Zimbabwe is on the right development trajectory and the Government has intensified efforts to deliver tangible results as it economically empowers the people, President Mnangagwa stressed this weekend at the conclusion of the party’s 23rd National People’s Conference in Chinhoyi on Saturday.
In his closing address, the President continuously pushed delivery over promises and declarations, and made it clear that resolutions needed to be acted upon to deliver the tangible results that mattered.
This has been the central thrust of his Presidency all along, desiring practical solutions that really work rather than just empty talk; this weekend that was once again the major theme of his closing address.
The Second Republic has obviously been doing well and the successes were sketched out at the start of the conference: high economic growth that encompasses everyone, low inflation and a stable currency, significant upgrades in education, health and other social services, and Zimbabweans earning their way to prosperity by growing, mining, processing and producing the products everyone wants to buy.
And the conference wanted to maintain the approach that the Government has to ensure that if people work hard then they will not just succeed, but enjoy the fruits of their labour.
So the President saw this general approach continuing, but with ever more emphasis on delivering results all the way down to grassroots levels so that all would be gathered into the general and growing prosperity.
He stressed the need for both hard and honest work by all, but also that the benefits should be universal.
He stressed that the Zanu PF Government would continue to back all sectors of the economy by continuing to create the environment where business and socio-economic pursuits could thrive.
The empowerment of young people, women and vulnerable groups had to receive a high priority, and again the President was talking about results.
The inclusivity of the national development approach was critical, with the focus on not just achieving higher levels of economic development, but on improving the standards of living of all citizens.
That meant modernising, industrialising and empowering all the people. While the conference successfully examined the state of the party, the economy and society as a whole, he noted, and the resolutions outlined programmes and policies to be implemented and challenges requiring attention to propel prosperity for all, there was need for shared responsibility, patriotism, loyalty, discipline, and hard, honest work.
More than 7 000 delegates from across the country attended the conference.
The delegates would have included most of the local councillors, members of Parliament and the national Government. But there were in addition, the leadership of the district and provincial grass roots, and the President wanted them to take the conference back to their home areas and implement the resolutions.
One huge advantage that a well-organised mass party has is not only that strength to mobilise, but also to monitor and evaluate, and the President really wanted that to happen.
The President was also keen on continuing input from grassroots communities, religious leaders, academia, hospitalists, farmers, SMEs and entrepreneurs. They all should find the party had open doors.
