Spatial planning, legislation and the historical and contemporary challenges in Zimbabwe: A conjectural approach

Abstract

This paper seeks to unravel the spatial planning system in Zimbabwe in cognisance of its potential role to addressing
some of the skewed phenomena of planning in the country. Some of the contemporary planning challenges are rooted
in the colonial footprints, emanating from the Rhodesian segregationist policies and repressive legislation that have
continued to exist into the ‘free Zimbabwean’ era despite having outlived their relevance and usefulness, to modern
day Zimbabwe. The situation is not peculiar to Zimbabwe alone but it cuts through many African counties.