Fast Track Land Occupations In Zimbabwe

Author : Kirk Helliker,Sandra Bhatasara,Manase Kudzai Chiweshe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030663483

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Fast Track Land Occupations in Zimbabwe by Kirk Helliker,Sandra Bhatasara,Manase Kudzai Chiweshe Pdf

This book offers the first detailed scholarly examination of the nation-wide land occupations which spread across the Zimbabwean countryside from the year 2000, and led to the state’s fast track land reform programme. In an innovative way, it highlights the decentralized character of the occupations by recognizing significant spatial variation around a number of key themes, including historical memory, modes of mobilization and gender. A case study of the land occupations in Mashonaland Central Province, based on original research, adds empirical weight to the argument. In further identifying and understanding the specificities and complexities of the land occupations, the book also frames them by way of a nuanced comparative-historical analysis of the three zvimurenga. It thus examines the land occupations (referred to, likely controversially, as the ‘third chimurenga’) with reference to the original anti-colonial revolt from the 1890s (the first chimurenga) and the war of liberation in the 1970s (the second chimurenga). Further, the book engages critically with the ruling party’s chimurenga narrative and the hegemonic understanding of the land occupations within Zimbabwean studies. This book is a crucial read for all scholars and students of post-2000 land and politics in Zimbabwe, but also for those more broadly interested in historical-comparative analyses of land struggles in Zimbabwe and beyond.

Author : Prosper B. Matondi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780321509

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Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform by Prosper B. Matondi Pdf

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex. Providing new and much-needed empirical research, this in-depth book examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the programme. It also explores the ways in which the land reform programme has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the problematic issues the reforms have raised, the author argues that it is this new agrarian formation which provides the greatest scope for improving Zimbabwe's agriculture and development. Based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the subject, this is a landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.

Author : Prosper B. Matondi
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780321516

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Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform by Prosper B. Matondi Pdf

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex. Providing new and much-needed empirical research, this in-depth book examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the programme. It also explores the ways in which the land reform programme has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the problematic issues the reforms have raised, the author argues that it is this new agrarian formation which provides the greatest scope for improving Zimbabwe’s agriculture and development. Based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the subject, this is a landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.

Author : Lionel Cliffe,Jocelyn Alexander,Ben Cousins,Rudo Gaidzanwa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317981268

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Outcomes of post-2000 Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe by Lionel Cliffe,Jocelyn Alexander,Ben Cousins,Rudo Gaidzanwa Pdf

The struggle over land has been the central issue in Zimbabwe ever since white settlers began to carve out large farms over a century ago. Their monopolisation of the better-watered half of the land was the focus of the African war of liberation war, and was partially modified following Independence in 1980. A dramatic further episode in this history was launched at the start of the last decade with the occupation of many farms by groups of African veterans of the liberation struggle and their supporters, which was then institutionalised by legislation to take over most of the large commercial farms for sub-division. Sustained fieldwork over the intervening years, by teams of scholars and experts, and by individual researchers is now generating an array of evidence-based findings of the outcomes: how land was acquired and disposed of; how it has been used; how far new farmers have carved out new livelihoods and viable new communities; the major political and economic problems they and other stakeholders such as former farm-workers, commercial farmers, and the overall rural society now face. This book will be an essential starting place for analysts, policy-makers, historians and activists seeking to understand what has happened and to spotlight the key issues for the next decade. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

Author : Sam Moyo,Walter Chambati
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782869785533

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Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe by Sam Moyo,Walter Chambati Pdf

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule. The land reform also radicalised the state towards a nationalist, introverted accumulation strategy, against a broad array of unilateral Western sanctions. Indeed, Zimbabwe's land reform, in its social and political dynamics, must be compared to the leading land reforms of the twentieth century, which include those of Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Cuba and Mozambique. The fact that the Zimbabwe case has not been recognised as vanguard nationalism has much to do with the 'intellectual structural adjustment' which has accompanied neoliberalism and a hostile media campaign. This has entailed dubious theories of ëneopatrimonialismí, which reduce African politics and the state to endemic ëcorruptioní, ëpatronageí, and ëtribalismí while overstating the virtues of neoliberal good governance. Under this racist repertoire, it has been impossible to see class politics, mass mobilisation and resistance, let alone believe that something progressive can occur in Africa. This book comes to a conclusion that the Zimbabwe land reform represents a new form of resistance with distinct and innovative characteristics when compared to other cases of radicalisation, reform and resistance. The process of reform and resistance has entailed the deliberate creation of a tri-modal agrarian structure to accommodate and balance the interests of various domestic classes, the progressive restructuring of labour relations and agrarian markets, the continuing pressures for radical reforms (through the indigenisation of mining and other sectors), and the rise of extensive, albeit relatively weak, producer cooperative structures. The book also highlights some of the resonances between the Zimbabwean land struggles and those on the continent, as well as in the South in general, arguing that there are some convergences and divergences worthy of intellectual attention. The book thus calls for greater endogenous empirical research which overcomes the pre-occupation with failed interpretations of the nature of the state and agency in Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Human rights
ISBN : UOM:39015055449956

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Zimbabwe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lionel Cliffe,Jocelyn Alexander,Ben Cousins,Rudo Gaidzanwa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317981251

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Outcomes of post-2000 Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe by Lionel Cliffe,Jocelyn Alexander,Ben Cousins,Rudo Gaidzanwa Pdf

The struggle over land has been the central issue in Zimbabwe ever since white settlers began to carve out large farms over a century ago. Their monopolisation of the better-watered half of the land was the focus of the African war of liberation war, and was partially modified following Independence in 1980. A dramatic further episode in this history was launched at the start of the last decade with the occupation of many farms by groups of African veterans of the liberation struggle and their supporters, which was then institutionalised by legislation to take over most of the large commercial farms for sub-division. Sustained fieldwork over the intervening years, by teams of scholars and experts, and by individual researchers is now generating an array of evidence-based findings of the outcomes: how land was acquired and disposed of; how it has been used; how far new farmers have carved out new livelihoods and viable new communities; the major political and economic problems they and other stakeholders such as former farm-workers, commercial farmers, and the overall rural society now face. This book will be an essential starting place for analysts, policy-makers, historians and activists seeking to understand what has happened and to spotlight the key issues for the next decade. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Zimbabwe - Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Medicine Masiiwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000102891383

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Post-independence Land Reform in Zimbabwe by Medicine Masiiwa Pdf

Author : Lovemore Chipungu,Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000290080

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Housing in the Aftermath of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe by Lovemore Chipungu,Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha Pdf

This book delves into the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in Zimbabwe to provide insight into how it facilitated the delivery of housing for low-income urban households. It highlights the politics of land reforms and the power of community engagement in housing development in urban areas. Prior to the FTLRP, the Zimbabwean governments had never embraced popular modes of housing production as key factors in urban development. In the area of low-income housing, informal housing schemes have always been treated with apathy and indifference. This left the conventional mode of housing production to be the only legitimate means to house low-income households despite its shortcomings. However, the onset of the FTLRP in 2000 resulted in homeless urban households grasping the opportunity to invade farms for housing development. Through the lenses of Marxism and Neoliberalism, this book analyses housing schemes that emerged and the overall impact of the FTLRP on housing and land delivery in Harare. This analysis is based on empirical evidence obtained from key informants and household surveys conducted in Harare. The authors argue that the FTLRP provided a platform for innovativeness by households, supported by the unpronounced national urban vision and prowess of the political leadership. Hence the success of these housing schemes can be measured by acquisition of land which guarantees households access to the city. However, some of these housing schemes pose challenges – key among them being lack of infrastructure. The book concludes by presenting a new model for effective delivery of land and housing for the urban poor. This is envisaged as a useful policy tool for urban planners, housing experts, land economists, urban and regional geographers, as well as sociologists, political scientists and social workers engaged in public administration of land and housing.

Author : Manase, Irikidzayi
Publisher : NISC (Pty) Ltd
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920033477

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White Narratives by Manase, Irikidzayi Pdf

The post-2000 period in Zimbabwe saw the launch of a fast track land reform programme, resulting in a flurry of accounts from white Zimbabweans about how they saw the land, the land invasions, and their own sense of belonging and identity. In White Narratives, Irikidzayi Manase engages with this fervent output of texts seeking definition of experiences, conflicts and ambiguities arising from the land invasions. He takes us through his study of texts selected from the memoirs, fictional and non-fictional accounts of white farmers and other displaced white narrators on the post-2000 Zimbabwe land invasions, scrutinising divisions between white and black in terms of both current and historical ideology, society and spatial relationships. He examines how the revisionist politics of the Zimbabwean government influenced the politics of identities and race categories during the period 2000–2008, and posits some solutions to the contestations for land and belonging.

Author : Steve Kibble,Paul Vanlerberghe
Publisher : CIIR
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN : 1852872403

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Land, Power and Poverty by Steve Kibble,Paul Vanlerberghe Pdf

Author : Joseph Hanlon,J. M. Manjengwa,Teresa Smart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 1565495209

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Zimbabwe Takes Back Its Land by Joseph Hanlon,J. M. Manjengwa,Teresa Smart Pdf

The news from Zimbabwe is usually unremittingly bleak owing to the success of the Mugabe regime’s control of information and sequestration/elimination of political opponents. Perhaps no issue has aroused such ire as the land reforms Mugabe has implemented, which, according to what journalist reports are available, have largely benefited Mugabe’s cronies. ZimbabweTakes Back it Land, however, offers a much more positive and nuanced assessment of land reform in Zimbabwe, one that counters the dominant narratives of oppression and economic stagnation. While not minimizing the depredations of the Mugabe regime, and admitting that many of Mugabe’s supporters benefited from the dictators largesse, the authors show how ordinary Zimbabweans have taken charge of their destinies in creative and unacknowledged ways through their use of land holdings obtained through Mugabe’s land reform programs. This is an inspiring story of collective agency by the exploited, and how development can take place in even the most hostile of circumstances.

Author : Grasian Mkodzongi
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785274176

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Land and Agrarian Transformation in Zimbabwe by Grasian Mkodzongi Pdf

This book examines the dynamics underpinning the implementation of Zimbabwe’s fast track land reforms. By utilising ethnographic data gathered in central Zimbabwe, the book goes beyond the polarised debates which dominated scholarship in the earlier period to highlight the changing livelihoods occasioned by the land reform. The book argues that despite the challenges faced by the newly resettled farmers, the land reform has allowed landless and land-short peasants access to land and other natural resources which were previously enclosed to them under a bi-modal agrarian structure inherited from colonialism.

Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1847010245

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Zimbabwe's Land Reform by Ian Scoones Pdf

Challenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe's land reform.