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Zanu-PF emerges stronger, united from conference?
20 Oct 2025 at 08:15hrs |
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The just-ended Zanu-PF 22nd National People's Conference lived up to its billing, with the ruling party adopting major economic resolutions aimed at improving the lives of ordinary citizens and strengthening national development.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa provided strategic direction to party cadres during the conference, urging them to work tirelessly to uplift communities and drive Zimbabwe's transformation agenda.
Among the major resolutions, the party recommended the removal of the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), the two percent levy on money transfers, which it said was burdening businesses and consumers by driving up the cost of goods and services.
Delegates also called for the adoption of a mono-currency system to enable fiscal and monetary authorities to better manage inflation, interest rates, and money supply growth - key elements in stabilising the economy.
In agriculture, which remains a critical pillar of the national economy, the conference resolved to expand irrigation schemes, develop the gastronomic economy, and accelerate the title deeds programme to enhance land tenure security and productivity.
In his closing address, President Mnangagwa said Zanu-PF remained the country's most formidable and organised political movement, committed to transforming lives in line with the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS1) and Vision 2030.
"Zanu-PF is alive, vibrant and strong. It is the only organised, tried and tested custodian of our revolution and remains focused on bettering the people's quality of life. Hatidzokeri shure (We will not retreat)," said President Mnangagwa.
He urged party members to rededicate themselves to serving the people and staying close to their needs.
"Let us re-dedicate ourselves to wholeheartedly serve the people of our great motherland. Stay with them in their successes, hold their hands and render them support in their time of need," he said.
The President praised the smooth organisation of the conference, describing it as evidence of the party's vibrancy and capacity.
"The organisation has been impeccable, breakaway sessions seamlessly coordinated, and facilities top-notch, in line with global best practice," he said. "Zanu-PF has demonstrated that we are a mammoth, revolutionary mass movement - transformative, modernising, and ensuring that we remain masters of our own destiny."
President Mnangagwa also called for intensified mobilisation efforts to strengthen party structures and broaden grassroots participation.
"The party's management must be centralised and unified under one leadership. We must better organise our structures and scale up mobilisation activities," he said.
The Head of State commended the conference for its robust and candid deliberations, noting that the resolutions reflected a clear roadmap toward industrialisation and modernisation.
He emphasised the need to fully exploit the country's natural resources for community benefit through value addition, rural industrialisation, and expansion of productive sectors such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and tourism.
"We all have a sacred duty to act and work harder towards lifting many of our people out of poverty into prosperity," said the President. "Through the whole-of-party, government and society approach, I expect stakeholders to improve collaboration and synergies."
More than 3,000 delegates attended the conference at Mutare Polytechnic College, where discussions covered key economic sectors including health, finance, tourism, and diaspora investment.
Presenting the resolutions, Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs, Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi, said the conference had directed the government to promote venture capital initiatives to boost small and medium enterprises, establish mining schools in each province, and improve disbursements under devolution to fund transformative infrastructure projects.
"The Government is also directed to review and enforce legislation in reserved sectors to protect indigenous businesses and prioritise value addition at source on locally extracted resources such as timber," said Cde Ziyambi.
The conference's outcomes reaffirmed Zanu-PF's focus on economic transformation, grassroots empowerment, and the fulfilment of Vision 2030 goals to make Zimbabwe an upper middle-income economy.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa provided strategic direction to party cadres during the conference, urging them to work tirelessly to uplift communities and drive Zimbabwe's transformation agenda.
Among the major resolutions, the party recommended the removal of the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), the two percent levy on money transfers, which it said was burdening businesses and consumers by driving up the cost of goods and services.
Delegates also called for the adoption of a mono-currency system to enable fiscal and monetary authorities to better manage inflation, interest rates, and money supply growth - key elements in stabilising the economy.
In agriculture, which remains a critical pillar of the national economy, the conference resolved to expand irrigation schemes, develop the gastronomic economy, and accelerate the title deeds programme to enhance land tenure security and productivity.
In his closing address, President Mnangagwa said Zanu-PF remained the country's most formidable and organised political movement, committed to transforming lives in line with the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS1) and Vision 2030.
"Zanu-PF is alive, vibrant and strong. It is the only organised, tried and tested custodian of our revolution and remains focused on bettering the people's quality of life. Hatidzokeri shure (We will not retreat)," said President Mnangagwa.
He urged party members to rededicate themselves to serving the people and staying close to their needs.
"Let us re-dedicate ourselves to wholeheartedly serve the people of our great motherland. Stay with them in their successes, hold their hands and render them support in their time of need," he said.
The President praised the smooth organisation of the conference, describing it as evidence of the party's vibrancy and capacity.
"The organisation has been impeccable, breakaway sessions seamlessly coordinated, and facilities top-notch, in line with global best practice," he said. "Zanu-PF has demonstrated that we are a mammoth, revolutionary mass movement - transformative, modernising, and ensuring that we remain masters of our own destiny."
President Mnangagwa also called for intensified mobilisation efforts to strengthen party structures and broaden grassroots participation.
"The party's management must be centralised and unified under one leadership. We must better organise our structures and scale up mobilisation activities," he said.
The Head of State commended the conference for its robust and candid deliberations, noting that the resolutions reflected a clear roadmap toward industrialisation and modernisation.
He emphasised the need to fully exploit the country's natural resources for community benefit through value addition, rural industrialisation, and expansion of productive sectors such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and tourism.
"We all have a sacred duty to act and work harder towards lifting many of our people out of poverty into prosperity," said the President. "Through the whole-of-party, government and society approach, I expect stakeholders to improve collaboration and synergies."
More than 3,000 delegates attended the conference at Mutare Polytechnic College, where discussions covered key economic sectors including health, finance, tourism, and diaspora investment.
Presenting the resolutions, Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs, Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi, said the conference had directed the government to promote venture capital initiatives to boost small and medium enterprises, establish mining schools in each province, and improve disbursements under devolution to fund transformative infrastructure projects.
"The Government is also directed to review and enforce legislation in reserved sectors to protect indigenous businesses and prioritise value addition at source on locally extracted resources such as timber," said Cde Ziyambi.
The conference's outcomes reaffirmed Zanu-PF's focus on economic transformation, grassroots empowerment, and the fulfilment of Vision 2030 goals to make Zimbabwe an upper middle-income economy.
Source - The Herald
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