Ghana went into colonisation with two broad types of customary land arrangement. In one, a traditional leader was the custodian of the land and gave his followers equitable access to it. In the other, there was no traditional leader. Colonial administrators then made their mark on the land ownership regime, and since independence change has […]
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Chipata, Zambia — As we approach the forest in the village to appreciate Andrew Mbewe’s beekeeping enterprise, a bee from a hive close to the edge of the natural woodland stings him on the cheek. He steps back quickly, waving everyone away from danger, as he grimaces and grumbles in pain while trying to take […]
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — When Nelson Mudzingwa arrived in the Shashe farming area in Mashava in Masvingo, about 294 kilometres from the capital Harare, in the early 2000s, the land was barren, with no hope that the soils could be suitable for farming. The area used for cattle ranching had turned into a semi-arid. Livestock was […]
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Namibia: Govt Commits to Supplying Water
Omuthiya — Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) execut ive direc tor Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata has assured residents of Okankolo, Eengodi and Nehale Lyampingana constituencies in the Oshikoto region that they will be provided with emergency water soon. Nghituwamata stated in a public notice issued to Nampa on Friday that the ministry is mobilising […]
Kisumu — When her husband died in 1982, Elizabeth Adega, then a young woman, fled her rural home in Kisumu’s Nyando sub-county as the fight for their vast parcel of land set off. Over 40 years later, Adega returned and attempted to set up her house on her late husband’s land meeting crude resistance from […]