LEAKED MINUTES: Mnangagwa Issuing Title Deeds To Buy Support for 2030 Program
22 January 2025
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Leaked Minutes Expose Mnangagwa’s Plan to Use Title Deeds as Political Bribes

By Farai D Hove | ZimEye | Leaked minutes from a ZANU PF Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting have unveiled that Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly using the issuance of title deeds as a tool to secure support for his controversial 2030 presidential term extension agenda. The minutes reveal a calculated strategy to consolidate power within ZANU-PF while addressing internal dissent and bolstering grassroots loyalty.

The Plan: Title Deeds for Votes.

One of the key revelations in the leaked minutes is the decision for the President to issue title deeds to both urban and farming landholders. According to the minutes, recipients would be charged between 2 and 8 cents per square meter, depending on the region, with payments stretched over 20 years at a 7.5% interest rate. Banks would facilitate the financing.

Critics view this move as a blatant attempt to bribe party members and citizens into supporting Mnangagwa’s bid for a term extension to 2030. The issuance of title deeds would target both rural farmers and urban residents, many of whom lack formal land ownership. By offering them the promise of legal ownership, the government aims to foster loyalty ahead of contentious party votes and upcoming elections.

Makonde’s Warning: The Numbers Game.

The minutes also expose internal struggles within ZANU-PF, including concerns about the party’s organizational strength in certain districts. Makonde, for instance, reported the lowest figures on cell registers, with only 69,000 members recorded compared to over 100,000 in other areas. The push to verify and bolster these figures reflects the party’s focus on ensuring a strong grassroots base to legitimize Mnangagwa’s plans.

The 2030 Agenda: Securing Power.

Perhaps the most explosive element of the leaked minutes is the open discussion about advancing the party’s resolution to extend Mnangagwa’s presidential term to 2030. Legal processes to formalize the extension are reportedly already underway, with party members instructed to rally behind the agenda and push the narrative at the grassroots level.

The minutes emphasize the importance of party discipline, urging members to avoid “anti-current leadership social media hullabaloo.” This reflects ZANU-PF’s growing concern about dissent within its ranks, as well as public criticism over Mnangagwa’s leadership.

Opposition and Public Reaction.

This is what was discussed in PCC

1. Province to do verification of our cell registers on 20 to 30 January.
2. That total number submitted on Cell Registers for Makonde Admin is 69000. Of figures presented by other Admin districts, Makonde had the least figures. Others were roving well above 100 000.

3. That we should ensure Conference feedback reaches grassroots.

4. That members should not be part of anti current leadership social media hullabaloo, but remain disciplined.

5. That the President to issue title deeds to all land – farming and urban alike. And that owners are to pay at between 2 and 8 cents per square meter depending on region, but that the amount payable can be accessed from banks and payable over 20 yrs at about 7.5% interest rate

6. Above all, that the Party Resolution for extension of Presidential term to 2030 is well supported and we need to continue advancing it as legal processes are now to be put in motion.

– ZimEye