UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

FACULTY OF LAW
URBAN PLANNING AND LAND LAW (LMNRN 507)
GROUP PRESENTATIONS
28 MAY 2023

Group 1
Melissa Chawareerwa
Simba Mukwekwezeke
Timothy Alioni
Tendai Musarira

Assignment
a) Critically examine the powers of acquisition and expropriation provided in Part VII
of the RTCP Act Chapter 29:12.
b) Explain the circumstances in which an owner may require acquisition of his/her
land and building by a local planning authority.

Group 2
Sandra Dizwani
Tawanda Parawira
Takudzwa Chipango
Tina Kadhau
Collins Rungwandi

Assignment
Compare and contrast the provisions of change of use through special consent
under Section 26 of the RTCP Act and change of reservation under Section 49 of the
RTCP Act.

Group 3
Yassien Kutyauripo
Munashe Bumhira
Tatenda Shaka
Aleck Chimhofu
Yeukai D
Casper Mateza
Omega Mugwagwa
Judith Taruvinga

Assignment
a) Critically examine the current draft proposals for the amendment of the
Regional, Town and Country Planning Act.
b) To what extent do the proposals address the shortcomings of the existing
legislation?
c) What recommendations would you suggest to improve the current
proposed amendments?

Group 4
Setmore Ndanga
Faith Munoshatirwa
Meluleki Moyo
Perai Mashava

Assignment
a) Outline the procedures of compensation as provided in the RTCP Act.
b) Examine the circumstances of exclusion and limitation of compensation.
c) Explain the process of determining compensation claims.

Group 5
Nassa Makuyana
Nester Gonyora
Gugu Ndlovu
Vision Nyandoro
Takudzwa Chitenderu

Assignment
a) Critically examine the functions of the Administrative Court in urban planning
matters as provided by the RTCP Act.
b) Explain the circumstances when an appeal can be made to the Supreme Court
on point of law

Group 6
Willard Maseko
Norest Mangoi
Lovemore Matapura
Auxilia Zishiri
Tutsirai Makuvachuma

Assignment
Explain each of the following as provided in the RTCP Act
a) Appointment of the Director of Spatial Planning and Development
b) Operation of a Development Account
c) Regulatory powers of the Minister
d) Powers of the Minister to give directions
e) Default Powers of the Minister
f) Validity and operation of Master plans and local plans

Group 7
Beaulity
Allan Manyonga
Takura Kuchenga
Tapiwa Muhlwa

Assignment
Critically examine the impact of the following British legislations on the evolution of
urban planning Law in Zimbabwe:
a) 1875 Public Health Act
b) 1932 Town and Country Planning Act
c) 1944 Town and Country Planning Act
d) 1968 Town and Country Planning Act

Group 8
Catherine Dzivanyika
Yeukai M
Polite Muzamani
Janet Mlambo
Mwanatsa Masona

Assignment
Explain the significance of the following Acts in urban planning:
a) The Constitution of Zimbabwe
b) The Environmental Management Act
c) The Mines and Minerals Act
d) The Communal Lands Act
e) The Rural District Councils Act
f) The Urban Councils Act

The significance of the Mines and Minerals Act in urban planning

. The mineral producer usually is dependent upon relatively low‐cost land and
a close proximity to markets, primarily established and expanding urban
regions. Growing urban areas need minerals such as coal for fuel, but not the
subsidence of abandoned and collapsing mines; they need limestone for
cement, but not the dust released during blasting; they need sand and gravel
for roads and building construction, but not the stream sedimentation created
during washing operations. These urban areas also need taxes and space if
they are to grow. City dwellers may desire a home in the suburban fringe, the
same area that probably holds the region's most economically exploitable
mineral reserves. The new suburbanite, having fled the noise, vibration, and
dust of the city's traffic and factories, does not like the prospect of similar
hazards associated with a local gravel plant. These conflicting economic,
social, and personal needs and costs must be reconciled. Efforts are
underway to identify more precisely the dimensions of these problems and to
reduce or eliminate them. Mineral producers, city officials, and planners are, in
many areas, seeking to develop systems of compromise or ways of optimizing
mineral resource and land use, zoning regulations, and environmental quality.

 The Mines and Minerals Act is the principal Act which is directly used by the
ministry of Mines to manage the mining sector.
 This act has direct relevance to urban and regional planning, and therefore is
an allied act to the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act.
 The Mines and Minerals Act has a wide range of jurisdiction, which might
override the broader consideration of the Regional Town and Country
Planning Act.
 This is a historical phenomena given that mining was a central feature of the
early colonial economy,
 Most mining companies were large and they would provide housing for the
employees and other social amenities within easy access to the employees
 As populations grew, the processes of urbanization began as demand for
housing close to the mines increased.
 This led to some towns and cities developing because of the need to provide
adequate housing ,improve access to services, economic and social
opportunities and an improved quality of life for the population that increased
in the mining areas, eg Kwekwe, Shamva ,Bindura
 The towns also developed to ensure adequate provision of basic
infrastructure and services for the large numbers of people residing in these
mining areas.
 Mining continues to be a major export earner and employer although it is
more informal now than it was during colonisation.
 The Mines and Minerals Act sets out the areas that are not open to prospecting
 In terms of Section 31(1) (c), no person shall be entitled to exercise any of
his rights under any prospecting licence or any special grant to carry out
prospecting operations or any exclusive prospecting order within the surveyed
limits of any city, town, township or village, or upon a belt fifty metres in width
outside such limits
 In terms of subsection (d) of the same section prospecting is also prohibited
upon any site which is on town lands, but outside the surveyed limits of any
city, town, township or village situated thereon, and has been surveyed and
set aside for any specific purpose;
 This was meant to avoid a situation where the mining activities would
encroach into the city posing risk to the dwellers of the city, eg the kwekwe
incident
 In urban planning proper zoning ensures the separation of incompatible land
uses from each other and the grouping of compatible or mutually helpful uses
 In addition , these urban areas also need enough space to grow and expand
as the population increase
 Mining activities can produce a lot of noise and atmospheric pollution. Hence
proper urban planning requires that the mines should be away from the cities
to provide adequate protection against excessive noise and atmospheric
pollution which pause as health risks