Namibia: New Approaches to Speed Up Secure Land Reform

A radical redistribution of land in Namibia could lead to disinvestment and undermine economic growth, a new study has warned. Land reform in the southwest African country has re-emerged as a political hot potato since last year. Frustrated by the slow pace of transferring commercial farmland from white to black Namibians, the government announced that it would accelerate the land reform process by expropriating property.