Zanu PF title deed bait misfires

ZANU PF’s election promise to regularise informal settlements is moving at a snail’s pace, with only 11 000 title deeds issued in Harare’s sprawling Epworth suburb since 2023, has NewsDay learnt.

The ruling party dangled title deeds for votes ahead of the August 2023 elections, promising to regularise over 80 000 illegal settlements, where tenants faced the risk of having their structures demolished.

A title deed is a formal document legally defining how a property is allotted by an authority, owned and transferred by the holder.

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