Local governments erase traditional — and legally protected — land grants in Zimbabwe

GOROMONZI DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE — Darlington Mutakura struggled with the Goromonzi district’s housing system for almost 20 years. With a dream of owning a

house someday in this semi-urban area near Harare, he faithfully paid his US$13 annual fee on the Rural District Council’s waiting list for a decade after moving to the

Finally, hope came, not from the council but his sister.

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