The Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) has revealed that the Fencing Act clearly speaks against establishing fences on customary land, a law that has been wildly disregarded. Speaking in an interview with the Zambian Business Times, ZLA Executive Director Patrick Musole added that according to the law, customary land is community property, and they are prohibited from having fences. The majority of customary properties are fenced at the backdrop of the law, which raises questions why the government has slackened from enforcing the law prudently. “Customary land is communal land; therefore, as communal land, it is not supposed to be fenced,...
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