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President Mnangagwa is expected to attend the Central Committee meeting of the ruling Zanu PF party today, as the party intensifies its internal consultations and policy discussions in the midst of ongoing national development efforts.
The meeting, scheduled for 10 am at the Zanu PF Headquarters in Harare, comes a day after the Politburo convened for its own closed-door session.
It is the second in a series of high-level gatherings announced earlier this week by the party’s Secretary General, Dr Obert Mpofu.
According to a statement by party spokesperson Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa, the Central Committee meeting will be followed by the National Consultative Assembly tomorrow also set for 10 am at the party’s Harare headquarters.
The Central Committee is Zanu PF’s highest decision-making body outside of Congress, and its meetings are often used to refine and ratify key policy positions and party resolutions.
The broader National Consultative Assembly, which convenes tomorrow, will offer a platform for wider engagement with senior party members from across Zimbabwe’s provinces.
Our Reporter Harmony Agere will provide updates over the next two days.
Zanu PF Second Secretaries arrive
Vice Presidents and Zanu PF Second Secretaries Cde Constantino Chiwenga and Cde Kembo Mohadi have arrived at the Zanu PF Headquarters for the party’s Central Committee meeting.
National Chairperson Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri has also arrived and the three leaders have gone for a briefing.
Central Committee members are already seated, waiting the arrival of the President.
Today’s meeting brings together members of the Central Committee and senior party officials to deliberate on a range of issues, including internal party matters, the state of the economy, and key national development projects currently underway.
The meeting underscores Zanu PF’s continued focus on aligning party priorities with the national development agenda, with top leadership actively participating in shaping the discourse.
President Mnangagwa arrives
First Secretary of Zanu PF, President Mnangagwa has arrived for the party Central Committee meeting.
He is expected to address the meeting shortly.
The President is currently in a briefing with the Presidium and other party leaders.
All is set for the meeting to start, with most of the Central Committee Members now seated.
Some of the officials in attendance
The President has entered the main auditorium to mark the beginning of the official programme.
Ululation erupts as President Mnangagwa takes to the podium
A wave of ululation, cheers, and rhythmic clapping filled the auditorium as President Emmerson Mnangagwa stepped onto the podium this afternoon to address the Zanu PF Central Committee.
The atmosphere was electric.
Delegates rose to their feet in unison as they smiled widely and made celebratory gestures.
President pays tribute to fallen heroes
President Mnangagwa steps up to the microphone. The hall quiets down.
A moment of respect and expectation fills the air.
He pivots to honouring national heroes and heroines, invoking their memory across different timelines and regions.
A moment of silence is called for. The entire room stands in solemn unity, heads bowed. It is brief, but weighted with reverence, a collective pause for the fallen sons and daughters of the soil.
President Mnangagwa has urged the Zanu PF Central Committee to remain at the forefront of steering Zimbabwe’s national development agenda
Addressing the 126th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee at the Zanu PF Headquarters in Harare, President Mnangagwa described the meeting as a critical opportunity to reflect on the party’s progress and give strategic direction on the implementation of key policies, programmes and projects.
“Our ultimate goal must be to remain immersed with the concerns of the people and always do more to improve their quality of life,” the President said.
“This is what Zanu PF stands for as a colossal, revolutionary mass party that brought about independence.”
With the 2025 Zanu PF National People’s Conference set to take place in Manicaland Province later this year, President Mnangagwa called for accelerated preparations and emphasised the oversight role of the Central Committee in ensuring the implementation of resolutions from previous party gatherings.
He praised recent developments in Government coordination, including the enhanced dashboard monitoring of ministries and agencies, as well as Cabinet Ministers’ regular briefings to party structures.
This approach, he said, is improving the alignment between party policies and Government action.
The President also commended the party’s by-election victories across several provinces as a sign of continued public confidence, urging Central Committee members to work harder to reclaim more urban constituencies.
“Party mobilisation is continuous. Let us continue marching forward hand in hand with the people of our great motherland, Zimbabwe,” he said.
President Mnangagwa stressed the importance of grassroots structures in driving national transformation, calling for tighter collaboration between the party and local authorities to ensure communities benefit from improved service delivery and socio-economic growth.
“Lifting our people out of poverty and into prosperity should begin at that level—ward by ward and district by district,” he said. “These and other developmental issues must be the main preoccupation of our party.”
He also called for discipline and adherence to laid-out party procedures, especially as Zanu PF works to build a reliable and comprehensive electronic membership database to underpin internal democratic processes.
Looking ahead to 2030, which will mark 50 years of Zimbabwe’s independence, the President challenged party leaders to benchmark national progress by comparing development achievements since 1980, citing a similar reflection he observed during FRELIMO’s 50th independence celebrations in Mozambique.
He noted that Zimbabwe’s agricultural transformation, especially through the tobacco and grain sectors demonstrates the effectiveness of the Second Republic’s policies.
“The agriculture and food systems transformation strategy is bearing fruit, with tobacco sales exceeding 316.8 million kg, up from 216 million kg last year,” he said.
Other sectors, including mining, energy, construction, and manufacturing, are also benefiting from increased investment and improved business confidence.
The education and health sectors, he said, are undergoing critical reforms, while youth and veterans of the liberation struggle are being empowered through targeted programmes.
President Mnangagwa concluded by urging the Central Committee to remain focused, disciplined, and committed to the party’s founding values and national vision.
“We are a people’s party, implementing programmes that uplift the lives of all Zimbabweans,” he said.
“Let us give guidance that propels our people’s revolution and national goals. As leaders, we must recommit ourselves to unflinchingly serve our people and party with loyalty and patriotism at all times.”
President to Address Zanu PF National Consultative Assembly
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to address the Zanu PF National Consultative Assembly (NCA) at the party’s headquarters in Harare, as the ruling party wraps up a week of high-level strategic meetings.
The NCA meeting follows Wednesday’s Politburo session and Thursday’s 126th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee, both of which were presided over by President Mnangagwa and focused on internal party reviews, national policy implementation and preparations for the 2025 Zanu PF National People’s Conference set to be held in Manicaland Province.
Today’s assembly brings together senior party members, veterans, affiliate leaders and provincial representatives from across the country.
It serves as a broader platform for consultation, policy discussion, and reinforcement of the party’s direction on national development matters.
President Mnangagwa is expected to use his address to rally the party’s leadership around key national objectives, particularly as the Government continues to push forward with Vision 2030, a strategy to transform Zimbabwe into an upper-middle-income economy.
The National Consultative Assembly plays a key advisory role in shaping the party’s policy discourse and ensuring grassroots alignment with Zanu PF’s broader governance agenda.
Zanu PF spokesperson Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa earlier this week highlighted the importance of these meetings in aligning the party’s political machinery with the country’s socio-economic transformation goals.
Vice Presidents and Zanu PF Second Secretaries arrive for NCA
Zanu PF Vice Presidents and Second Secretaries, Cde Constantino Chiwenga and Cde Kembo Mohadi, have arrived at the party’s Headquarters in Harare for the National Consultative Assembly (NCA).
The event is being headlined by an address from President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The assembly brings together senior party officials, provincial leadership, veterans of the liberation struggle, affiliate organisations, and other key stakeholders.
Senior Zanu PF officials have also arrived for the event.
The venue is already packed with delegates as they wait the arrival of President Mnangagwa.
President Mnangagwa arrives
President Mnangagwa has arrived at the Zanu PF Headquarters in Harare to preside over the party’s National Consultative Assembly (NCA).
President Mnangagwa’s arrival was met with enthusiastic applause from party members.
He is now in briefing and is expected to address delegates shortly.
The National Consultative Assembly serves as a broad advisory body within Zanu PF, bringing together influential voices from across the party’s structures to deliberate on strategic political, economic, and organisational matters.
Delegates are already seated.
The President has entered the main auditorium to mark the beginning of the official programme
