Digital Hope, Ground-Level Friction: Can Zimbabwe’s Mining Cadastre Dig Itself Out of Conflict?
By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE — For decades, Zimbabwe’s mining sector has operated under a colonial-era legal framework, where paper-based records often led to double allocations, political interference and violent disputes over claims. In response, the government, alongside civil society, is pushing for a digital revolution. The vehicle for this change is the Mining Cadastre System—a…