Today, the 3rd of June 2025, His Excellency the President, Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa chaired the Fifteenth Cabinet Meeting and the following issues, among others, were considered and approved:

1.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY SHARE OWNERSHIP TRUSTS AND RESERVED SECTORS

Cabinet considered and approved proposals on the Operationalisation of the Community Share Ownership Trusts and Reserved Sectors policy.

Community Share Ownership Trusts were established to ensure that local communities benefit from the extraction and exploitation of natural resources within their areas. In accordance with the legislative framework

promulgated in 2013, sixty-one (61) Community Share Ownership Trusts were established, with 58 subsequently being registered.