Usually around the middle of the year, Zimbabweland offers a recap of the year so far. I am a bit late this year, but I thought it might be useful for those who want to catch up.
Below is the list of the top 10 most viewed posts of the 42 that have been published so far this year. We have had plenty more views on older posts (now totalling nearly 650), including (as ever) the ones on chickens and pigs, and recently on January Disease. These are no doubt farmers googling… I hope that they found something useful.
The top blog by some way was the one on Uber drivers in Cape Town, now complemented by the more recent one on xenophobic violence in South Africa. The other top blogs so far have been the usual mix of general ones (on the future of development, pastoralism, uncertainty and so on), as well as ones from the two major blog series this year so far: on social reproduction (8 posts) and land use and environmental change (6 posts). Both these series represent first results of some major new empirical work that we have undertaken, both with important policy implications.
Do have a read! The blog will be back in a fortnight after a (very) short break with the launch of a new short documentary film on Zimbabwe’s land reform after 25 years. Not to be missed!