TY  - JOUR
T1  - Legal or Legitimate: Reflections on Politics Surrounding the Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe
AU - Mude, Torque 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
SP  - 148
EP  - 151
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2014.148.151
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2014.148.151
KW  - Journal articles
KW  -books
KW  -rules
KW  -law
KW  -Zimbabwe
AB  - </B>Zimbabwe embarked on the fast-track land reform programme 
  in the year 2000. The programme attracted widespread criticism from both legal 
  and political circles. This study seeks to argue that despite condemnation and 
  criticism, the land reform programme in Zimbabwe was both legal and legitimate. 
  Data were collected using books, journal articles, government reports and the 
  internet. The conclusion drawn form the findings, are that the land reform programme 
  in Zimbabwe was legal in accordance with rules and principles of international 
  law. And the legitimacy of the programme is justified by the fact that land 
  is politically important in the country such that failure to address land imbalances 
  could have had disastrous consequences for the government due to pressure from 
  marginalized Zimbabweans and the war veterans.
ER  -