Contested compensation: the politics, economics and legal nuances of compensating white former commercial farmers in Zimbabwe

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Review of African Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/03056244.2021.1990033

P. Moyo

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In July 2020, the government of Zimbabwe and white former commercial farmers signed a Global Compensation Deed agreement of US$3.5 billion. Under this deal, and in line with Section 295 (3) of the constitution, white former farmers are ‘entitled to compensation from the State only for improvements that were on the land when it was acquired’. This article questions the political, financial and legal rationale of this agreement. First, it argues that the compensation deal is ultra vires since there is no enabling act of parliament to support it as required by the constitution. Consequently, this deal is tenuous and insidious. Second, Zimbabwe’s economic implosion and colossal foreign debt will make it difficult for international financial institutions to extend credit lines. Third, this deal reverses some land reform outcomes, thus raising political tensions. Fourth, these political tensions are swelling into resistance against the deal by war veterans and the opposition.

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有争议的补偿:补偿津巴布韦前白人商业农民的政治、经济和法律上的细微差别

2020年7月，津巴布韦政府与白人前商业农民签署了一项35亿美元的全球补偿契约协议。根据这项协议，根据宪法第295(3)条，白人前农民“只有在获得土地时才有权从国家获得土地改良的补偿”。本文对该协议的政治、财政和法律依据提出质疑。首先，它认为赔偿协议是越权的，因为没有宪法要求的议会授权法案来支持它。因此，这项协议是脆弱而阴险的。其次，津巴布韦的经济内爆和巨额外债将使国际金融机构难以扩大信贷额度。第三，这笔交易逆转了一些土地改革的结果，从而加剧了政治紧张局势。第四，这些政治紧张局势正在升级为退伍军人和反对派对协议的抵制。

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Review of African Political Economy Multiple-

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3.00

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期刊介绍： The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.