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1417: “Revitalisation of rural areas must be uppermost in
our endeavours, the days of slope sided development must be a thing of the
past. Everyone must be onboard and noone must be left behind. The prosperity we
seek to achieve by 2030 must be for all our people in every corner of the
country,”
1414: “We shall now
need more of our membership to attend this school…the resolutions of this
conference will help us as |Government to be more focused guided by the will of
the people. We value all the constructive contributions with regards to all the
sectors of the economy. I’m happily surprised by the quick understanding and
adoption of the concept of devolution,”
1411: “The responsibility to improve the quality of life
for our people must be on all of us. We should put behind us the culture of
them and us and adopt the culture of us all. The Chitepo School of Ideology
should inculcate the ethos and values borne of our liberation struggle,”
1409: “However being specific to the youth, you the youth
will take the york of being the leaders of both the party and Government…youths
should take up the good we do and desist from the bad we do…we are preachers of
perseverance,”
1405: “We must ability to do tracking of progress,
monitoring and evaluation the programmes of our people….the party will do its
best to fulfil that which we are able to do. However, this conference’s
deliberations should make you stronger than you were before,”
1404: “I urge you all to always be mindful of your duties,
obligations responsibilities towards the party and the people who put you in
those positions. We are in the process of reforming our party, we have the duty
and burden to explain these reforms to our people,”
1403: “Let us all trust the party, rely on it and follow
its orders. We must individually and collectively safeguard the unity, peace
and solidarity of the party,”
1400: “Each of us must conduct himself or herself
honourably in your dealings with the public. We always guard against bringing
the party into disrepute and ridicule as we are always obligated by our
constitution.”
1357: He says the spirit of unity, loyalty and cooperation
must remain the pillars on which the party is built.
1350: President Mnangagwa is now on the podium.
1339: National Chair Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri requests
VP Chiwenga to invite the President to close the conference.
1318: “Government should develop irrigation infrastructure
to ensure food security. That the Government should support the growing of
drought resistant crops. That Government should implement recommendations of
land commission. That Government should review tax system. The Government
should deal with economic malpractices. Government should review allowances for
village heads. District Development Fund should be capacited. Government should
speed up implementation of ICTs in rural areas through setting up information
centres. Government should promote the empowerment of youths and women.
Government should consider construction of liberation war museums.”
1314: “That the party uphold unity through putting stiff
measures to arrest factionalism, regionalism and tribalism. That the youth
service be resumed in the first quarter of 2019,”
1311: He says President Mnangagwa has been unanimously
endorsed as Presidential candidate in 2023
1310: Advocate Jacob Mudenda now reading out the
consolidated resolutions of the 17th Annual National Conference. He chairs the
documentation and legal committee.
1239: Winner will get a fridge and second will go away with
a four plate stove. Third will receive microwave oven.
1231: Mrs Mary Chiwenga takes to the podium as she will
present prizes to the winners of the fashion show.
Zanu-PF First Secretary and President Cde Mnangagwa is
briefed by Secretary for Administration Cde Mpofu while Second Secretary Cde
Chiwenga looks on
1228: “Men should not abuse young girls. Environmental
health is also important to avoid cholera. Let’s eat food when it’s still warm.
Let us maintain hygiene all the time,” she says as she concludes her speech.
1227: She starts her speech by advocating for the early
testing of cancer.
“Cancer is a silent killer and we urge women to get tested
early. Cancer also affects men and we urge to go and get tested including for
HIV”
1225: First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa is the guest of honour
in the fashion show session and is going to present gifts to winners shortly.
1156: “Consumers have to be protected from arbitrary price
hikes and must have access to basic commodities. Government should immediately
have cost adjustments to all Civil Services. Have instruments to protect
vulnerable groups and capacitate ministry responsible for social services.
National documents should be given for free,”
1148: Cde Christopher Mushowe speaks on Food Security and
Nutrition Thematic Committee.
“Zimbabwe will return to be a breadbasket of Sadc. Rehab of
water bodies and irrigation is vital. Committee resolved that Government should
modernise and develop irrigation infrastructure. Prioritise water harvesting.
Construct a dam in each district and complete pending ones. Government to
ensure delivery of full package of inputs for farmers on time. Vulnarable
communities to get inputs in a transparent manner. Government to take action to
address lack of work culture by extension workers. Government to support with
small grains growing in arid places. Government to downsize all underutilised
farms. Adhere to one man, one farm policy.
1140: He says the government should continue supporting the
industrialisation agenda under the SADC and COMESA programmes as well as the AU
Agenda 2063 and UN sustainable development goals. Cde Mumbengegwi says the
government should continue being an active member on the international stage in
order to have a shared vision to achieve vision 2030 as well as attract foreign
direct investment.
He says government should continue with the engagement and
re-engagement drive to strengthen relations with other countries and also
improve the multilateral approach as opposed to the unilateral.
1133: Cde Mumbengegwi says the committee urges the
government to further improve relations with the USA to remove the ZIDERA which
continues to constrain the country’s economy. He says government should work
tirelessly to market Zimbabwe as a destination of choice as well as to protect
the environment. He says government should market the country as a safe tourist
destination in order to attract forex.
1130: Cde Muchinguri-Kashiri now calls upon Cde Simbarashe
Mumbengegwi to give a report on the external affairs. He says government should
strengthen bilateral relations with the countries which stood by Zimbabwe
urging the government to intensify its re-engagement efforts to normalise all
aspects of the country.
1115: Cde Mathuthu says young people should be equipped
with life skills in order to help build the country’s economy adding that the
state should expedite the land audit to also allocate youths part of the land.
He calls on the government to formalise the mining activities of youths adding
that government should construct transport network to improve accessibility and
penetration.
He says government must establish centres of sporting
excellence to encourage a health nation adding that the youth league will
remain resolute to the party as he concludes his resolutions.
1105: Cde Lewis Mathuthu who is standing in for Cde Pupurai
Togarepi is now on the podium to give resolutions on the thermatic committee of
Youth Affairs. He says there’s need to acknowledge the stewardship of President
and First secretary of Zanu PF Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa. He says government must
empower youths reduce unemployment. He says the Youth League strongly reaffirm
the endorsement of President Mnangagwa as the sole presidential candidate of
the 2023 elections. He calls for stern measures to curb corruption within the
party and the country at large. He says government should revive the National
Youth Policy. He says resources be availed to youths to participate in economic
activities of the country and create employment.
1042: Cde Cain Mathema who is the chairman of the
liberation and heritage says Chitepo Ideological College should be cascaded to
the grassroots level. He says government should revive the National Youth
Policy in line with the Constitution adding that liberation heroes should be
well recognised. Cde Mathema says their committee has endorsed Cde Mnangagwa as
the Zanu PF party’s presidential candidate of the 2023 harmonised elections.
Imposition of candidates should not be tolerated at all costs and those who
form parallel structures be suspended from the party, says Cde Mutsvangwa. She
says government should establish irrigation schemes in rural areas to eradicate
poverty. She says government should improve roads network for ease access to
remote places and other areas adding that all roads should be tarred and
widened to curb carnages.
1039: She says women should be given special grants in
mining and the fruit and veg industry. She says the age limit for presidential
candidates be raised to 52 years. Government deals with fuel dealers and come
up with stiff penalties to curb the activities for land barons.
1038: Cde Monica Mutsvangwa takes to the podium to give
resolutions on the thermatic committee of women’s affairs. She says there’s
need to acknowledging the pivotal role of women in consolidating the party. Cde
Mutsvangwa says resources meant for women be channeled directly to the Women’s
League not through the main wing. She said there should be 50-50 representation
in decision making processes. She says women should be capacitated in order to
compete with the women and that primary elections be conducted in a manner that
does not divide people.
1032: Proposes that Bulawayo and Harare Metropolitan
Provinces should have provincial councils. The establishment of provincial
database is essential. Mining laws should be in the context of provincial
development plan to benefit the locals.
1030: Cde July Moyo is now on the podium to give
resolutions on the provincial economies. The party’s 3 wings endorse Cde
Mnangagwa as the president of the party for the 2023 elections. He says the
chairman and minister of state to work together for the development of the
province.
No individual should hold multiple positions and the member
should relinquish other positions. Party resources should be cascaded to
district levels and a commission of inquiry be set to investigate why certain
constituencies lose in elections. The annual people’s conference be held in
August or September before the onset of the rains.
1025 Zanu PF elections commission to remain independent and
be capacitated to ensure they carry out their duties diligently. Those who
would be elevated should save the requisite period in the party structures.
Chitepo Ideological College should be cascaded to the grassroots level. The
party should amend the constitution that the presidential candidate should be
50 years or more. Government and Zanu PF party should adopt aero tolerance to
corruption and there should be party clarity in all its aspects.
1020: The Zanu PF party to start preparing for the 2023
elections right now. Issuance of membership cards be decentralised to provinces
and the party upholds the spirit of unity. The party starts to develop relevant
strategies to encourage youths in the Youth League to affiliate with Zanu PF.
To extend the term for women’s parliamentary quota.
10:15 Cde
Muchinguri-Kashiri invites the chairmen from the six thematic groups to give
out their resolutions. Cde Munyaradzi Machacha is the first presenter on the
state of the party. Zanu PF national chairman Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri
takes to the podium and she observes all protocol. She gives a recap of what
happened yesterday at the conference chief among them being the endorsement of
President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party’s sole presidential candidate for the
2023 elections.
1130: We are back for the second and final day of the
Zanu-PF Annual National Peoples’ Conference being held in Esigodini,
Matabeleland South.
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