Mahmood Mamdani’s is full of factual errors and brushed out truths, which I have numbered and will address below:
(1) Mamdani states ‘Although their strength lay in the countryside, the war vets formed the only alliance that was both independent of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’. Mugabe was and IS their patron, and is not independent at all.
(2) ‘By the late 1990s, market-led land transfers had dwindled to a trickle.’ Well, ask yourself why. After passing the Land Acquisition Act Mugabe...read more
Mahmood Mamdani’s is full of factual errors and brushed out truths, which I have numbered and will address below:
(1) Mamdani states ‘Although their strength lay in the countryside, the war vets formed the only alliance that was both independent of Mugabe and ZANU-PF’. Mugabe was and IS their patron, and is not independent at all.
(2) ‘By the late 1990s, market-led land transfers had dwindled to a trickle.’ Well, ask yourself why. After passing the Land Acquisition Act Mugabe had first refusal on every farm sale and he happily gave out 'expressions of no interest' in buying the land because he didn't care a jot whether the people had access to land or not.
