Resolutions of the 17th Zanu PF Annual National People’s Conference held at Esigodini, Matabeleland South, from 13-16 December 2018
The Resolutions were in 5 main areas
1. Political
2. Economics
3. Historical
4. Local Governance and
5 War Veterans, Women, Youth
- Political
– Reaffirmation of President Mnangagwa as the Party’s Presidential Candidate for 2023 Elections
– Restructuring of the Party from Cells to Provincial Structures in 2019 which will be prefaced by issuance of electronic membership cards
– Preparations for the 2023 Harmonised Elections to begin in earnest
– Translation of the Party’s Constitution into all local languages
– Secretary for Information and Publicity to be the only one to communicate messages from the Party
– Audit of Party investments and to look for new investment opportunities
– The Party must establish its own radio and television service to publish its own programmes
- Economics
– Zero tolerance to corruption
– Rehabilitation and mordenisation of all irrigation facilities in the country
– Transparency and fair distribution of farming inputs
– Need for creation of local and external markets for farm produces
– Creation of an enabling environment for economic development founded on ease of doing business
– Government must intervene to curb three-tier pricing system
– Revival of NRZ and Air Zimbabwe must be accelerated
– Promotion of community-based tourism for empowerment of communities
– Re-engagement efforts must be continued with international community
– Protection of intellectual property from piracy through strong legislation
- Historical
– Establishment of a liberation war museum and promotion of production to document liberation heritage
-The Party and Government must lead the process to thank ancestral spirits for Independence
– Repatriation of body parts belonging to first and second Chimurenga heroes and heroines such as Chief Chingaira
- Local Governance
– Local authorities must regularise the informal sector
– Metropolitan Provinces of Bulawayo and Harare must have separate Provincial Councils
– Capacitation of Office of the Minister of State and Provincial Councils to enable them to lead economic activities in the Province
- War Veterans, Women and Youth
– All War Veterans must be allocated farmland
– The Party Constitution must be aligned to the National Constitution to enshrine the 50/50 representation in all leadership positions
– Amendment of National Constitution to extend the proportional representation to continue.
– National Youth Service programme must be resumed in the first quarter of 2019
– Government must develop a special fund for students with disabilities