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    Rethinking private property through Zimbabwe's land reform programme
    (2019) Murambwa, Edward
    This MA research report analyses the nature of private property using the backdrop of Zimbabwean land reform and a series of political theoretical arguments on private property. This research report analyses if (and if so, how) the fast track land reform process in Zimbabwe provides the basis or ground-spring for rethinking private property. It would have been quite easy to mount a defence of land reform in Zimbabwe based upon Marxist principles or those found amongst some versions of communal land ownership as espoused in various parts of Africa and beyond. What marks out this research report’s approach is that it takes two doyens of liberal political philosophy – John Locke and Robert Nozick – and shows that the refined position of the latter, most often used to defend private property, amongst other rights, constitutes in fact a basis for justifying land reform in Zimbabwe. By examining the knowledge and being sensitive to the way land reform has been politicised and corrupted on the ground in Zimbabwe, this liberal justification for land reform ends up producing a much more forceful justification for land reform, by means of rethinking private property than an ‘external’ justification may have produced. Somewhat amazingly, there even seems to be evidence that versions of Nozick’s position were in fact mobilised by ZANU PF. Considering the consequences produced by the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe, this paper adopts the position that discussions around private property needs to be determined not by natural rights, human rights or by things that are above politics but by a consequentialism informed analysis of needs. This position offers a holistic account of property and in a way, progressive.
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    The fast track land reform programme (FTLRP) and the youth in Umguza district, Matabeleland North: Zimbabwe
    (2018) Nyamupingidza, Mandlenkosi Taurayi
    The Fast Track Land reform Programme (FTLRP) in Zimabwe is a contentious issue particularly with regards to beneficiaries. However not much is understood about the impact of the FTLRP on the youth as literature has often failed to investigate the challenges that youth have in accessing land, particularly in Matabeleland North. This is troubling considering that Zimbabwe is a youthful country with a high unemployment rate. The research investigated whether the youth accessed land, the means they used and the livelihoods that they developed. The research was qualitative with Umguza District utilised as a case study. The data collection methods used were in-depth interviews and observation. The sample comprised of twenty individuals who were between 18-35 years during the FTLRP. Data collected from the interviewees and observation was analysed using Thematic Content Analysis. The findings of the study revealed that few young people in particular women accessed land with those that accessed land under-capacitated which led to under-utilisation of the land. Lack of resources negatively affected the livelihoods that the youth developed during and after the FTLRP. This means that the FTLRP has largely failed to be a vehicle outside traditional means that young people can access and utilise land for sustainable livelihoods.