THE 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People’s Conference to be
held in Goromonzi next week must provide appropriate policy direction to
Government and outline achievable goals in line with Vision 2030, the President
has said. He said this while opening the 334th Session of the Zanu-PF Politburo
in Harare yesterday.
Breaking from tradition and in line with the thrust of the
new dispensation of openness and transparency, President Mnangagwa made his
official opening of the Politburo meeting in the presence of the media.
He said to achieve the targets of Vision 2030, armchair
leadership would not be tolerated.
The President said servant leadership was the hallmark of
the Second Republic and those not willing to work for the people had no place
in the new dispensation.
“We are holding this meeting barely a week before the 18th
National People’s Conference,” said President Mnangagwa.
“We look forward to be receiving reports on the state of
preparedness in view of our renewed impetus to increase productivity, grow our
economy and create jobs.
“We must give enough attention to the content of the
discussions of the conference. All departments, through their respective
thematic committees, must be determined to see a qualitative improvement in the
discussions and resolutions of the conference with regards to the economic direction
we are taking.
“Our conference must proffer the appropriate policy
direction to Government and outline achievable goals. We will not tolerate
armchair leaders. The culture of the Second Republic is servant leadership.
Those who are not prepared to fold their sleeves and work for the party, bad
luck. We must remain a listening party.”
To this end, President Mnangagwa said: “Following my
challenge to the Politburo leadership to be more visible at the grassroots
level and associate themselves with programmes of Government, I was pleased to
see more party leaders in both the Politburo and Central Committee attending
Government and party programmes last week.
“This culture must continue as we display unity among
ourselves as a party. I want to thank the Mashonaland East provincial
leadership for organising a well-attended rally on the sidelines of the
official opening of Mahusekwa Hospital.
The President congratulated the Youth League for organising
a successful youth convention in Kadoma last week.
“Such events are important and help keep the party with the
people and the people well in touch with the goings on in both the party and
Government,” he said.
“We look forward to the other wings of the party organising
such meetings in the near future. Let us keep the momentum.”
President Mnangagwa took the opportunity to thank the
people of Zimbabwe for their unwavering support when Vice President Constantino
Chiwenga was hospitalised.
He paid tribute to Chinese President Xi Jinping for
ensuring maximum care for the VP, saying such solidarity confirmed the highest
level of relationship between Harare and Beijing after it was upgraded to
Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
President Mnangagwa briefed the Politburo about his
meetings with leaders of the Catholic Church and leaders of the
Inter-Denominational Council of Churches on various topics this week. Herald
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