Academics across disciplines are increasingly employing political ecology lenses to unpack
conflicts related to resource extraction. Yet, an area that remains under-researched and …

Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with
building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice …

The story of the urban poor in Harare and Zimbabwean cities in general is a story of
evictions, fear and misery. In May 2005, at the behest of the Government of Zimbabwe the …

When the Zimbabwean government launched the Fast Track Land Reform Programme
(FTLRP) in 1999, an international outcry followed, with Zimbabwe described as an …

This article develops the concept of “urban frontier” to explore conflicts over state
regularisation of city edge informal settlements in Zimbabwe's capital Harare. It …

Slum upgrading is one of the preferred options in dealing with ubiquitous informality in cities
across the world. Drawing on experiences in two African cities namely Harare and Kampala; …

Planning is intrinsically a political process. This paper explores how the practice and
profession of planning has been affected by politics. Available evidence in Zimbabwe shows …

Seeking Urban Transformation. Alternative Urban Futures in Zimbabwe tells the stories of
ordinary people's struggles to remake urban centres. It interrogates and highlights the …

Zimbabwe's catastrophic cholera outbreak of 2008/09 resulted in an unprecedented
100,000 cases and nearly 5,000 deaths. In the aftermath of the epidemic, questions of …

On the margins of Zimbabwe's expanding capital Harare, the ruling ZANU–PF party
promotes a view of access to urban land, housing and security as 'gift', conditional on …