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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 | 5 | 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 | 7 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | by Ian Scoones

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

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

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

Settling land compensation issue vital for Zimbabwe's economy

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