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

History

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

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

See also

• Epworth

References

1. ^ 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. ^ 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.

• Harare
• Squatting in Zimbabwe