-as ED2030 referendum looms
MASVINGO-Zanu PF Masvingo Province has hit the ground running with the executive meeting supporters in the rural areas to give them feedback on the Bulawayo People’s Conference resolutions.
Masvingo Zanu PF Provincial spokesperson Pepukai Chiwewe told The Midweek Watch that they have crafted a program that will supersede everything in order to allow the provincial and district leadership to give feedback to the supporters on resolutions of the 21st People’s Conference held last year.
One of the resolutions that has divided the Zanu PF party through the middle is that President Mnangagwa should be the number one citizen beyond 2028 and the 2013 Constitution must be amended to accommodate that.
“We are reaching out to our supporters beginning on January 22 until February 25 to give feedback on the conference resolutions which was recently held in Bulawayo.
“The exercise will be carried out by the Joint Provincial Council which is made up of all the Four Wings, namely Main Wing, Women’s league, Youth League, War Veterans and all DCC chairmen,” said Chiwewe.
A communique entitled ‘IMPORTANT NOTICE’ compiled by Brian Munyoro the provincial political commissar and directed by provincial chairman Rabson Mavhenyengwa in our possession is clear that the main objective is to prepare for the looming controversial ED2030 referendum which the government is expected to set in motion through the Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs as hinted by its head Ziyambi Ziyambi recently.
“Every member of the Joint Provincial Council is supposed to participate at all the meetings and be punctual all the time.
“Members to carry own blankets. Members to adjust their personal programmes and put party programmes first for the said period hence, the supremacy of the party of us all.
2030 baba Mnangagwa vanenge vachingotonga. Pasi nemhandu dzose,” reads part of the communique.
Great Zimbabwe University lecturer and political scientist Professor Fidelis Duri said if the constitutional amendments were to sail through, Zimbabwe will be a laughing stock for investing the future of this country in one man and for not having competent people to run the nation besides Mnangagwa.
“No normal country will invest its development and future in an individual, if we are to do that, we will unfortunately become the laughing stock of the whole world, policies are developed for the country and not one person.
“Although Mnangagwa said he was a constitutionalist, he said that with a forked tongue, we all know there is no democracy in Zanu PF whatever the President desires sails through, be it at congress or conference.
“All that he is waiting for is to say I have been forced by the people to continue in power, sorry this is a repeat of the Mugabe era. This is meant to protect their wealth, they are not genuine, they are afraid of being investigated if their godfather is out of power.
“The masses are easily hoodwinked by the real beneficiaries of power, they are told that if Mnangagwa goes the projects or whatever he is doing will stop forthwith like rice and seeds will cease coming forgetting that the government is run by bureaucracy i.e. the permanent secretary, directors and heads of departments, not the President,” said Duri.
He also added that it’s shocking that Zanu PF’s Mnangagwa loyalists are worried about 2028 which is about 4 years away from today yet there is only two years from 2028 to 2030, why not utilize the remaining four years if anything special needs to be done.
The reinforcement team will start in Chiredzi Central, East, West and North on January 22 and on 23 January they will be in Chiredzi South, Chivi District and Mwenezi East, the following day they will be in Mwenezi West and North.
On day four the District Coordinating Committee of Masvingo will be reinforcing Chivi.
After completing Chivi on Saturday the 25th of January, the team will break and resume on the 29th of January 2025 as follows, Gutu January 29, Bikita the following day and Zaka on 31 January.
The team will be in Masvingo on February 2 and the same district again the following day while the Bikita team will be in Gutu and Bikita.
NB: Below are the party resolutions at the Bulawayo 2023 conference:
NOW THEREFORE, the Delegates to the ZANU PF 21st National People’s Conference resolve as follows:
A. State of the Party
1 the President and First Secretary of ZANU PF Party, His Excellency, Cde. Dr E. D. Mnangagwa’s term of office as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and First Secretary of ZANU PF be extended beyond 2028 to 2030. The Party and Government should, therefore, set in motion the necessary amendments to the National Constitution so as to give effect to this resolution;
2 the Party and Government should establish a comprehensive framework that ensures the operationalisation of the principle of Party Supremacy over Government;
3 the Chitepo School of Ideology should decentralise its training programmes to Administrative Districts for the benefit of Party Members, Government employees, private sector and the general populace;
4 the Party’s Conflict Resolution Committee should be proactive and come up with programmes that detect, resolve and mitigate conflict within the Party;
5 the Party should expedite the digitalisation of its Cell /Village Registers to ensure credible Party Voters Rolls during Party elections so as to minimise election related disputes;
6 the Government prioritises the employment of National Youth Service graduates who have the requisite qualifications;
7 the Party District Executive Committee Chairmen be allocated motor cycles to effectively enhance their mobility in executing Party programmes;
8 the Party amends the Party Constitution to recognise Non-Combatant Cadres and War Collaborators as categories forming part of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle;
9 1st July of each year be declared a Public Holiday in honour of the late Hon. Vice President, Cde. Dr. Joshua Nyongolo Mqabuko Nkomo;
10 political returnees from the opposition be integrated into the Party after following proper procedures thereby ensuring their progressive ascendency in the Party Structures;
11 Party internal election processes should strive to achieve the implementation of the 50-50 Gender Equality Policy;
12 the Party should create a level political field to allow women access to positions of authority, within the Party, in Government and in other institutions;
13 the Party establishes Information Desks at each District Coordinating Committee Offices;
14 attendance at the Chitepo School of Ideology sessions be encouraged for all members of ZANU PF; and
15 Nhanga/ Gota/ Ixhiba programmes be supported by the Party. The Party directs Government to:
B. State of the Economy Macroeconomic Stability
16 take robust measures to strengthen the purchasing power of the Zimbabwe Gold currency (ZiG) and entrench its usage;
17 expedite efforts to de-dollarise the economy and promote the use of the ZiG as the country’s sole currency;
18 promote the wider circulation of the ZiG currency and its availability in all denominations;
19 curb money laundering, speculation and arbitrage on the parallel market, including the criminalisation of the activities of economic saboteurs, errant manufacturers, retailers and other service providers as well as prescribing deterrent penalties;
20 synchronise, harmonise and coordinate all fiscal and monetary policies in order to stabilise the economy;
21 implement a robust zero tolerance legal framework against corruption;
22 formulate a set of incentives and other support measures to promote indigenous participation in the mining sector;
23 amend the legislation on Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) in order to allow other players to prospect in the area covered by the EPO;
24 enforce the policy of “Use it or Lose it” in order to inhibit mining entities from holding mining claims for speculative purposes;
25 develop and implement a robust programme to revive all closed-down mines through modern technologies, innovation and funding frameworks;
26 ensure that land owners in resettlement areas are given “the right of first refusal” in mining claims;
27 revoke non-operational special grants in mining to give other potential investors with the relevant capacity an opportunity to work on the grants;
28 ensure that investors are incentivised to purchase raw materials from local producers;
29 ensure that the Mutapa Investment Fund is strategically structured and operationalised to resuscitate and capacitate State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) so as to increase their contribution to the National GDP;
30 ensure that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, working with law enforcement agencies, develop and implement a robust system that curb leakages of unprocessed natural resources and the smuggling of goods in and out of the country;
31 speed up the completion of Gwayi-Shangani and Kunzvi Dams
