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Domboshava is fast becoming an informal settlement due to the unregulated construction of new houses, a land-use planner has said.

Many people from Harare have been acquiring stands in Domboshava and building houses without any proper planning.

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According to Emaculate Hungwe, a planner, the influx of urban dwellers into Domboshava has seriously impaired the town’s layout, making it like Epworth. Said Hungwe:

> The settlement pattern and settlement density in Domboshava are altered because of an increased number of migrants.

> The layout of the residential spaces changed greatly from a typical rural settlement to more closely settled homesteads.

> Domboshava is degenerating into an informal settlement such as Epworth.

The sprouting of urban-like informal settlements is not unique to Domboshava as areas such as Goromonzi, Juru, Zvimba and Seke are experiencing the same.

Reports suggest that in Domboshava, a 200 square metre stand costs in the region of US$1 500.

In a typical high-density suburb in Harare, a 200 square metre stand may cost around US$7 000.

The Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities, Daniel Garwe, has said under the Zimbabwe Human Settlements Policy, all informal settlements will be regularised. Said Garwe:

> A regularisation protocol will be developed to standardise the process.

> The concept of planned rural settlements will be piloted in resettlement areas in order to provide basic services infrastructure.

> This will then be cascaded to other communal areas.

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