Govt backtracks on title deeds

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has made a U-turn on its earlier plans to dish out title deeds to thousands of informal settlers in and around Harare, saying the land ownership documents would only be given to Glen View residents who were allocated residential stands by the Abel Muzorewa regime in 1979.

Three weeks ago, Mnangagwa told a Zanu PF campaign rally in Epworth that his government would formalise all informal settlers and give them title deeds, but critics dismissed the decision as a vote-buying gimmick.

Before the rally, Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa had announced that 80 000 title deeds would be given out at the event.

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