Small towns embedded in agricultural areas have grown significantly over the last decades, driven particularly by the effects of land reform, but also mining. Economic linkages between farming (and ...

In Filabusi, in south-eastern Zimbabwe the streets are packed with BMW X5s and Land Rover Defenders, modern houses paid for in cash are springing up and whisky is only sold by the bottle in the ...

Similarly, in Masvingo, Zimbabwe’s oldest town, 30-year-old Ruramai Chinoda stands at her neighbor’s house in Rujeko high-density suburb, where she fetches water from a tap because her ...

An unpublished report by aid agencies says some 7.5 million people in Zimbabwe are now in need of food aid, a rise of two million in the past year. Of these, some two million people in towns are short ...

What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with ...

As the economic geography of Zimbabwe reconfigures following land reform, the growth of small towns continues to be an important phenomenon. No longer is economic growth concentrated in the ...