There is no comprehensive scholarship, which compares cases of how chieftaincies foster or hinder urban land use in Africa. What seems to exist are disparate pieces of literature focusing on different cases without offering a diagnostic picture of the way constitutions and statutes have been crafted across regions. The paper advances the argument that urbanisation is a reality and a sweeping force across the terrain of the global regions, Africa included. Proponents (such as Mbiba, 2017; Freund, 2007; Cirolia, and Berrisford, 2017) have argued that the best way to deal with urbanisation is to ensure a smooth transfer of land from chiefdoms into municipal areas, which inevitably and inadvertently ‘eat into the land of the chiefs’. A case study methodology was used through which the various national constitutions and ‘chief laws’ for selected countries were examined in terms of provision, hence the application of thematic content analysis of the documents. The selected case study is Zimbabwe. Among other issues explored in this study, it emerged that these states make the land delivery process cumbersome when chiefs dictate the pace of urban development. The study recommends the attenuation of the powers of chieftaincies based on collaborative negotiation for the sake of sustainable urban development.

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抵制、挫败或接受城市议程：宪法和法定审查南部非洲的酋长

没有全面的奖学金来比较酋长如何促进或阻碍非洲城市土地使用的案例。似乎存在着不同的文献，侧重于不同的案例，而没有提供对跨地区制定宪法和法规的方式的诊断性描述。该论文提出了这样一种论点，即城市化是一种现实，是一种跨越全球地区（包括非洲）的强大力量。支持者（如 Mbiba，2017 年；Freund，2007 年；Cirolia 和 Berrisford，2017 年）认为，应对城市化的最佳方式是确保土地从酋长领地顺利转移到市政地区，这不可避免地和无意地“吞噬”酋长的土地”。使用案例研究方法，从条款的角度审查选定国家的各种国家宪法和“主要法律”，从而对文件进行主题内容分析。选定的案例研究是津巴布韦。在本研究中探讨的其他问题中，当酋长决定城市发展的步伐时，这些州使土地交付过程变得繁琐。该研究建议，为了城市的可持续发展，基于协作谈判的酋长权力的衰减。当酋长决定城市发展的步伐时，这些州就会使土地交付过程变得繁琐。该研究建议，为了城市的可持续发展，基于协作谈判的酋长权力的衰减。当酋长决定城市发展的步伐时，这些州就会使土地交付过程变得繁琐。该研究建议，为了城市的可持续发展，基于协作谈判的酋长权力的衰减。