Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform / / Prosper B. Matondi.

• Superior document: Africa now
• VerfasserIn: Matondi, Prosper Bvumiranayi,
• Place / Publishing House: London, England : : Zed Books,, ©2012.; [London, England] : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2021
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Africa now.
• Physical Description: [xvii], 286 p. :; map.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform provides new, in-depth and much-needed empirical research on Zimbabwe?s highly contested land reform programme. It 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. Based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study, this is a landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.

Table of Contents

AfricaNow; About the author; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Preface; Map: Zimbabwe's agro-ecological zones with study sites; 1 Understanding Fast Track Land Reforms in Zimbabwe; Introduction; Understanding the context from a local perspective; Fast track land reform radicalism and speeding up of the reforms; Decision-making in the turbulent times of the fast track; Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme as viewed in international discourse.

The changed and expanded agrarian base1.1 Agricultural land inventory as of 2011; Table 1.1 Agricultural land inventory as of 2011; 'Chaos theory' in relation to the Fast Track Land Reform Programme; Evolving central government and micro-relations following the Fast Track Land Reform Programme; Chapter overview; 2 Land occupations as the trigger for compulsory land acquisition; Introduction; Squatting before 2000 as a trigger for land acquisition; Land occupations after 2000; Understanding land acquisition; 2.1 Land: the constitution and legal framework of Zimbabwe, 1979-2009.

Table 2.1 Land: the constitution and legal framework of Zimbabwe, 1979-2009Farms compulsorily acquired in Mazowe District; 2.2 Total number of farms in Mashonaland Central Province; Table 2.2 Total number of farms in Mashonaland Central Province; Broader reactions of white farmers to land occupations and compulsory land acquisition; Conclusions; 3 Interrogating land allocation; Introduction; Background to the politics of land allocation; Genesis of the models for land allocation; 3.1 Distribution of beneficiaries and land acquired; Table 3.1 Distribution of beneficiaries and land acquired.

Procedures for allocating land to new beneficiariesThe attraction of Mazowe District to potential land applicants; 3.2 Summary of applicants for A2 plots in Mashonaland Central Province; Table 3.2 Summary of applicants for A2 plots in Mashonaland Central Province; 3.1 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A1 scheme; Box 3.1 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A1 scheme; 3.3 Percentages and categories of land beneficiaries in the A1 scheme; Table 3.3 Percentages and categories of land beneficiaries in the A1 scheme.

3.2 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A2 schemeBox 3.2 Steps in land allocation and occupation inthe A2 scheme; 3.4 A2 beneficiaries in Mazowe according to a variety of reports and surveys; Table 3.4 A2 beneficiaries in Mazowe according to a variety of reports and surveys; 3.5 Selected schemes with high numbers of War Veterans and other security employees in Mazowe; Table 3.5 Selected schemes with high numbers of War Veterans and other security employees in Mazowe; 3.6 Distribution of farm sizes in Mazowe for A2 beneficiaries according to a variety of reports and surveys.