Own Correspondent|Members of the Political Actors Dialogue. POLAD, will meet at President Mnangagwa’s Sherwood Farm in Kwekwe today exactly the reason why main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has always refused to be part of the group.

In his rejection of POLAD, Chamisa has always insisted that the meetings must be held at neutral venues and chaired by a neutral person.

In an interview yesterday, Deputy Chief Secretary in the President’s Office Mr George Charamba said the decision to take political dialogue to the Sherwood was made after the Polad negotiators nominated the venue.

Further, it was agreed that a tour of the farm encourages productivity among all Zimbabweans regardless of political affiliation.

Said Mr Charamba: “It was a request made by Polad members. The programme is very simple, a couple of hours of business and then another couple of hours touring the farm. So it is almost like a farmers’ field day after the serious business of talks.

“It does clinch the notion of productivity which has been the President’s watchword that we should work, work and work for our economy to grow.”

Polad was launched in May this year and is convened by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by retired Justice Selo Nare, a Mnangagwa appointee.