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Samuel Kadungure
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ZANU PF Manicaland has set its fundraising machinery in motion to raise at least US$100 000 as its contribution towards the successful hosting of the 23rd National People’s Conference in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West Province, in October this year.
The party expects between 3 500 and 4 000 delegates at the indaba, which President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said will focus on impactful, pragmatic socio-economic and policy decisions.
Manicaland provincial chairman, Cde Tawanda Mukodza, on Wednesday, said the province pledged US$75 000, with additional pledges in food and livestock, and was targeting more.
“Our fundraising, guided by the national leadership, is US$75 000, coupled with other items like food and livestock. But I promise we can exceed that. We are expecting, so far, with what we have done today, US$85 000, and we can even exceed US$100 000. We want to activate our structures to go and collect that money. Anyone who wants to donate to the party is free.
“ZANU PF is a party that lives and moves with the people. We accept any donation from whosoever wishes. We just picked the same fundraising committee from the previous conference. We hosted one of the best conferences in the history of the party, and that same committee will fundraise and brings what they get to the party. The deadline has been relaxed, and we are expecting to have remitted the money to the national in the next week or two,” said Cde Mukodza.
He said after fundraising the party will also convene inter-district conferences to craft resolutions ahead of the national gathering.
“It is constitutional that we hold provincial inter-district conferences before we go for conferences – so that we make resolutions from the people, by the people. We will be looking forward to that, and we are saying we want to move beyond 2030 with the current leadership. We will make and support that as a new resolution. It will be tabled as a new resolution to move ahead with our leadership beyond 2030 because we have confidence in the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa,” said Cde Mukodza.
The 22nd ZANU PF National People’s Conference was held from October 13 to 18, 2025 at Mutare Polytechnic in Manicaland Province under the theme: “Attaining Vision 2030 through Economic Empowerment and Value Addition”.
Hosting the indaba in Manicaland was widely seen as tribute to the province’s central role in the liberation struggle.
The province is also home to many national heroes and heroines, making it a befitting venue for the party’s annual gathering.
That conference produced a unanimous resolution to extend President Mnangagwa’s term from 2028 to 2030, which resolution culminated in Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, now assented to as Constitutional Amendment Act No. 3.
At the heart of the reform is the extension of the Presidential term from five to seven years — a move intended to ensure policy continuity — and the introduction of a Parliamentary Electoral College system, in which elected representatives will convene to elect the President after a general election.
This innovation strengthens representative democracy by placing the decision in the hands of the people’s chosen delegates, fostering consensus and parliamentary deliberation, and removing toxicity that has characterised the political landscape since 2000.
The return of voter registration to the Registrar-General is also expected to leverage existing national infrastructure, improve data integrity and create seamless synergy between the civil registry and the voters’ roll.
Other provisions insulate the Delimitation Commission from capture, empower the Senate and streamline judicial appointments — all seen as foundational to state building and development.
The amendment followed one of the country’s most extensive public consultation processes, underscoring Zimbabwe’s commitment to constitutional democracy and citizen participation.
Parliament received 540 037 written submissions, with 537 102 supporting the proposed amendments and 2 935 opposing them.
Public hearings reflected similar backing, with 67 302 citizens in support compared to 386 opposed.
