PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says government has crafted a new State Lands Management policy to flush out land barons.
“As a way of controlling the proliferation of the culture of lawlessness in land management, government has crafted a new State Lands Management Policy,” Mnangagwa said during the launch of the minimum service delivery standards indaba at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo.
The indaba is being held under the theme Benchmarking Service Delivery Towards Attainment of Vision 2030.
Mnangagwa urged councillors to put in place systems that will lead to both qualitative and quantitative changes in their local authorities.
“Additionally, the Ministry of Local Government will also be tracking local authorities which habitually fail to conduct audits of their financial statements as provided by the law,” he said.
“In doing so, you must always be guided by the best interests of ratepayers, while also inculcating a work culture for high impact results.
“The central government and local authorities must work with greater collaboration and unity of purpose.”
He urged councils to attract and promote additional investment through public-private partnerships.
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“I exhort your parent Ministry of Local Government to draft and review the legal landscape, where there are gaps, to enable local authorities to deliver on their mandates on a more regular basis,” Mnangagwa said.
