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Article: Wretched of the earth. (Zimbabwe's landless farm workers)
- Article from:
- African Business
- Article date:
- February 1, 1996
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Panos London, in cooperation with Dateline Southern Africa, have just completed the most comprehensive report on the plight of Zimbabwe's 1m landless farm workers ever. The following article is the first in a series of extracts from that report, In Search of Hope for Zimbabwe's Farm Workers.
Lacking political representation and striped of the right to organise themselves as an interest group, Zimbabwe's farm workers have historically had no voice. Today, they remain a forgotten people, marginalised in the development goals of the country. This marginalisation has increased since the Government embarked on its economic structural adjustment programme (ESAP) in 1991.
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