Hopley
Hopley Farm
CountryZimbabwe
ProvinceHarare Province
Established2005
Population
 (2018)
 • Total60,000[1]

Hopley, also known as Hopley Farm, is a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.

History

Hopley was created in 2005 following Operation Murambatsvina.[2] At the time, Hopley was used as temporary accommodation for those displaced; Human rights workers and journalists were unable to gain access.[3] The following year, Amnesty International and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights reported that there was no infrastructure and inhabitants lacked basic amenities.[1]

People live either on land supplied by the government or council, or on a squatted informal settlement.[2] As of 2015, the suburb had an estimated population of nearly 35,000 and in 2018, it was 60,000.[4][1] In 2021, water shortages forced residents to drink from a well in a graveyard.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mujuru, Linda (7 May 2018). "Zimbabwe Officials Are Trying to Fix This Settlement, but the Problems Run Deep". Global Press Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Matamanda, Abraham R. (December 2020). "Living in an Emerging Settlement: the Story of Hopley Farm Settlement, Harare Zimbabwe". Urban Forum. 31 (4): 473–487. doi:10.1007/s12132-020-09394-5.
  3. ↑ Hughes, Katherine (1 January 2007). "Operation "Drive Out the Trash": The Case for Imposing Targeted United Nations Sanctions Against Zimbabwean Officials". Fordham Law Review. 76 (1): 323.
  4. ↑ Gouverneur, David (2015). Planning and design for future informal settlements : shaping the self-constructed city. London. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-415-73789-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ "Residents Fetch Water From Graveyard Well". New Zimbabwe. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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