This blog was originally published on this site in July 2017 and was followed by another one in The Conversation as part of a series on priorities for the Mnangagwa administration. As the previous blogs on ‘new entrants’ have highlighted … Continue reading → …
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A new tenure regime for Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?
On 8th October, an unexpected cabinet announcement laid out plans for a completely new tenure regime in the land reform areas. This was to provide a secure form of tenure arrangement; not necessarily title but with an arrangement that was … Continue reading → …
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An exploding land market in Zimbabwe’s rural areas
In the period after 2017, the land market across Zimbabwe’s land reform areas has exploded. Continuing on from the periods discussed in the last blog, this post explores what has happened across our study sites and the consequences for the … Continue reading → …
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New entrants in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas
The demand for land in Zimbabwe was not resolved by the major land reform in 2000. Far from it. Many people missed out, and new generations too young to benefit from allocations nearly 25 years ago are seeking land for … Continue reading → …
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The people’s historian, Pathisa Nyathi, has died
An appreciation by Dr Tapiwa Chatikobo The famed self-trained historian Pathisa Nyathi has died aged 73 as a result of complications with diabetes. He has been described by many as a brilliant historian, a living library, an archive of Zimbabwean … Continue reading → …
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50 years of the Review of African Political Economy: An Appreciation
This year marks 50 years since the first publication of the journal, the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE). At the invitation of Ray Bush, one of the long-standing editors, I wrote a short appreciation focusing on material published in … Continue reading → …
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Navigating uncertainty: a blog compilation
Over the last 8 weeks I have provided a summary of each of the chapters of my new book, Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World. Published by Polity Books, it came out in Europe in August and in … Continue reading → …
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A new politics of uncertainty? From risk to uncertainty, from control to care
As the Navigating Uncertainty book shows, the politics of risk are centred on calculative, technocratic control, where we assume we can predict, model and manage. A politics of uncertainty by contrast is all about socially embedded, networked learning, flexibility, adaptation, … Continue reading → …
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Adapting to climate change: co-constructing solutions on the ground
We know climate change is happening, but it’s uncertain as to how the impacts will play out, to what extent, where, affecting whom. In the sixth chapter of Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World, I again look at … Continue reading → …
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Taking uncertainty seriously in disaster preparedness and response
The news is full of disasters: droughts, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, chemical spills and more. They are more frequent, and their scale of impact is growing according to UN reports. A whole industry focused on disaster risk reduction and response … Continue reading → …
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