constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 269 Metropolitan councils (1) For each of the metropolitan provinces there is a metropolitan council consisting of-(a) in the case of Bulawayo, the mayor of the City of Bulawayo, who is the chairperson of the Bulawayo Metropolitan Council; (b) in the case of Harare-(i) the mayor of the City of Harare, who is the chairperson of the Harare Metropolitan Council; and (ii) the mayor or chairperson of the second-largest urban local authority within the province, who is the deputy chairperson of the Harare Metropolitan Council; (c) all the Members of the National Assembly whose constituencies fall within the metropolitan province concerned; (d) the women Members of the National Assembly who are elected in terms of section 124(1)(b) from the metropolitan province concerned; (e) the Senators elected from the metropolitan province concerned; and (f) the mayors and deputy mayors and the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons, by whatever title they are called, of all local authorities in the metropolitan province concerned. (2) The seat of a member of a council referred to in-(a) paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) becomes vacant if the member ceases to be mayor, deputy mayor or chairperson, as the case may be; (b) paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (1) becomes vacant if the member vacates his or her seat in Parliament; (c) paragraph (f) of subsection (1) becomes vacant if the member ceases to be a mayor, deputy mayor, chairperson or deputy chairperson, as the case may be, of a local authority in the metropolitan province concerned. 270 Functions of provincial and metropolitan councils (1) A provincial or metropolitan council is responsible for the social and economic development of its province, including-(a) planning and implementing social and economic development activities in its province; (b) co-ordinating and implementing governmental programmes in its province; (c) planning and implementing measures for the conservation, improvement and management of natural resources in its province; (d) promoting tourism in its province, and developing facilities for that purpose; (e) monitoring and evaluating the use of resources in its province; and (f) exercising any other functions, including legislative functions, that may be conferred or imposed on it by or under an Act of Parliament. (2) An Act of Parliament must provide for the establishment, structure and staff of provincial and metropolitan councils, and the manner in which they exercise their functions. (3) Members of a provincial or metropolitan council are accountable, collectively and individually, to residents of their province and the national government for the exercise of their functions. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 114