Columnist / Ian scoones
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 ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34hrs | 1 | 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 t...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:02hrs | 2 | 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 2...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...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | | 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 nor...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | | 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 strea...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | 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...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 r...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 ...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 o...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 17:42hrs | 16 | by Ian Scoones
Zanu-PF in a bind after elections
ON July 31 last year, Zanu-PF were victorious in the elections. The opposition was annihilated.The elections were disputed by many, and many questions were raised about the process, but most c...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 08:18hrs | | by Academic 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 Sek...Published: 02 Jun 2011 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Ian Scoones
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