ABSTRACT
This chapter reports on research into what urban migrants in Zimbabwe think about land reform. It shows how a group of low-income urban Zimbabweans, mostly having strong rural connections, perceive the Land Reform Programme. The views of low-income African Zimbabweans on land reform are significant because ultimately the success or otherwise of a policy should be judged by the people it affects, and not only by those implementing it from above, or external 'objective' observers. Their views were variable, showing an awareness of most of the issues central to debates about land redistribution in Zimbabwe in official and academic circles. The significance attached to these issues by urban migrants varies significantly from the weight given to them in these other circles. In broad terms, matters of justice and equity were deemed far more important than economic criteria, although the opportunities afforded by resettlement for commercial production were praised by many respondents.
