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Matabeleland South's provincial affairs and devolution minister Albert Nguluvhe has urged Gwanda Municipality to prioritise multi-storey residential buildings, with more than 34,000 people on the province's housing waiting list.
Mutasa Rural District Council has torn down houses in Hauna, Honde Valley, in an operation against structures on undesignated stands, with residents saying notice was patchy and some claiming they bought stands in good faith.
Zimbabwe is finalising a policy that would entrench property rights for people resettled on seized farms, with cabinet approval expected by the end of the year, lands minister Vangelis Haritatos says.
Cement producer PPC has disposed of the 418-hectare Arlington Estate in Harare for $27m, generating $21.4m in net proceeds as it sheds non-core property.
Harare's acting town clerk has set a 9 November deadline for occupiers of targeted informal settlements to settle penalties, pay the land's intrinsic value and submit building plans, warning that enforcement will follow without further notice.
The Zimbabwe Union of Residents and Ratepayers Association says a directive ordering property owners to renovate dilapidated buildings or face penalties should not stand while public buildings remain in disrepair.
Housing Minister Paul Mavima says demolishing illegal structures is a last resort against unplanned settlements, and warns that land barons who illegally subdivide and sell land will be prosecuted.
Zimbabwe's housing ministry has partnered with the Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation to draft a national compensation framework and relocation guidelines for communities displaced by development projects.
Zimbabwe's housing minister has hosted a Rwandan delegation in Harare to draw on Rwanda's experience in affordable housing financing and construction technology under a 2023 bilateral agreement.