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Compensation for land http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk In an important piece in the on-going Sokwanele debate on land entitled “The significance of land compensation for rehabilitation of Zimbabwe’s land sector”, Professor Mandi Rukuni, former chair of the Zimbabwe Land Tenure Commission and professor of agricultural economics at UZ, offers his thoughts on the compensation issue. As ever it is a measured, pragmatic stance …

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Myths, Reality and The Inconvenient Truth about Zimbabwe’s Land Resettlement Programme   http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/8239   November 13th, 2012 Masvingo settlement By Dale Doré, a discussion paper in the Zimbabwe Land Series Executive Summary Ian Scoones and his co-authors caused a splash with the publication last year of their controversial book Zimbabwe’s Land Reform: Myths and Realities.Accompanying the …

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Why was land ‘reform’ so devastating? http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Land Reform devastated Zimbabwe’s economy for a number of reasons, the main one being that the commercial farming sector was not simply a few thousand farmers; it consisted of thousands of companies that made up the largest business sector. It was also the largest employer, largest foreign exchange earner, largest supplier of …

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Zimbabwe must consider compensating white farmers http://nehandaradio.com on November 9, 2012 at 10:02 am By Addmore Zhou “An evil remains an evil whether practiced by white against black or by black against white. Our majority rule could easily turn into inhuman rule if we oppressed, persecuted or harassed those who do not look or think like the majority …

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