Mr. Naison Machingauta

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree (LLB), University of Zimbabwe Master of Laws Degree in Local Government Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Academic Appointments:

Lecturer

Research Interests:

Public Procurement Law, Local Government Law

Faculty: Law

Department: Legal Post Graduate Studies

Research Category: Law

Biography:

Naison Machingauta is a law lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree
from the University of Zimbabwe and a Master of Laws Degree in Local Government Law from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His interests are in human rights and governance

Email: nmachingauta@gmail.com

Phone: 263776857159/263719560588 WhatsApp 263773560588

Publications:

de Visser, J., Steytler, N., & Machingauta, N. (2010). Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue.
Machingauta, N. (2009). A legal analysis of the appointment of caretakers to act as council in terms of Zimbabwe's section 80 of the Urban councils Act (Doctoral dissertation, University of the Western Cape).
Machingauta, N. (2010). Supervision of local government. Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue, 139-150.
Quinot, G., & Arrowsmith, S. (Eds.). (2013). Public procurement regulation in Africa. Cambridge University Press.

Patented Work:

Grants & Funding (current and Past projects):

Awards & Achievements:

Consultancy and advisory work (current and past):

An Assessment of the State of Zimbabwe’s compliance with the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child- A Research conducted on behalf of the Justice for Children Trust (JCT), 2010.
• Consultancy to develop a Discussion Paper and Drafting Principles and Instructions on the alignment of local government legislation with the Constitution, October to December 2015. Work done on behalf of Centre for Applied Legal Research.
• Consultancy to develop the Zero Drafts Local Authorities and Provincial and Metropolitan Councils Bills for the Centre for Applied Legal Research, November 2015 to January 2016.
• With T C Chigwata and Jaap de Visser J (2014) ‘Unpacking devolution in the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe’. A paper prepared for the Local Governance Community Capacity Building and Development Trust, Zimbabwe.
• Consultancy to develop Model Local Authorities and Provincial and Metropolitan Council laws for the Law Society of Zimbabwe 2016.
• Consultancy to produce proposed amendments to the Provincial Councils Administration Act for the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 2018.
• Consultancy to present on Devolution and the Right to Water and Sanitation for the Centre for Applied Legal Research in Association with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University, September 2021
• Review of the National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations Constitution, September 2021
• Together with Jaap de Visser J, Chigwata T C and Rueben Baartjies we were commissioned by USAID Zimbabwe to carry out an Assessment of the State of Local Government and Decentralization in Zimbabwe August 2019 to August 2020
• Facilitation at a Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission capacity development programme on Public Institutions Client Service Charter Assessment and Local Authorities’ Assessment, 6-9 May 2025
• Chair and disciplinary authority for the disciplinary proceedings of the Town Secretary of Chirundu Local Board 2025