Land Market in Zimbabwe: Operation and Implications for Rural and Urban Development.
editINTRODUCTION
Land in Zimbabwe is a precious and political asset. The importance of land as exhibited by the nation's historical struggle to gain control over the land from colonialists is the major driving force in the land market in Zimbabwe. The paper at hand seeks to explicate the operation of the land market in Zimbabwe in as far as the distribution, allocation and accessibility of land is concerned. It is against the backdrop that the post-colonial Zimbabwe has over the years faced unequal and slim land accessibility, mainly for both rural and urban poor. Land market in Zimbabwe has been marred with inefficiencies and malfunctions. There are a myriad socioeconomic and urban liveability implications of land market operation in Zimbabwe. Owing to the ever increasing human population which is intensely exerting unbearable pressure on land, the land market situation tends to be " the worse of the worst ".