ABSTRACT
This research put its focus on the effects of development induced displacement. It however
narrowed down the research to the socio-economic effects that arise due to Development
Induced Displacement (DID). Of note is that the document was mainly focusing on
involuntary displacement. The research took a case study of Porta Farm. Porta farm is a
council owned farm that is just about 20km south of the Harare CBD. Porta Farm was created
to be a temporary holding for the people who were taken from various parts of the town in a
bid to clean the city in preparation for the coming of the Queen to the Congress of Head of
States in the early 1990s. People were taken mainly from Mbare in Tagarira Flats and some
came from Epworth. Thu study also then revealed that some people also came from
Chirambuhuyo in Chitungwiza in preparation for another development. Some of the people
were also taken from around town as they were the homeless and streets vagabonds. The
population however grew as it was uncontrolled and the City Council was also not
completing its task of moving all the people to their final respective places like Dzivarasekwa
Extension. Some of the people were taken to neighboring farms and some were moved as far
as Churu Farm which is in the opposite direction of the town, about 25km. The remainder are
however now facing forced eviction again as they are now deemed illegal settlers. Worse is
the fact that the City Of Harare now has plans of expanding and extending the Morton and
Jeffrey water works plant at the very place. The people are therefore again forced to leave to
pave way for this development. All these displacements however have effects which this
study did take a closer and magnified look unto.
TINASHE, C (2021). The Socio-Economic Effects Of Development Induced Displacement: Case Of Porta Farm. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-economic-effects-of-development-induced-displacement-case-of-porta-farm
TINASHE, CHIKUMBU "The Socio-Economic Effects Of Development Induced Displacement: Case Of Porta Farm" Afribary. Afribary, 01 May. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-economic-effects-of-development-induced-displacement-case-of-porta-farm. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
TINASHE, CHIKUMBU . "The Socio-Economic Effects Of Development Induced Displacement: Case Of Porta Farm". Afribary, Afribary, 01 May. 2021. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-economic-effects-of-development-induced-displacement-case-of-porta-farm >.
TINASHE, CHIKUMBU . "The Socio-Economic Effects Of Development Induced Displacement: Case Of Porta Farm" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 23, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-economic-effects-of-development-induced-displacement-case-of-porta-farm