| Abstract: | The perception of land in Zambia as a free good has given way to the perception of land as a valuable commodity for development and commerce. This is reflected in the new land policy introduced by the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government under the Land Act no. 29 of 1995. The present article reviews the legal framework which governs landholding and land utilization in Zambia and evaluates this framework in terms of its suitability for fostering economic development through investment in land and real estate. After a historical account of the evolution of land policy since independence in 1964, the author discusses the reforms introduced by the first postcolonial government of the United National Independent Party (UNIP) under the Land (Conversion of Titles) Act, 1975. He then looks at the current land policy of the MMD government, detailing the scope of its application and the provisions pertaining to vesting of land, power of alienation, conferment of value, scope of land control, the Land Development Fund, and the machinery for redress of grievances through the Lands Tribunal. He also focuses attention on the legislation regulating the landlord and tenant relationship among individuals inter se (Rent Act of 1972, Landlord and Tenant (Business Premises) Act of 1971). Note, ref. (Extended version of an article previously published in: Lesotho Law Journal, vol. 9, no. 2 (1996), p. 149-167.) |
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