Two new books on Zimbabwe’s land reform

This month sees the publication of two, long-awaited, books on Zimbabwe’s land reform. Both are excellent. Buy them both if you can!...

Small farms, big farms

There is a classic debate in agricultural economics and development policy about the relative efficiencies of...

Farming under contract

Contract farming is all the rage in Zimbabwe at the moment. Indeed, more generally across...

Fighting the fly: drivers of disease in the Zambezi valley

The battle against the tsetse fly in the Zambezi valley is a long and continuing one....

Geographies of violence

Lloyd Sachikonye has written several powerful articles and books on violence in Zimbabwe. His book,

More clouds gather

We don’t realise just how many intolerable things we have grown used to until we hear...

Thou hast forsaken the sheep

This week, I have chosen to draw the reader’s attention to at least three scenarios that...

Reform electronic media before elections

Watching the main news on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation television these days makes you realise that only...

Worried about Dhlakama’s back-to-bush move

Alfonso Dhlakama and a battalion of his former Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) rebels have just moved...

Compensation for land

In an important piece in the on-going Sokwanele debate on land entitled “The significance of...

Myths, Reality and The Inconvenient Truth about Zimbabwe's Land Resettlement Programme

Ian Scoones and his co-authors caused a splash with the publication last year of their controversial...

Fundamentals for the Future – The Importance of Citizenship

Some time ago, an organisation called “The Great Zimbabwe Scenarios Project” called together a group of...

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Fundamentals for the future – The family in society

Apartheid and the policy of separate development had many negative implications for the majorities in southern...

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