VICTORIA Falls municipality says it has unlocked land under the Lands ministry and the Zimbabwe National Parks for housing development and town expansion.
Mayor Thuso Moyo told Southern Eye that the municipality was facing housing backlog challenges due to lack of land.
“The local authority has managed to get land from the Lands ministry and other stakeholders in the city. More land has been cleared for residential use,” Moyo said.
“Currently the council has 460 stands available for sale and these ones were granted to us by the Zimbabwe National Parks. The stands are located just two kilometers from the parks.”
Moyo said the municipality was given 13 000 hectares in Masuwe by the Lands ministry for housing development.
“The local authority is working on it. The land is run by two councils, both Hwange Rural District Council and Victoria Falls City Council. So saying there is no space for residential stands is now an understatement,” he said.
In April last year, former Victoria Falls mayor, Somveli Dlamini revealed that the local authority was working on a new master plan to unlock more land for residential purposes.
At the time, Dlamini said most of the land in the area was reserved for recreational purposes.
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