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Zimbabwe: Council Enacts New Land Policy
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The Herald (Harare)
27 March 2008
Posted to the web 27 March 2008
Harare
Harare City Council has enacted a new land policy that spells out how land under the city's management can be disposed of and administered.
Some of the land catered for by the policy comprises derelict and public open spaces, release of land for churches, unsolicited land proposals and land for the erection of advertising boards, cellphone base stations and sports club leases.
The full commission at its last sitting in February adopted the new policy on land alienation in the city that becomes operational on April 1 2008. According to the policy paper, some factors such as environmental issues, physical attributes of the land, infrastructure services provision and social and economic implications should be considered before the sale or lease of land.
Other issues to be considered include gender equality, strategic location and the short and long-term generation of revenue for the council for the specific land piece. The policy stipulates that lease or lease with option to purchase shall be preferred to the outright sale of land for certain specified land uses. The policy states that land zoned for economic benefit such as employment creation, capital outlay, investment promotion, residential, empowerment of disadvantaged groups such as women and youth shall be considered for outright sale to beneficiaries.
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Land to be considered for long-term lease includes that which will be used for joint venture agreements, private and public sector partnerships. This is usually land referred to as multi-tenanted and includes retail, commercial, fuel stations, industrial and office park space. Land earmarked for other uses in future shall also be considered for long-term leases as well as land zoned for environmental conservation.
All land shall be valued before any sales are agreed upon. "The valuation will be performed by city valuer and estates manager and it is his responsibility to compare his estimates with registered members of the institution of valuers," reads part of the policy.
Land might in some cases be sold at below market values in an effort by the city to empower disadvantaged groups. The land policy details what needs to be done on all land transactions within the city's boundaries.
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