Zimplats Mhondoro-Ngezi Chegutu Zvimba Community share ownership Trust Zimplats and the then Minister of Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment agreed to establish the Zimplats Mhondoro-Ngezi Chegutu Zvimba Community share ownership Trust (ZMNCZ CSOT) as a trust of public character for charitable purposes in December 2011. Zimplats injected the founding amount of USD10 million to fund the objects of the Trust as per section 5 of the Trust Deed which are social and community development initiatives.