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Joseph Madzimure
Zimpapers Politics Hub
THE Mines and Minerals Bill, 2025, is not merely a legislative document, but a blueprint for national empowerment, economic modernisation and sovereign control of natural wealth, Zanu PF secretary for Mines and Mining Development, Cde Paul Mangwana, has said.
The Mines and Minerals Bill signals renewed momentum in efforts to modernise Zimbabwe’s colonial-era mining legislation.
Speaking at the Zanu PF Mines and Minerals Bill Workshop in Harare yesterday, Cde Mangwana said the objective of the workshop was to engage key stakeholders in the mining, legal, financial, geological, regulatory, and political sectors to gain insight into the proposed reforms under the Bill.
“We align the party structure, from national to grassroots levels, on how to interpret, defend, and implement these reforms in line with our party’s ideological thrust under Vision 2030 and NDS1,” said Cde Mangwana.
“Through this workshop, we seek to strengthen Zanu PF’s policy coherence in the extractive sector; promote strategic alignment between Government policy and party mobilisation
The workshop is being attended by representatives from the Chamber of Mines, the Geological Association of Zimbabwe, Coverlink, Discovery Ambulance, and ZESA Enterprises.
Cde Mangwana said the workshop was a strategic convening of minds tasked with shaping the mineral governance trajectory of Zimbabwe.
“As we prepare for the 22nd Annual National Peoples Conference to be held in Mutare, let us bear in mind that the Mines and Minerals Bill, 2025, is a historic piece of legislation that we requested in the past few years at congress and conference as a resolution,” he said.
The Bill, he said introduces a number of new reforms, which include reasserting State sovereignty over minerals by vesting all mineral rights in the President.
“Our party must ensure these reforms are not misunderstood. We must be the first defenders of this bold law. The success of this Bill does not depend solely on Parliament or the Ministry, but it depends on us. Our provincial departments and Miners for ED representatives are the party’s ears, eyes, and voices in mining communities.
“You are the bridge between policy and people, between the Bill and the shaft, between Parliament and the pit,” he said.
He highlighted that it also documents provincial concerns and aligns with the party’s ideological thrust of indigenisation, empowerment, and transformation.
“Let us not treat this as a talk shop, but as a battlefield of ideas where the party takes its rightful leadership role in shaping national policy,” he said.
“It elevates strategic minerals and requires both foreign and local players to meet minimum investment thresholds and enter fair partnerships.”
The Bill, which has faced repeated delays over the past decade, introduces a comprehensive overhaul of the legal framework guiding the sector.
