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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86550, member: 27"] Mining activity is eating through Shurugwi's residential land faster than the town council can keep up, and the housing crunch is getting critical. Shurugwi's land shortage explained [LIST] [*]Shurugwi Town Council is nearly out of developable land, and mining operations are a big part of why. [*]Town Secretary Archbold Ncube broke this down during a visit by Minister of State Owen Ncube earlier in the week. [*]The council is already reaching out to the Tongogara Rural District Council to source residential plots from neighboring land. [*]Four developers are actively servicing 1,843 stands, but miners operating inside planned residential zones are slowing everything down. [/LIST] The illegal mining problem on serviced stands [LIST] [*]Illegal miners have been encroaching on stands that the council acquired and serviced a long time ago. [*]These miners are reportedly flashing recent mining certificates to justify their presence on the land. [*]Archbold Ncube called on the Minister of State's office to step in and deal with the situation. [/LIST] What the Master Plan is supposed to fix [LIST] [*]The council is banking on its Master Plan to open up large tracts of land for future residential development. [*]Once that plan kicks in, the current stand allocation shortage is expected to ease up significantly. [/LIST] Minister Ncube's directives to the council [LIST] [*]Owen Ncube said his office has been fielding a steady stream of complaints from residents about delayed stand allocations. [*]He pushed the council to prioritize people with disabilities and civil servants when handing out residential stands. [*]The minister also called on the council to crack down hard and loop in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development. [*]Ncube gave the local authority credit for solid infrastructure work, pointing to its sewer system, water facilities, and roads. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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