ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows that all African agricultural settlements in Rhodesia are so administered and designed that the government's ideological commitment to white superiority is never endangered, and that separate development has been chosen as the most effective means of serving this ideology. Government control is tightest in those areas in which population densities are greatest. This may be deemed necessary in the interests of national security, but it gives rise to much discontent. Irrigation schemes, which have the highest population density of all African areas in Rhodesia, are more disliked than any other settlement type. Population increase is one of the most serious problems in Rhodesia. So far it has only been satisfactorily solved in purchase areas where legislation limits the family units on the land. The effect, however, is an acute labour shortage and a consequent superficial use of the land.
