Andrew
Online Reporter
THE issuing of title deeds will be done on a case-by-case basis, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Responding to questions during a question-and-answer session in Parliament on Wednesday, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said Government did not want to encourage people to build houses where they have not been allocated.
“Government is going to look at each individual case according to its merit and do the planning accordingly, and issue title deeds,” he said.
“So, it is not a call for people to go and invade open spaces, but to say that those that have been in certain areas, for instance, Glen View, some of them were settled there in 1979 during the Muzorewa era and do not have title deeds up to now. This is an exercise to ensure that we regularise and ensure that all those people who occupy houses have title to the piece of land that belongs to them.”
Minister Ziyambi said Government is aware of what is required for this exercise and the number of households that need to be issued with title deeds.
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