Analysis of Land-related Corruption in Zimbabwe

Abstract

This paper provides an analysis of land-related corruption in Zimbabwe. It uses document analysis to highlight the emerging patterns, scope, scale and impacts of land-based corruption. Corruption has become an intrinsic part of everyday life in Zimbabwe, and this corruption is a manifestation of political power. This analysis moves beyond simply naming political actors involved in land-related corruption and highlights how corruption is not an individual act, but rather has to be understood as a function of systems and relationships. The paper focuses on communal areas, land reform programmes and urban land to indicate the existence of corruption through an extensive review of literature. It also provides an overview of the challenges facing various initiatives instituted to combat corruption. The paper concludes that land corruption is a function of power in its various guises; therefore, dealing with land corruption requires combating political power