Gaining access to land for the next generation is a struggle in Zimbabwe. There is huge demand as the last blog discussed, but there are very few simple options. Many young people have to cobble together different sources of land, … Continue reading → …
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Watch: Minister of Information Praises 3Ktv’s role in media liberalisation at 3rd anniversary celebration
Online Writer HARARE, Zimbabwe – Today, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, attended the 3rd anniversary celebration of 3Ktv in Harare as the Guest of Honour. During his keynote address, Dr. Muswere emphasised the Government’s ongoing commitment to liberalising the nation’s airwaves, a key initiative under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration. […] …
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Gwanda District identifies Mawaza Village for Presidential Rural Solarisation Programme
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu sukulwenkosi.dube@chronicle.co.zw GWANDA District has identified Mawaza Village in Ward 11 as the first area to benefit under the Presidential Rural Solarisation Programme. The Presidential Solarisation Project aims to equip every rural household with a solar system, in line with the Second Republic’s Rural Development 8.0 strategy. The project is part of a broader […] …
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What do young people do and where in post-land reform Zimbabwe?
With a whole new generation of young people demanding land and livelihoods across the land reform areas, we have been asking what are young people doing to make a living and where? In our study we have two cohorts of … Continue reading → …
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Young people’s experiences of land, livelihoods and migration in post-land reform Zimbabwe
One of the most common discussions amongst those living in the land reform areas today focuses on how will the next generation get land. Those who got the land during the land reform in 2000 are now getting older and … Continue reading → …
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Agriculture is driving small town growth in post-land reform Zimbabwe
Our research has shown how land reform has driven the growth in small towns, creating new economic linkages in a reconfigured economic geography of the country. No longer are the metropolitan centres and associated manufacturing industries driving growth, as these … Continue reading → …
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New businesses in small towns in Zimbabwe
What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with different drivers associated. There are varying links … Continue reading → …
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Musiyiwa and Mkolo return to Bulawayo Chiefs
Innocent Kurira, Online Reporter THE duo of midfielder Authur Musiyiwa and defender Malvin Mkolo have traced their way back to Bulawayo Chiefs after unsuccessful stints with Dynamos and Simba Bhora respectively. The two players struggled to get game time at their previous teams. Bulawayo Chiefs announced the return of the duo on their social media […] …
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The continuing growth of small towns in Zimbabwe
As the economic geography of Zimbabwe reconfigures following land reform, the growth of small towns continues to be an important phenomenon. No longer is economic growth concentrated in the metropolitan areas where industrial areas have declined, but it’s in small … Continue reading → …
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Twenty-five years after Zimbabwe’s land reform: understanding change
This year it’s 25 years since Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform. Ever since the year 2000 when people invaded the land and former white farmers were dispossessed of their farms, we have been tracking what has happened. We have been asking … Continue reading → …
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