CASAS’ members Enrique Castañón Ballivián, George Tonderai Mudimu & Mnqobi Ngubane have published with Melanie Sommerville in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: Capital is grabbing back land allocated through diverse national land reform and land restitution programmes globally. This article critically analyses this trend, which has so far received insufficient attention from land grab…
CASAS’ member, Johannes Bhanye, has published an article with Abraham Matamanda & Ruvimbo Shayamunda in Comparative Migration Studies journal. Abstract: This ethnographic study investigates the perceptions of place and migration aspirations among young migrants within the Malawian diaspora in Lydiate, an informal settlement in Zimbabwe. Unlike traditional conceptions of diaspora that emphasize long-term settlement and…
CASAS’ member, Malvern Marewo, has published an article with Senzeni Ncube in the Journal of Asian and African Studies. Abstract: The Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) of 2000 redistributed land previously owned by White farmers to the majority Black Zimbabweans. In understanding the dynamics of land ownership, various studies have been conducted, and these…
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Geojournal. Abstract: This article examines the role of social relations in enabling informal land leasing in Zimbabwe’s small scale (A1 villagised) settlements after the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). After Fast Track Land Reform (FTLRP) in Zimbabwe, although some studies have explored informal land…
Johannes Bhanye, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book Making Sense of Planning and Development for the Post-Pandemic Cities with his colleagues Mareli Hugo, Abraham Matamanda & Kgosi Mocwagae. Abstract: As the aviation industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability of African airports to adapt and innovate has become even more critical….