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The ruling Zanu PF and the Government will be seized with the implementation of the party’s National People’s Conference resolutions from the last two gatherings and the National Development Strategy 2, as the country moves into 2026 on the back of a stable economy and accelerated development.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, said in an interview that the party’s resolutions from the annual conferences in 2024 and 2025 were in sync with provisions of NDS2.
“Everything is on course, and the party resolutions will be high up on the agenda for implementation and there is no going back on all the resolutions from 2024 and 2025,” he said.
“The party’s resolutions, including resolution number one which came out of both the 2025 and 2024 conferences for the extension of President Mnangagwa’s term, are all in line with the NDS2 strategy and the country’s efforts to achieve Vision 2030 of an upper-middle income economy.
“That is why it is important that we focus on these important matters as they stride across the economy and social issues that anchor the development of our country.”
Dr Muswere said the Zanu PF People’s National Conference concretised the people-centred development path towards Vision 2030.
He said the full implementation of the party’s resolutions would help move forward the people-centered development trajectory, since the resolutions came from people across the country.
Government at the end of last year launched NDS2, a successor to the National Development Strategy 1 which sat the building blocks for economic success.
A lot was achieved under NDS1 in terms of development, and NDS2 has provisions that consolidate the gains, leading to the attainment of Vision 2030.
At the 21st National People’s Conference held in Bulawayo in 2024, Zanu PF delegates resolved that the party’s First Secretary and President, Cde Mnangagwa’s term of office as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe be extended beyond 2028 to 2030.
This was in recognition of the extensive developmental milestones and the significant socio-economic progress achieved under his leadership.
At the 22nd National People’s Conference in Mutare last year, the delegates affirmed the same resolution and directed the party and Government to initiate the requisite legislative amendments to give full effect to the resolution to ensure continuity, stability and the sustained transformation of the nation.
The delegates noted that no notable steps had been taken to implement the resolution since 2024, and directed the Secretary of Legal Affairs and the Minister of Justice to ensure that before the 23rd National People’s Conference this year, the resolution of the party was fully implemented.
They further directed all organs of the party, including the Central Committee and the Politburo, to ensure that the resolution was fully implemented.
Other resolutions to come out of the 22nd National People’s Conference included that the party expedites the dissemination and enforcement of the Framework on Registration of New Affiliates and their functions, ensuring all affiliates work in harmonious synergy with the main party structures for greater collective impact.
The party was directed to develop and implement a qualified handbook that regulates and guarantees the framework of party supremacy over Government.
It was also mandated to develop a comprehensive five-year strategic plan that outlines key priorities, goals and objectives and annual programmes and projects in order to harmonise national provincial and district structures’ workflow and support strategic resource allocation.
Government was directed to deploy within the public service ideologically grounded cadres who align with the party’s values and declare of September 15 Munhumutapa Day a public holiday in honour of the tireless efforts of President Mnangagwa.
On state of the economy, on food security and nutrition, the party directed Government to clear all outstanding payments owed to farmers and ensure future deliveries are paid within one month of delivery.
The conference resolved to appreciate the philanthropic work and gastronomic tourism promotion by Her Excellency, the First Lady, Cde Dr Auxilia Mnangagwa, and to accelerate the production, value addition, beneficiation, promotion and consumption of traditional foods to enhance nutrition and improve the health and well-being of Zimbabweans.
The party resolved to modernise village business units so that their produce meets local and international market standards and epedite the establishment of new irrigation schemes and the rehabilitation of existing ones to ensure agricultural productivity and food security.
On social services and poverty eradication, the party directed Government to timeously, comprehensively and equitably distribute drought relief to communities and other social protection measures such as harmonised cash transfers and health and safety nets.
Upgrading of all district hospitals and schools of nursing to the same standards and ensure increase in nursing students intake, was another resolution.
The party directed Government to strengthen and intensify robust support for the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency to ensure that ZiG retained the status of sole legal tender for all domestic transactions, including the purchase of fuel.
Government was directed to improve the durability of the ZiG notes with enhanced security features and increase its circulation in all denominations to safeguard market stability and maintain public confidence in the national currency.
The Government was also directed to enforce anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws to eradicate speculation, money laundering, arbitrage and other economic malpractice.
Another resolution was to explore the possibility of establishing a school of mines in each mining province and review and enforce existing regulations on reserve sectors to protect indigenous businesses.
The Government was called upon to prioritise value addition and beneficiation at source of resources for locally extracted natural resources such as timber to promote local economic growth.
There was need to amend the Urban Councils Act, Rural District Councils Act and other relevant statutes to allow central Government to take over dysfunctional and non-performing local authorities and prescribe term limitations for chief executive officers, town clerks and town secretaries of local authorities.
The party directed Government to upgrade and modernise all border posts to meet global best practises and international standards, and continue the rehabilitation and modernisation of all major highways and roads across Zimbabwe.
Revitalisation of the railway’s infrastructure for efficient movement of both goods and passengers and enforcement of regulations governing transportation of heavy materials by roads were the other resolutions.
The Government was directed to accelerate the provision of affordable low-cost housing, ensuring adequate safe and affordable shelters that promote social equity and improves livelihoods of Zimbabweans.
The party resolved that directed be Government to continuously expand support for women’s access to soft loans to promote their economic empowerment programmes and projects.
On drug and substance abuse, the party directed Government to implement youth-focused community-level interventions, empowerment and livelihood programmes and capacitate and strengthen vocational training centres to curb proliferation of the scourge.
Apart from resolving to extend President Mnangagwa’s term as President of Zimbabwe from 2028 to 2030, the ruling party’s 21st National People’s Conference in 2024 made resolutions on strengthening the ZiG and expediting efforts to de-dollarise the economy. It resolved to 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.
It tasked the Government with developing and implementing a robust programme to revive all closed down mines through modern technologies, innovation and funding frameworks.
The other resolution was on ensuring that the Mutapa Investment Fund is strategically structured and operationalised to resuscitate and capacitate State-owned enterprises so as to increase their contribution to the national GDP.
The Government was tasked with speeding up the completion of Lake Gwayi Tshangani and Kunzvi Dam.
The party resolved to ensure the urgent development and implementation of a comprehensive and transformative programme that is consistent with an upper middle-income society for civil servants working conditions.
The Government was tasked with urgently reviewing the public and private pension policies to improve and safeguard the welfare of pensioners and the parameters of strengthening all pension funds as guided amongst others by the Justice Smith Commission report.
Other resolutions touched on upgrading and modernisation of infrastructure, energy generation, minerals value addition and beneficiation and agricultural production.
The Government was directed to strengthen the enforcement of legislation and regulations to combat the proliferation of fake products, counterfeit, underweight, hazardous, improperly labelled and smuggled goods in order to enhance consumer welfare and fair trade in the marketplace.
The Party directed Government to engage the British Government to fulfil its promise to contribute financially to pay off compensation to former white commercial farmers.
It enjoined Government to expedite the vetting of outstanding war veterans of the liberation struggle and gazette the names of veterans of the liberation struggle and make timely payments of appropriate gratuities and issue recognition awards.
The Party directed the Government to establish new and upgrade existing vocational training centres and recreational facilities to curb idleness that leads to drug and substance abuse.
