Key Zanu PF resolutions: Self explainer

Leadership

Mnangagwa’s extended mandate: The party agreed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will stay on as party leader and as its sole presidential candidate for 2030, edging out possible rivals within the party, such as Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.

This feeds into Mnangagwa loyalists’ quest for life presidency.

Harmonisation with national law: The change brings the Zanu PF constitution in line with the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Number 3 Act (CAA3), which lengthened presidential terms.

Congress rescheduled: The party’s elective congress has been pushed back from 2027 to 2029, and the terms of all party structures, from cell level up to the national level, now run until 2030.

This effectively means all elections have been deferred until after 2030.

Economic and agricultural policy

The government has been directed to speed up the issuing of offer letters, permits and title deeds to resettled farmers, distribute presidential agricultural inputs more effectively, and give priority to mechanisation for small-scale farmers.

Diaspora and the wider economy: Officials are directed to revise the diaspora policy so it draws direct investment into productive sectors, and to accelerate the clearing of debt arrears to open access to international finance.

Value addition and mining: The conference kept the ban on exporting raw materials in place, urged the establishment of local fruit and vegetable processing plants, proposed a special economic zone for each province, and called for the “use it or lose it” rule on mining claims to be strictly enforced.