Land tenure systems and sustainable development in southern Africa

Abstract

This study was commissioned to review the current land tenure systems in selected countries in southern Africa, to identify constraints and opportunities relating to tenure security and improvements in women’s land rights and to recommend strategies to alleviate problems. The study methodology combined the collection and synthesis of existing country level literature on land policies, land laws and other related documents with interviews with selected key informants from relevant government ministries such as agriculture and lands and civil society groups, universities and NGOs. Six countries were selected for detailed study: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.