Zimbabwe’s land reform enters a new chapter
Winter crops grow at a farm in Bhora, Mashonaland East, that was acquired under Zimbabwe’s land reform programme [Calvin Manika/Al Jazeera]But redistribution was slower than many Black Zimbabweans expected.
A colonial legacyAt independence in 1980, white commercial farmers controlled a disproportionate share of Zimbabwe’s most productive farmland, reflecting colonial policies that restricted Black Zimbabweans’ access to prime agricultural land.
A section of former commercial farmland in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, that has remained underused since the redistribution of agricultural land [Calvin Manika/Al Jazeera]“He went through a lot when our farm was wrongly gazetted, which I think contributed to his untimely death.
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