The major turnaround in all sectors with active Government
support has meant that the Zanu PF manifesto is just “more of the same” with a
lot of major infrastructure development coming up completed in the next five
years.
Power deficits have been dealt with through several power
sources that include the Hwange Units 7 and 8, which are now both on stream,
while small hydro-electricity projects from dams that are being constructed in
every province will be supplying their local communities.
Key infrastructural projects have been completed including
dualisation of the Beitbridge Border Post, busy Harare-Beitbridge Highway,
construction of the New Parliament, expansion of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe
International Airport.
Among other flagship projects is Gwayi-Shangani dam
proposed in 1912, with actual works commencing when President Mnangagwa came to
power in 2017.
Several other dams have been commissioned as Chivhu,
Marovanyati Dam in Buhera, Muchekeranwa Dam in Marondera.
Construction of Kunzvi Dam will add more capacity for the
Greater Harare Metropolitan area, especially the most water deficient areas on
the eastern side, although full water supply needs the Harare City Council,
opposition led for more than two decades, to restore the full capacity created
by former Zanu-PF dominated councils to its water works, now working on around
half blast.
New towns are emerging in Mvuma and the once marginalised
areas like Kanyemba and Binga are being modernised with irrigation schemes.
Twenty new civil registry offices for e-passports have been opened across the
country with more on cards as the Government brings services to the people
leaving no one and no place behind.
Through use of devolution funds schools, clinics are being
built targeting the remotest parts of the country.
President Mnangagwa’s chief election agent, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, shared the successes during the
Linda Muriro show on Star FM titled, “Pursuit of free and fair polls: examining
Zim’s legal and political environment.”
“We are saying whatever we have been doing, that is our
manifesto. Look at infrastructure development, what we have done to our roads,
built Beitbridge Border Post, new Parliament, all the developments that are
happening.
“In Agriculture you can mention we have done a lot to take
the agricultural sector from a US$2 billion industry to an US$8 billion. We had
given ourselves that the mining industry must be a US$12 billion industry by
2023, we have surpassed that,” he said.
Minister Ziyambi added that: “All that those are our
selling points to say give our candidate (President Mnangagwa) another chance
to take us to another level so we don’t need those flowery manifestos that are
much ado about nothing.”
Under the leadership of President Mnangagwa this year
Zimbabwe produced a record tobacco crop in 198 years, with 85 percent of it
coming from smallholder farmers of whom 60 percent are beneficiaries of the
highly viable Land Reform Programme.
In as many years’ food security is guaranteed as Zimbabwe
is on the verge of exporting wheat as barely a year it realised a record wheat
harvest since the crop started being produced commercially in the country in
1966.
The Zanu PF chief election agent said their manifesto is a
living document, their deeds are what they are speaking about to say that Nyika
inovakwa nevene vayo.
“Everything that we are doing is centred on ourselves. We
do not have any foreigner who is coming to assist us to build the majority of the
things that we are doing,” he said.
Minister Ziyambi said Zanu PF’s manifesto this time around
is their work nothing else.
“We are the incumbent, the party in power. We produced a
blueprint for the National Development Strategy when His Excellency came into
power in 2018 we said let’s start writing our manifesto now so we have several
projects that we did that we make reference to.
“Those in the opposition that aspire to get into power will
write flowery manifestos where they will say literally anything.
“Ourselves we are pointing to things that we are doing to
our vision 2030 to say in terms of national development strategy we aspire to
get to that level,” he said.Tobacco Farmers Union Trust president Mr Victor
Mariranyika said smallholder farmers who benefited from land reform are doing
well in tobacco growing, adding that the crop is the biggest agriculture
foreign currency earner which needs a practical action approach when growing
it.
“We are happy that smallholder farmers are contributing
more in growing the crop. This means that farmers are using the land very well.
Good agronomic practices are also key to enhancing productivity. We applaud the
work done by farmers this season,” he said.
Mr Mariranyika said several smallholder farmers’ lives have
totally positively changed, adding that production costs should not rise to
ensure that farmers get a profit.
“It is good for the farmers to benefit from what they grow.
We are guaranteed a good harvest this time.
“Farmers get their inputs on time and this helps to scale
up production of the crop. We hope this production will also scale up next
season,” he said.
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) president Dr
Shadreck Makombe said smallholder farmers were doing well adding that those who
had become successful in the sector were adhering to planting dates.
“We are looking forward to a bumper harvest this season in
wheat as well as in tobacco. Planting dates are crucial in all crops. We are
positive that there is significant growth in our industry. Herald
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