OVER 7 000 delegates are expected to attend next month’s
18th Zanu-PF Annual People’s Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland
East Province. Speaking after assessing the venue and state of preparedness,
Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu said the technical teams
have covered nearly 80 percent of the work.
“The facilities and service providers seem to be on course
and the parking space, main arena and roads to the venue are almost complete. “We
are quite excited about this development.
“We are looking at not more than 7 000 delegates for this
conference, but from our experience, we will accommodate more people.
“We want to thank the technical team for Mash East for
working together and ensuring that the venue is ready for the conference,” said
Dr Mpofu.
At least 2 000 foreign delegates had also confirmed their
participation by yesterday. “ZANU-PF is a mass party and we end up getting more
people because of the popularity of the event.
“We will, however, not allow people who are not delegates
into the conference venue. We also have quite a number of invited guests from
parastatals, embassies and Government.”
Chairperson of the technical committee Mrs Terrence Mapengo
said they were working on finalising the preparations.
“We have been looking at roads, water provision, health and
communication. Overall, I can say we are almost done, and what is left is
reticulation of the main arena,” she said
The party’s Mashonaland East provincial secretary for
finance Cde Munyaradzi Kashambe said they were mobilising enough resources for
the conference to ensure delegates were well-catered for.
“We have secured 60 cows, 40 goats and financial resources.
Our provincial chairperson, Cde Joel Biggie Matiza, has mobilised us to raise
in excess of $150 000 as a province,” said Cde Kashambe.
He said the province would introduce a business expo to run
concurrently with the conference.
“As the New Dispensation, we want to be business-oriented
people and we are, therefore, going to introduce a business expo which will be
administered by the national executive to avoid confusion.
“Any companies that wish to advertise during the conference
are free to book their stands for between $50 000 and $100 000 depending on the
space.” Herald
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