17th Zanu PF Annual National People’s Conference
Esigodini, Matebeleland South 13-16 December 2018
RESOLUTIONS
Final resolutions for adoption by the Conference.
The Resolutions were in 5 main areas
1. Political
2. Economics
3. Historical
4. Local Governance and
5 War Veterans, Women, Youth
1. 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 it’s own radio and television service to publish it’s own programs
2. *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 busines
-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
3. *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
4. *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
5. *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
-Ammendment of National Constitution to extend the propotional representation to continue.
- – National Youth Service program must be resumed in the first quarter of 2019
– government must develop a special fund for Students with disabilities