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Zvamaida Murwira, Senior Zimpapers Reporter
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has affirmed that the Zanu-PF-led Government remains committed to delivering inclusive and sustainable development across all sectors of the economy, ensuring that the benefits reach every citizen nationwide.
He said the multi-faceted economic projects, covering agriculture, health and manufacturing sectors among others, are evidence that efforts by the country’s detractors to derail progress have remained futile.
President Mnangagwa, who is also Zanu-PF First Secretary, said this yesterday in Mutare while officially opening the party’s 22nd Annual National People’s Conference.
“The Zanu-PF-led Government, under my leadership, is championing an undeniable economic revolution with a firm GDP growth trajectory. The impacts of our policies are reaching all districts, wards and villages,” he said.
“Vanoona ngatiwonei, vanonzwa tinzwisise. (Those with eyes will see and those who can hear should do so.) No amount of falsehoods by detractors will ever conceal the true and positive story of Zimbabwe”.
President Mnangagwa said sustainable, people-centred development and prosperity can never be a “Big Bang”.
“We are a nation on the rise. Systematically, orderly, and through a disciplined approach, we are building the Zimbabwe we want; brick by brick, and stone upon stone. Gradually, we are lifting people into a better quality of life, step by step and community by community.”
He said empowerment programmes being carried out are meant to help entrepreneurs, particularly women and youth.
“The ongoing empowerment programmes are designed to facilitate entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Our youth and women must make money here, in the free and independent land of our birth.
“No one and no place will be left behind. Makorokoto, Amhlophe, Kumabasa edu akasiyana-siyana, tirikuratidza kuti, zvokwadi-zvokwadi, Nyika, inovakwa, inotongwa, inonamatigwa nevene vayo/ Ilizwe lakhiwa, libuswe, likhuleke-lwe ngabanikazi balo. Hallelujah. (Congratulations, in our different occupations, we are demonstrating that a nation is developed by its own people.)”
President Mnangagwa said the agricultural sector, which has been recording successive bumper harvests since the dawn of the Second Republic, was the panacea to self-reliance.
“Agriculture production and productivity are our reliable and consistent path to self-reliance. Higher agricultural productivity should now translate to expansion of our agro-industries. Conference is called upon to guide our structures and the nation at large to ensure that our agriculture is market-driven, not only to feed ourselves but particularly, for export destinations,” he said.
“The aim is to also see better health and nutrition, especially for our children and improved household incomes, as a result of the successes in the agriculture sector. The Party has a duty to plan and direct our Government in a manner that realises these aspirations.”
President Mnangagwa noted that preparations for the 2025/2026 summer cropping season had already started, with inputs being distributed across the country.
“I congratulate the Party for mobilising farmers towards climate-proofing our agriculture. The increased uptake of the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme is a demonstration of our shared vision to be a nation that produces what we eat. Well done, Zimbabwe. The record maize, wheat and tobacco yields, as well as mineral sales, together with the expanding manufacturing sector and increasing tourist arrivals, all point to our unstoppable potential,” he said.
Zimbabweans in the diaspora, said President Mnangagwa, were playing their part in nation-building through remittances and investing in their country.
“Going forward, the Zanu-PF-led Government will continue to collaborate with the private sector to consolidate the gains we are realising from the prevailing conducive business environment. Zimbabwe is open for business, with focus now on investment promotion in rural areas. As we welcome investors in our jurisdiction, we expect that they will adhere to the Constitution and laws, while also respecting our people, customs and culture,” he said.
The President said the Government was moving to modernise the country’s hospitals and other health centres.
“Government has put in place concrete strategies to quicken the rate of modernisation of our hospitals as well as the availability of drugs and medicines. Tomorrow, I will be commissioning the NatPharm medical warehouse here in
Mutare, at the Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital,” he said.
“Science education is at the core of industrialisation and sustainable development. The Party should ensure that
Government is directed to prioritise the construction, equipping and manning of science labs, especially in rural areas. The Heritage-Based Education 5.0 model has had evident results.”
The Conference, which ends tomorrow, is being held under the theme: “Attainment of Vision 2030, through Economic Empowerment and Value Addition.”
