Immigrants, 'Traditional' Leaders and the Rhodesian State: The Power of 'Communal' Land Tenure and the Politics of Land Acquisition in Gokwe, Zimbabwe, 1963–1979

Nyambara, Pius S.

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“…Berry cited by Nyambara (2001) has noted that neither colonial nor post-colonial governments have been able to control the conditions under which farmers gained access to land or the ways in which they used it. Andersson (1999) correctly observed that although the 1982 Communal Land Act transferred all land-allocating powers to the Rural District Councils, land cases did not by-pass the headman's dare (court) or that of the chief.…”

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“…Traditional leaders have struggled to retain control over the lands within their communities and prevent them being turned into private property. Nyambara (2001) has traced the process whereby the colonial authority institutionalised chiefs with the authority of allocating land for the purpose of bolstering the powers of chiefs as part of a system of indirect rule. Although the minority Rhodesian government did not always win the struggle for chiefs' allegiance, chiefs subsequently gained a bad reputation among the freedom fighters for ostensibly colluding with the white government (Nyambara, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Colonial and postcolonial history vividly demonstrates a persistent power struggle between the state and traditional leaders regarding control over land (Andersson, 1999;Nyambara, 2001). Traditional leaders have struggled to retain control over the lands within their communities and prevent them being turned into private property.…”

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A gendered analysis of land reforms in Zimbabwe

Pasura

2010

Women's Studies International Forum

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Between 1980, when Zimbabwe attained political independence, and 2003 the government has implemented two phases of land redistribution programmes, designed to transfer land from large-scale commercial white farmers to black farmers. However, the state has paid scant attention to rural women's access to land. Studies documenting women's exclusion from Phase I land reform have tended to rely on the operation of customary law to explain why women have missed out. I question these liberal accounts and argue that a comprehensive understanding of the way rural women access land, or fail to access land, can only be gained by examining gender and power relations that operate in the villages. Phase II land reform has seen a complex intersection of criteria based on gender and political affiliation used to deny potential beneficiaries access to land, as patronage politics became the dominant means of achieving access to land.

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Section: Power Struggles Between the State And Traditional Leaders: Amentioning

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A gendered analysis of land reforms in Zimbabwe

Pasura

2010

Women's Studies International Forum

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“…This is crucial because land is not only critical to life support for farmers but has been one of the most important assets that can be a principal source of wealth and power (Mattingly, 1993). As a result, literature exists on impacts of land rights, access to and tenure security on economic development, social advance and justice, poverty reduction, and political implications (Larbi et al, 2004;Misra, 1991;Nyambara, 2001;Skyner, 2001;Barbier, 1997).…”

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Does Foreign Land Acquisition Deprive Per Capita Income in Africa?

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Egbetokun²

2014

RAE

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This study investigates the implications of large scale foreign land acquisitions on per capita income in Africa. It employs data from World Development Indicators, World Governance Indicators and World Trade Indicators on key variables such as arable land per person, agricultural land as percentage of land area, net food import, regulatory quality, among others (1995-2012) on selected African countries where instances of foreign land deals have been reported. The study formulates empirical models that draw from institutional development theory, which was estimated using Fixed Effects (FE) and Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) techniques in order to handle the issues of country-specific effects and endogeneity. The results from the empirical analysis show that agricultural land influences per capita income significantly. It hereby implies that as more agricultural land are cultivated; the wellbeing of the populace is likely to be enhanced primary through increased income for farmers, increase in real money income for non-farmers, drastic reduction in food inflation and foreign exchange gains for the government. The results of the study suggest the need for controlling the issue of massive foreign land deals through viable institutional framework, though there is need for foreign investment in Africa's agricultural sector but sound institution is pertinent in order to avoid rent seeking behaviour among stalk holders.

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“…My focus is on how the absence of men through migration provided opportunities for autonomy for women, and allowed them to take control of households and society decisions (see, Colson, 1962). By focusing on the complexity of migrant labour societies and the different positions that women occupy, I want to illuminate differences between rural societies and caution against the risk of looking at the relationship between women and migration with a uniform eye (O"Laughlin, 1998) An assumption crucial to my analysis is that men in these societies have guaranteed land rights (Potts and Mutambirwa, 1990); that they safeguard land rights by leaving wives and children on the land while they seek livelihoods elsewhere (Nyambara, 2001); and that women as de facto heads of households manage this land (Thebe, 2012). This practice, as Nyambara (2001: 776) showed in his Gokwe study, was a common procedure for ""booking" land" in former reserves.…”

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‘Men on Transit’ and the Rural ‘Farmer Housewives’: Women in Decision-making Roles in Migrant-labour Societies in North-Western Zimbabwe

Thebe

2018

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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BiographyVusilizwe Thebe has specialization in Development Studies. He teaches and coordinates the Development Studies programme at the University of Pretoria. His research interests include migrant labour societies and their transformation: the worker-peasantry, the context of its existence, its relationship to land and work, its transition overtime, and its interaction with state institutions and policy, gender dynamics with these societies and migration, and agrarian transformation. He has published several articles on migrant labour societies, gender and migration. AbstractStudies on migrant labour systems have focused on the negatives, particularly on women left behind as guardians of men"s interests, but with no real control. My extended research on former migrant labour societies in north-western Zimbabwe has challenged this "doomsday" narrative. It did not only reveal the feminization of household and societal decisions, but also, how the migration of men has liberated women and allowed them to play crucial roles within the household and society systems. My study thus illuminates differences between rural societies and cautions against the risks of looking at the relationship between women and migration with a uniform eye. It stresses the importance of migration on development, and the empowerment potential on women who take up prominent position in the household and society decision making structures.

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Immigrants, 'Traditional' Leaders and the Rhodesian State: The Power of 'Communal' Land Tenure and the Politics of Land Acquisition in Gokwe, Zimbabwe, 1963–1979

Cited by 40 publications

References 12 publications

A gendered analysis of land reforms in Zimbabwe

A gendered analysis of land reforms in Zimbabwe

Does Foreign Land Acquisition Deprive Per Capita Income in Africa?

‘Men on Transit’ and the Rural ‘Farmer Housewives’: Women in Decision-making Roles in Migrant-labour Societies in North-Western Zimbabwe

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