Title: The land reform deception
Description: This work explores what is inarguably the most socially and economically transformative event in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980-the land seizure era. It explains why Mugabe risked the social and economic well-being of Zimbabwe by targeting commercial farms, which were a vital source of commodities, a major employer, and a critical source of tax revenue. It also uncovers why the 'land redistribution program,' as Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF party claimed the takeovers to be, occurred 20 years after independence and in a very chaotic manner.
Subjects: Politics and government, Fast Track Land Reform Programme (Zimbabwe), Agriculture and state, Land tenure, Economic conditions, Land reform, Land tenure, africa, Agriculture and state, africa, Zimbabwe, economic conditions, Zimbabwe, politics and government, Economic history
Places: Zimbabwe
Time periods: 21st century