Functions of provincial and metropolitan councils

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 inyplementing 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, stricture 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. No. tf CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT (No 20) 2013