Online Reporter
Harmony Agere
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 today, 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.”
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