Title deeds offer was too good to be true

SOMETIMES it is very good for people to learn the hard way and recent statements by the National Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe speak to this.

Last week he succinctly knocked common sense into some of us who have for a long time thought that everything can be manna from heaven to the point of even daydreaming that they can get title deeds overnight for land they never paid a cent for.

Some time back, some very naive ruling party supporters illegally settled on State land around urban areas, especially Harare, ululated and pranced like they were performing jumping jacks when they were promised title deeds.

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