Discursive hauntings: limits to reinvention for Zimbabwean farm workers after fast-track land reform

Hartnack, Andrew

doi:10.1080/23323256.2017.1387500

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“…Equally, the contested politics of land reform influences how former farmworkers are seen by different actors. The discursive shadows cast by being a former farmworker are long, making it difficult to shed such identifies completely (Hartnack, ). But, as the case studies show, former farmworkers — highly significant in numerical terms in such areas as Mvurwi — are carving out new identities, associated with new livelihoods and relationships, moving beyond the social and political characterizations of the past.…”

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Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Scoones¹,

Mavedzenge²,

Murimbarimba³

et al. 2018

Development and Change

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What happens to labour when major redistributive land reform restructures a system of settler colonial agriculture? This article examines the livelihoods of former farmworkers on large‐scale commercial farms who still live in farm compounds after Zimbabwe's land reform. Through a mix of surveys and in‐depth biographical interviews, four different types of livelihood are identified, centred on differences in land access. These show how diverse, but often precarious, livelihoods are being carved out, representing the ‘fragmented classes of labour’ in a restructured agrarian economy. The analysis highlights the tensions between gaining new freedoms, notably through access to land, and being subject to new livelihood vulnerabilities. The findings are discussed in relation to wider questions about the informalization of the economy and the role of labour and employment in a post‐settler agrarian economy, where the old ‘farmworker’ label no longer applies.

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Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Scoones¹,

Mavedzenge²,

Murimbarimba³

et al. 2018

Development and Change

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“…The concept of teachers' transfers is highly linked to several Human Resource Movement functions such as motivation, commitment, moral, recruitment, induction and others .If there is high turnover; it is an indication that there could be problems with other HRM related functions in the schools [23]. The unmotivated and uncommitted teachers could have serious negative consequences on the learning process of the students.…”

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Perception of Teachers towards their Transfers on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Kakamega County

Angote

Yambo

Sika

2023

JESBS

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Teachers’ transfers are historical occurrences in education. However, such transfers may have different effects on teacher stability and curriculum coverage. The focus of this study was to assess the perception of teachers towards their transfers on students’ academic achievement in public secondary schools in Kakamega County. Education Production Function Theory (EPFT), Theory of Constraint (TOC) and Social Exchange Theory (SET) were found to be relevant for the study. The target population was 268 public secondary Schools, 1500 teachers, 268 principals and one (1) County staffing officer. The sample size of 30% of the population was deemed to be adequate for the study. The sampling techniques used were; simple random sampling, stratified sampling and systematic sampling. Data collection procedures were done with the help of administering questionnaires to respondents, document analysis and interview schedules were the major principal instruments used. Validity of research instruments was done with the help of two university research supervisors from Kisii University. Reliability of index 0.7 for teachers and 0.89 for principals was obtained using test retest approach. Data presentation was done with the help of tables. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis of quantitative data with results presented in frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics were used for analysis of qualitative data. Qualitative data involved correlation and regression analysis which formed a basis for evaluation of theories under study. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 was used for data analysis. Findings showed that 77 percent of teachers perceived that denial of transfers to those who may have applied was common. It was concluded that forced transfers were all factors that affected academic achievement of students in secondary schools in the County and this meant that they could not be ignored by the relevant authorities concerned with staffing of teacher in the County. The study recommended for the need to strike a balance between the needs of the teachers and those of the employer such that there should be posting of teachers either to their home areas or in areas close to their homes for easier accessibility to their families.

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“…Farmworkers' formal and informal access to land, new livelihoods and non-farm rural employment after FTLRP still has received limited attention (Mkodzongi, 2013). Although several studies have explored the class-related conflicts and complex nature of relations between farmworkers and A1 settlers (Chambati, 2017;Daimon, 2021;Hartnack, 2017;Rutherford, 2016;Scoones, 2018;Sinclair-Bright, 2019), there is a gap in the importance of social relations between A1 settlers and farm workers. While expulsion, segregation and displacement issues have received much attention to date in the emerging land reform literature about farmworkers, the role of social relations in enabling land, agricultural inputs and a host of livelihoods remains under-explored.…”

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‘Social Relations and Agrarian Labour’: Exploring the Dynamics of Relations Between Former Farm Workers and A1 Beneficiaries in Zimbabwe’s A1 Settlements

Marewo

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This article examines the evolving nature of social and agrarian relations between A1 villagised beneficiaries of the Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe (FTLRP) and former farm workers. Using a case study from Zvimba District, Mashonaland West, I investigate how after FTLRP farm workers are accessing land and a host of livelihoods through social relations with the A1 beneficiaries. The article argues that after FTLRP, farm workers have established social relations with beneficiaries of FTLRP, which have enabled them to access land, agricultural inputs, and other socioeconomic benefits.

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Discursive hauntings: limits to reinvention for Zimbabwean farm workers after fast-track land reform

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Perception of Teachers towards their Transfers on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Kakamega County

‘Social Relations and Agrarian Labour’: Exploring the Dynamics of Relations Between Former Farm Workers and A1 Beneficiaries in Zimbabwe’s A1 Settlements

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