The Third Chimurenga (2000–2015) and Political Deadlock

Abstract

The Third Chimurenga connotes the continuation of a political struggle that was started in 1896. This political struggle was resumed in earnest in 2000 with an emphasis on land redistribution, 20 years after independence. It suggests that the unresolved land issue resulting from restrictions imposed on the new African majority government by the Lancaster Constitution, and buttressed by the policy of reconciliation, in 1980, was a salient source of future racial conflicts.