The broke Zimbabwean government has announced that it will pay white farmers a whopping US$3.5 billion as compensation for the losses incurred from the chaotic and ill-conceived Fast Track Land Reform Programme of 2000.
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Politics and Society Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded
Land reform has always been closely tied to shifts in the wider political economy of countries.
Politics and Society Deconstructing the myth of founding fathers
Africa’s founding fathers have many times been given the bare minimum when it comes to leadership. It is time for us to critically look at these men and what they did to the fabric of their nations. We need to question their legacies, which ought to be contested.
Politics and Society South Africa: Attitudes towards land occupations have to change, say researchers
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has released a series of reports on informal settlements
Africans rising Namibia’s long-standing land issue remains unresolved
The question of land has been hotly contested in Namibia ever since independence.
Politics and Society Why Namibians want fresh impetus behind land reform
Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
Politics and Society White farmers in Namibia own 70 per cent of agricultural land
As Namibia gets ready for a land conference from the 1st to the 5th of October, a report from the Namibia Land Statistics states that 70% of land is owned by Whites. The conference is set to address land policies and how the process of restitution and reclamation can be expedited.
Politics and Society Namibia holds land conference to discuss land expropriation
Namibia is currently having a land discussion, and is considering land expropriation. After the failure of the “willing-seller-willing-buyer” approach, the government is having a debate on land expropriation, and intends to give land back to the majority black people.
Politics and Society South Africans want urban land more than white farms
“Expropriation without compensation” is unlikely to speed up land reform. Meanwhile, mass evictions of land occupiers are often from land already owned by the state.