statement by the Chairman of East African Breweries in that Com-
pany's 1971 Annual Report:

In spite of the excellent progress of the trade in Tanzania it is, I believe,
my duty to draw attention to certain difficulties which have arisen in
the carrying out of our management functions in that country. These
have arisen as a result of moves to encourage the involvement of the
political party and workers' councils in industrial matters. In theory the
conception of the party and of workers’ councils joining hands with
N.D.C. and managements to encourage productivity, efficiency and a
better understanding between all such organisations is a laudable one
but it is suggested that if such a conception is to be implemented in a
constructive and useful sense, it is quite vital, at the outset, to educate
workers' councils as to the role they are expected to play and as to the
true objects behind the exercise.

It is interesting that shortly after this statement was made the manager sup-
plied by this company was retired after the workers had complained of his
abusive and insulting behaviour.

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