White Farmers, Black Tenants and Landlord Legislation: Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1930

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Title:	White Farmers, Black Tenants and Landlord Legislation: Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1930
Author:	Rennie, J.K.
Year:	1978
Periodical:	Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:	5
Issue:	1
Period:	October
Pages:	86-98
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zimbabwe
Subjects:	farmers colonists Europeans squatters tenancy Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment colonialism History and Exploration Law, Human Rights and Violence Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636766
Abstract:	The theme of this paper is the array of legislation controlling African tenancy on white-owned farmland. This legislation spread from South Africa (the Cape, 1869; Transvaal, 1887; Orange Free State, 1893; Southern Rhodesia, 1908; Nyasaland, 1917; Kenya, 1918). In each case, the legislation had a common purpose - to deny to Africans use of white-owned land, except in the capacity of labourars. In each case, the form the legislation took, although derived from South African practice, was determinated by the particular constellation of forces in the political economy at the time. The core of this study is an examination of the Southern Rhodesia Private Locations Ordinance of 1908, and of its application. The essay has three parts: The economic conditions of labour tenancy - The spread of legislation and the Southern Rhodesia PLO - The ending of labour tenancy. Notes.