hypothecate, lease or dispose of all forms of property, either
individually or in association with others81.
20.2. Additionally, the Constitution also provide for the rights to national
development, self-determination, economic freedom, agricultural
land, and safe and clean environment82.
20.3. The Mines and Minerals Act also provides for transfer, leasing and
hypothecation as well as abandonment of mining title. One can
transfer his claim when he has sold his mining title.
Administrative Measures
20.4. In order to promote the right to national development,
Government, among other initiatives launched the Zimbabwe
Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZimASSET) in 2013, which was the Government’s major economic blue
print that was aimed at achieving sustainable and equitable
economic and social development, propelled by the judicious and
optimum utilization of the country’s natural resources. ZIM-Asset
was implemented through a cluster system involving participation
of line Ministries, the Private Sector, Civil Society and
Developmental Partners. Realisation of the right to national
development under the ZIMASSET was undergirded by
developmental policies in the mining, agricultural, water and
sanitation programmes implemented by Government.
20.5. Following the lapse of the ZIMASSET Programme in 2018,
Government introduced Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP)
which contains and expresses the aspirations of the people of
Zimbabwe and draws its policy thrust from Vision 2030. The
overarching objectives of the TSP includes the following: improved
81
Sections 71 and 72 of the Constitution
82
Section 13,16,64and 73
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