en.Wedoany.com Reported - Zimbabwe's Deputy Minister of Mines, Caleb Makwiranzou, stated that the completion of the country's electronic cadastre tenure management system is "the most important reform for work integrity," and the ministry will use this opportunity to accelerate turnaround times and improve fairness in mining rights management.

Speaking to ministry officials in Harare, Makwiranzou noted that this long-awaited digital system is crucial for restoring transparency and certainty in Zimbabwe's mining sector. Historically, overlapping mining rights disputes have severely undermined investor confidence.

The electronic cadastre system is a digital mineral rights registration system designed to replace the country's previous paper-based mining rights management process. Once fully operational, authorities will use a single transparent platform to map, track, and manage all mining rights, ranging from small-scale gold claims to large oil and gas concessions.

Emphasizing the importance of this reform, Makwiranzou said it is not just an IT project but an institutional change vital to the integrity of the ministry's work. A well-functioning and transparent electronic cadastre system means that land is registered as occupied, preventing two individuals from claiming the same location for the same mining right. The system can track all ownership; once registered on the cadastral map, it belongs to the named rights holder, and no one else can challenge that registration.

The system aims to eliminate overlapping mining rights, reduce disputes, and provide certainty for investors, ensuring that registered mining rights have legal protection and are secure and reliable.

However, the system's implementation has been delayed for years due to factors such as financial constraints, technical integration challenges, and institutional resistance. Zimbabwe's mining sector has long relied on a fragmented paper-based system prone to boundary disputes and double allocation.

Progress on the project has accelerated recently following a breakthrough in key technology. The Ministry of Mines announced that the electronic cadastre system will incorporate survey-grade coordinate data, providing centimeter-level accuracy, directly linking mining rights to precise geographic locations.

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