Abstract: Zimbabwe embarked on the fast-track land reform programme in the year 2000. The programme attracted widespread criticism from both legal and political circles. This study seeks to argue that despite condemnation and criticism, the land reform programme in Zimbabwe was both legal and legitimate. Data were collected using books, journal articles, government reports and the internet. The conclusion drawn form the findings, are that the land reform programme in Zimbabwe was legal in accordance with rules and principles of international law. And the legitimacy of the programme is justified by the fact that land is politically important in the country such that failure to address land imbalances could have had disastrous consequences for the government due to pressure from marginalized Zimbabweans and the war veterans.