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Kennedy Mavhumashava in Chinhoyi
THE resounding victory that Zanu-PF scored in the July elections does not signal the collapse of the West’s illegal regime change machinations in Zimbabwe, Vice-President, Joice Mujuru warned here yesterday. Cde Mujuru said the illegal sanctions that the West imposed on the country and other intrusive measures remain, therefore Zanu-PF must be always vigilant.
“We thank President Mugabe for leading the party though key activities over the year,” she said, while giving a vote of thanks and moving a motion for conference to take note of President Mugabe’s keynote address.
“Among them is the constitution which paved way for elections. The results of the elections shocked Britain and her allies who refused to accept the results.
However, the regime change agenda has not died simply because of our victory. This demands consistent alertness at all levels of our structures.”
She praised President Mugabe for his astute leadership. Cde Mujuru said the conference was unique in that it comes a few months after the party achieved a resounding win in July.
Welcoming delegates to the party’s 14th Annual National People’s Conference, party National Chairman, Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said the event was celebratory coming as it does soon after the July elections. He condemned corruption.
Cde Khaya Moyo urged the party and government must deliver on the promises it made as it campaigned for the elections. He called for discipline in the party and said those elected into office must not take the electorate for granted.
“Everyone has a contribution to make towards the development of our country,” he said.
“All of us can make a difference. ‘If you think you are too small to make a difference, you have not spent a night with a mosquito,’ goes the African proverb.”
Mashonaland West provincial chairman, Cde Temba Mliswa, in his message to welcome guests to his province, paid tribute to party members for voting for him. He castigated platinum miner, Zimplats for being insincere in its indigenisation plan, having only made available $400 000 of the $10 million it must provide to the Mhondoro-Ngezi Community Share Ownership Trust.
Cde Mliswa urged the Government to develop strategies to utilise the finite mining sector to finance agriculture, which he said is more enduring.
“Zimbabwe must exploit minerals to strengthen agriculture because agriculture will always be there. Mining goes down at some point, not agriculture,” he said.
While the Government delivered food relief to the southern provinces of the country after reports of food shortage were reported there, he said, the food insecurity challenge was also affecting the northern provinces that are normally self-sufficient.
Delivering a solidarity message, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association chairman, Cde Jabulani Sibanda appealed to the Government to resume paying war veterans their allowances to save them from poverty.
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