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Joseph Madzimure-Zimpapers Politics Hub
The ruling Zanu PF party anticipates a year of accelerated growth and significant economic achievement in 2026, driven by President Mnangagwa’s economic policies, a senior official has said.
Party Secretary for Information and Publicity, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa, said in an interview that the party’s focus will remain on “empowerment and upliftment” of citizens, with a continued push to expand its flagship rural development initiative.
“The party, led by President Mnangagwa, shall continue to focus on empowerment and upliftment of our people,” Ambassador Mutsvangwa said.
He specifically pointed to the Village Business Units (VBUs) programme, a Government initiative aimed at rural industrialisation, as a key success.
Ambassador Mutsvangwa said the VBUs have “changed the contents of wallets of many in previously dry areas” and pledged to support their proliferation nationwide.
The VBUs are community-based agricultural centres designed to create jobs and increase local incomes.
According to Ambassador Mutsvangwa, the programme provides training in climate-resilient farming and has developed solar-powered boreholes and irrigation systems to combat water shortages.
“The VBUs have led to job creation and increased income for local residents, directly impacting their financial well-being,” he said, adding that the initiative has improved food security in drought-prone regions.
Looking beyond agriculture, Ambassador Mutsvangwa positioned Zanu PF as the primary driver of national devolution, mineral beneficiation and industrial modernisation.
He said the party would continue to communicate the “strides and milestones” of the Second Republic.
“Zanu PF remains the sole vehicle for accelerated development that will spur the country to a better future,” Ambassador Mutsvangwa asserted, citing policies aligned with the National Development Strategy 2.
He highlighted recent record wheat harvests as evidence of successful party policy in agriculture and vowed that Zanu PF would continue to advance projects to extract “maximum returns from rich local resources.”
