Zimbabweland’s 2020 wrap-up

2020 has been quite a year in Zimbabwe and across the world. The blog has had two major series of posts, and this wrap-up features both...

Unequal land, unequal societies

The report adopts a new methodology for exploring land inequalities, taking account not just of patterns...

Land and compensation in Zimbabwe: frequently asked questions

The debate about compensation of former white farmers in Zimbabwe continues to rage. The compensation agreement...

Women and young people in Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 economy

I had another catch-up with colleagues in Zimbabwe recently, reflecting on the COVID-19 situation and its...

Land reform in Matabeleland: the challenges of living in a harsh, variable environment

The land reform story in Matabeleland has been under-researched, but now there are some new findings...

The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail

International donors have sponsored the training of game rangers...

“Know your epidemic”: Reflections from Zimbabwe

“Know your epidemic, act on its politics” was a lesson learned in the HIV/AIDS pandemic....

Innovation in the pandemic: an update from Zimbabwe

I  had the latest long discussion on responses to COVID-19 in our rural study areas across the...

Zimbabwe’s land reform compensation deal agreed at last

It has been 20 years since land reform and the issue of compensation for those who...

Who are the commercial farmers? A history of Mvurwi area, Zimbabwe

For some the answer to who are the commercial farmers in Zimbabwe is obvious. The image...

20 years after Zimbabwe’s land reform: what does the future hold?

This concluding blog is, therefore, a very preliminary reflection on the changes that we have observed...

Zimbabwe’s land reform areas twenty years on (6)

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COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: ‘we are good at surviving, but things are really tough’

 On the 13th June I had a follow up conversation on how people are coping with the...

Zimbabwe’s land reform areas twenty years on (5)

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