Nigeria: Lagos Assembly Moves to Check Illegal Erection of Structures - In a bid to check the erection of structure in illegal places in the state, the Lagos State House of Assembly had taken the second reading of bill meant to provide for the administration of physical planning, urban development, urban regeneration and building control in the state. [AA Construction]

Luanda - The director of planning and urban management of Luanda Province, Hélder José, said on Tuesday that the illegal occupation of state-reserved land will hamper the implementation of the government's housing programme.

Speaking to ANGOP, the official considered that is necessary people's immediate exit from the areas designed for social housing so that the process of cleaning and urbanisation of the referred zones be carried out.

According to Hélder José, the construction of houses is a process that will not finish soon since the process of population growth is ongoing, adding that they plan to grant the deprived communities the chance to acquire their own houses, or citizens can also write a letter requesting land for self construction.

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Nigeria: Amaechi Debunks Court Order over Waterfront - The Rivers State Governor Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said that there is no court order barring him and the state government from going ahead with the planned demolition of shanties and slums in Port Harcourt waterfronts. [AA Construction]

Zambia: Illegal Structures Face Demolition in Solwezi - MORE than 50 property owners in Solwezi have confessed to constructing structures illegally and are now pleading with the local authority to formalise their buildings. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Local Govt Minister Tells Nyakaana to Explain Illegal Construction - Local Government Minister Adolf Mwesige has asked Kampala Central Division Chairman Godfrey Nyakaana to explain the alleged illegal construction of a parish hall on a disputed plot. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: Seven Houses On Airport Road Reserve to Be Demolished - At least seven Braeside houses built on the road reserve along Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Express (Airport Road) will be demolished and the families relocated elsewhere to pave way for the dualisation of the road, town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi has said. [AA Construction]

Namibia: Demolitions Draw Political Flak - THE Windhoek Municipality's destruction earlier this week of a number of illegal shacks in the Otjomuise Agste Laan informal settlement has prompted condemnation from opposition parties. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Return of the Bulldozers, As Over 1,000 Illegal Structures, Including Powa Building, Give Way in Agege - After a temporary lull amounting to a cessation of hostilities in military parlance, the Lagos State Government last weekend resumed its offensive against shanties in the state when its bulldozers roared once again leaving in their wake several illegal structures that were reduced to rubbles. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Bauchi Deputy Governor's House to be Demolished - Indications are rife that part of the personal house of Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Mohammed Garba Gadi, may be demolished by the state building authorities. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Council Orders Fresh Clean-Up - HARARE City councillors have urged management to demolish, with immediate effect, all mushrooming illegal structures amid fears that the city is fast sliding back to the pre-Operation Murambatsvina period. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: Ogun SUBEB Decries Illegal Buildings - The Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board has decried illegal construction of buildings in primary schools in the state. The Board specifically said such structures were erected without its consent. [AA Construction]

Zambia: Illegal Extensions Delay Construction of Lavatories in Wusakile - THE completion of the K800 million project for the construction of individual lavatories in Kitwe's Wusakile Township by Nkana Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) has been delayed due to illegal extensions of structures in a number of houses. [AA Construction]