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The politics of Zimbabwe's land reform: winners and losers

The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe's land reform continue to occupy many.The tired, old obsession about how the land was taken and the associated focus on so-called 'cronies' persists, despite much evidence to su…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe post-land reform programme: A new picture is emerging

WE have a new open access paper out in the Journal of Modern African Studies "Medium-scale commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe: The experience of A2 resettlement farms".Contrary to assertions that A2 medium-scale farms allocated during the …

Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:02hrs | 4 | by Ian Scoones

Can South Africa come to Zimbabwe's rescue by ending 'quiet diplomacy'?

Zimbabwe's worsening economic and political crises seem to be never-ending and still getting worse. The misplaced expectations that the "new dispensation" would provide an escape route following the 2017 "coup", in which President Robert M…

Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Settling land compensation issue vital for Zimbabwe's economy

IN his inaugural address, the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible.He also made a commitment to compensate farmers who were forced off their land during …

Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Ian Scoones

Farm viability: Implications for land reform, investment

THERE are many misconceptions about farming in southern Africa, and one of the most insidious is the notion of "viability". A narrow economistic version has predominated that is based on a normative vision of farming based on full-time, la…

Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Ian Scoones

What does investment look like on the ground in Zimbabwe?

LAST week I was at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference in Birmingham. I was co-hosting, with my colleague Jeremy Lind (whose earlier blog this one draws from), a fantastic stream of five panels and 17 papers. Drawing…

Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Ian Scoones

Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe's economy

IN his inaugural address the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible. He also made a commitment to compensate farmers who were forced off their land during …

Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 12:45hrs | | by Ian Scoones

What is happening along Africa's eastern seaboard?

THE eastern seaboard of Africa from Kenya to Tanzania to Mozambique has become a major focus of attention. The ports - from Bagamoyo to Beira - are seen as the gateway to Africa, a place where great riches can be found. Such ports and the …

Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Trump's Zimbabwe connection

Donald Trump will be sworn in as United States president this week. So far, according to Zimbabweland, Trump's inconsistent and rare commentaries on Africa reveal little of his policy position.He has called South Africa â€˜a mess' (but few…

Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 11:28hrs | | by Ian Scoones

Zimbabwe: the rise of the informal trader and a new political economy

The protest by Zimbabweans against police road blocks and banned imports highlights a new political economy that is rising on the back of informalisation of the economy, writes Professor Ian Scoones of the University of Sussex:The upheaval…

Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 17:42hrs | 23 | by Ian Scoones

Zimbabwe's Land Reform: myths and realities

Zimbabwe's Land Reform: myths and realitiesby Ian Scoones(Weaver Press, R175 )This book by Ian Scoones, Blasio Mavengedze, Jacob Mahenehene, Felix Murimbarimba and Chrispen Sekune gives a fairly objective insight into Zimbabwe's controvers…

Published: 02 Jun 2011 at 20:37hrs | | by Ian Scoones

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