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In separate interviews the party’s chairpersons from the three provinces of Matabeleland, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South also said they were ready for the conference.
“Bulawayo is ready for the conference. We have made our resolutions and submitted them to the party’s headquarters in Harare. We will present the final report to the delegates on Sunday,” said Cde Isaac Dakamela, the chairman for Bulawayo province.
“We will also present the provincial report of all political activities for the year as this is going to be our last meeting before the conference.”
Cde Dakamela said the party had received an overwhelming response of people who wanted to attend the conference especially church organisations and the business people.
He said bookings for accommodation have been finalised and paid for.Cde Dakamela said the national committee in charge of accommodation would allocate rooms to delegates on Sunday.
The delegates would stay in the city’s hotels, schools and lodges.
Zanu-PF Matabeleland South chairman Cde Andrew Langa said more than 300 delegates would be coming to Bulawayo for the conference.
“All roads lead to Bulawayo on Wednesday and about 300 delegates would be coming there for the party’s biggest event.
“As a province we still uphold the resolution that President Mugabe remains our first choice presidential candidate in the next general election. We have discussed and adopted resolutions which we would present during the conference,” said Cde Langa.
Zanu-PF provincial administrator for Matabeleland North Cde Bigboy Nkanyezi also said delegates in his province would be coming to Bulawayo in their large numbers.
“We are geared for the conference and around 300 delegates would be coming. Travel arrangements have been made and delegates would be picked from district pick up points by Zupco buses on Wednesday,” said Cde Nkanyezi.
“We have finalised our resolutions and we would present them during the conference.”
This year’s conference runs under the theme “Defend national sovereignty consolidate indigenisation and economic empowerment”.
On Wednesday, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Cde Rugare Gumbo said debates on various issues would be made on Friday and Saturday.
He said debates would focus mainly on the indigenisation and empowerment programmes, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and other sectors of the economy.
Cde Gumbo said the Wikileaks saga was not on the agenda.
All the provinces with the exception of Mashonaland West, which holds its conference this weekend, have endorsed President Mugabe as the Zanu-PF candidate in the next election.
He also said the meeting of secretaries general of liberation movements that was set to run concurrently with the conference was unlikely to be held.
The parties that were set to attend are MPLA of Angola, the Patriotic Front of Zambia, ANC of South Africa, Swapo of Namibia, Chama Chamapinduzi of Tanzania, Zambia’s Unip and Frelimo of Mozambique.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter