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Samuel Kadungure
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NEGOTIATIONS are progressing well between financiers and contractors for the construction of ZANU PF’s state of the art provincial headquarters in Mutare.
The contract is structured to allow the funder to recover costs through commercial activities on site.
Valued at just over US$1 million, the ambitious project will serve as a hub for party activities, and a symbol of ZANU PF’s enduring presence in Manicaland.
Presidential Special Advisor on Investment and ZANU PF Central Committee member, Cde Paul Tungwarara, told The Manica Post last Sunday—following a briefing ahead of the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 solidarity rally at Mutare Teachers’ College—that the financing model will be a back to back agreement.
This arrangement ties construction funding directly to revenue generated from on site business ventures, ensuring the financier recoups investment through commercial returns.
The multi storey complex will feature party offices, a conference centre, and a shopping mall. Ground-breaking for the project was performed by President Mnangagwa during the ZANU PF National People’s Conference last year.
Cde Tungwarara explained that delays were due to the need to secure a partnership deal that guarantees benefits for the funder, adding that the Mutare provincial offices will take precedence over district offices.
“We are going to start with the provincial party offices, then move to the district offices. The delay was due to the fact that there was supposed to be a partnership between the one who is going to construct, which I am not going to name, and the funders because it has to be a back-to-back agreement. The one who is funding it is also going to benefit, especially from the land where party offices are going to be situated. It means we are not going to build ZANU PF party offices only, but we are going to put a conference centre, shopping mall, and other infrastructure to generate revenue. We are in discussions to finalise it,” said Cde Tungwarara.
ZANU PF Manicaland provincial chairman, Cde Tawanda Mukodza, said the project is a direct result of President Mnangagwa’s vision and commitment to strengthen the party’s infrastructure.
He said the President’s participation in the tree-planting ceremony at the venue in October testified to the party’s commitment to build the new party offices to boost its operations in Manicaland.
During the 22nd National People’s Conference held in Mutare, President Mnangagwa planted a Terminalia mantaly (Umbrella/Madagascar Almond) tree in honour of his late mother, Mbuya Mhurai Mnangagwa, at the party provincial stand – a gesture that provided the party with a clear direction and unified purpose to develop a comprehensive plan for the new provincial offices.
Cde Mukodza said the 3D architectural designs were approved, with cement and bricks already being delivered to the site.
Building materials, including bricks, cement and steel reinforcements, have been delivered in Mutare, Mutasa and Chipinge, while land for the construction of party offices in Rusape has been secured adjacent to the Makoni Country Club.
Party district offices are also expected to be constructed in Chimanimani, Buhera, Nyanga and Zimunya-Marange.
Cde mukodza said decentralising party infrastructure to the grassroots is a strategic masterstroke that deepens political participation and strengthens organisational reach.
By situating offices within communities, he said, the party bridges the distance between leadership and members, ensuring faster service delivery, immediate feedback on local concerns, and year-round mobilisation beyond election cycles.
“Local offices become hubs for policy education, youth and women’s league programmes, and conflict resolution, cultivating ownership of the party’s vision. This brick-and-mortar presence reinforces accountability, visibility and accessibility, empowering rural constituencies to shape decisions, access opportunities, and drive the collective march towards Vision 2030 from the village level up,” said Cde Mukodza.
