Online Reporter
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau
THE Government has made significant progress in implementing its priority development projects, with more than 25 initiatives across various ministries surpassing the 50 percent completion mark during the third 100-day cycle.
The achievement is a clear demonstration of the Second Republic’s commitment to accelerating economic transformation and improving livelihoods in line with Vision 2030.
The 100-day cycle approach, introduced under President Mnangagwa’s administration, is designed to enhance accountability, efficiency and timely delivery of public projects, ensuring that ministries remain results-focused and citizen-centred.
Since 2018, the Second Republic has pursued a development agenda anchored on Vision 2030, which seeks to transform Zimbabwe into an upper-middle-income economy. Central to this vision is the 100-Day Cycle Performance Management Framework, launched to ensure ministries and parastatals deliver measurable outcomes within short, clearly defined timelines.
The approach has yielded visible progress in infrastructure development, agriculture, digitalisation, energy expansion and housing delivery. Through programmes such as Devolution, Zunde RaMambo/Isiphala Se Nkosi, the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme, and the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), the Government continues to promote inclusive growth and empower communities.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere said during a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday that the progress recorded across multiple sectors reflected tangible results of this results-based management system.
“Over 25 Government priority projects for the third 100-day cycle across various ministries have surpassed 50 percent completion, demonstrating the Second Republic’s resolve to deliver people-centred development in line with Vision 2030,” he said.
In a major boost for national food security, Zimbabwe has already surpassed its annual wheat requirement of about 360,000 tonnes following another successful winter wheat season.
“During the current season, cumulatively 588,470 tonnes have been harvested from 113,077 hectares. This volume already surpasses our last year’s record production of 562,091 tonnes,” said Dr Muswere.
He said an additional 9,489 hectares out of the total 122,566 hectares planted would be harvested by early November, pushing national output even higher.
“This production is a 511 percent increase from 2019. Zimbabwe is one of only two countries on the African continent that have achieved wheat self-sufficiency,” said the minister.
This achievement comes amid ongoing Government efforts to strengthen agricultural productivity through irrigation expansion, mechanisation and private-sector partnerships under the Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation Strategy (2020–2025).
Dr Muswere highlighted several infrastructure and digital transformation projects that have reached key milestones.
Among them is the Holy Cross Dam Chalets Project in Chirumhanzu District, Midlands Province, where five chalets have been completed as part of a rural ecotourism development initiative. The project includes the construction of chalets, a conference centre and recreational facilities at the Holy Cross Dam.
The initiative is part of the Government’s wider rural industrialisation and agro-innovation strategy, which seeks to unlock economic opportunities for rural communities through tourism, agriculture and small-scale enterprise development.
Dr Muswere said the Holy Cross Dam project is set to boost the local economy by creating jobs, generating income and supporting related activities such as fishing and agriculture.
In the digital sphere, the Deeds Automation and Digitisation Project is progressing well and remains on track for its year-end completion target.
Other major projects include the Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS) — a key component of judicial digital transformation — where all targets are being met, and the Smart Metering Project, which is now 65 percent complete across provinces.
Dr Muswere also reported significant progress at Tamarind Lodges in Nyanga, where the construction of conference facilities, kitchen and restaurant infrastructure is 80 percent complete.
Cabinet also approved the introduction of the User Pays Principle to guide compensation for Government housing projects developed on privately owned indigenous properties, farms and urban State land.
“Under the User Pays Principle, beneficiaries of the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle Programme will be required to pay for the total development costs, inclusive of the value of land, cost of servicing and any other associated costs,” said Dr Muswere.
“Government will facilitate negotiations between the indigenous and other land owners and the beneficiaries, thereby allowing the residents to purchase the land directly over an agreed period of time.”
Dr Muswere said the Government would facilitate negotiations between indigenous landowners and beneficiaries to allow residents to purchase the land directly over an agreed period of time, thereby regularising land ownership and promoting orderly urban settlement.
