Published by the government of Zimbabwe
25 June 2009
Harare — PRESIDENT Mugabe has reiterated Zanu-PF's total commitment to the inclusive Government despite concerted efforts by the West to divide the parties involved.
Western Governments visited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have refused to either lift sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe and Zanu-PF officials or fund the inclusive Government directly, choosing to channel resources to non-governmental organisations in a bid to create divisions.
The President noted that Zanu-PF had gone into the coalition without abandoning or sacrificing its principles and its hallmark as a people-oriented party.
"Certainly, and as has been made clear, being in the inclusive Government does not mean the abandonment of the land reform programme. The Zimbabwean land is for Zimbabweans. Others can only be recipients of it if we, Zimbabweans, say so. We have said this again and again!" he said.
President Mugabe reminded white farmers trying to be mischievous that land reform was irreversible.
"It is a process that is legal and was recognised at Lancaster House in 1979.
"The Global Political Agreement which has created the inclusive Government states emphatically that the land reform is irreversible. So no tricks, antics or gimmicks aimed at changing the land acquisition programme will ever succeed," he said.
Cde Mugabe said the inclusive Government was working to improve the economic situation since its formation and had set itself some targets and projections.
He said one of the objectives of the inclusive Government was to achieve peace among Zimba-bweans and the Organ for Peace and Reconciliation was set up to achieve that purpose.
"We are expected to relate well as Zimbabweans with common interests and a common future."
President Mugabe noted a significant improvement in the availability of goods on the market and a good 2008-9 agricultural season that has resulted in improved food supplies.
He said while these signs gave the Government some encouragement, it remained concerned that the majority of people were still finding it difficult to sustain themselves.
"The inclusive Government must, therefore, move fast in finding ways and means to remunerate its workers meaningfully. But this should be possible with a quick enough economic recovery," President Mugabe said.
He once again called for the immediate lifting of sanctions and challenged MDC-T "to be unambiguous" in calling for their removal.
"I hope that Prime Minister Tsvangirai's visit to Europe and the United States has provided him with a good opportunity to appeal strongly for the removal of sanctions," President Mugabe said.
He challenged the inclusive Government to come up with a new Constitution in accordance with the Kariba Draft within 24 months of its formation while challenging the Zanu-PF Central Committee to educate people on the contents of the draft document.
"We should accordingly educate ourselves about the contents of the Kariba Draft Constitution and explain it to our people as well as asking them their own views on it. We should properly educate our people so as to enable them to make informed decisions."
President Mugabe, who sat with Zanu-PF secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa at the high table, told the Central Committee that Vice President Joice Mujuru was attending a United Nations summit on the global financial and economic crisis in New York while Vice President Joseph Msika was unwell.
Zanu-PF should undergo renewal and revamping if it is to regain its vibrancy and revolutionary spirit, President Mugabe told the Central Committee yesterday.
Speaking at the 76th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee at the party's headquarters in Harare, he said there was need to breathe new life into non-performing structures of the party.
"On a different level, and as the situation illustrates in some of our party structures, it is imperative that the party undergoes renewal and revamping," President Mugabe said.
"In some places, we need to breathe new life into affected and non-performing structures, right from the grassroots." He said that in the renewal process, Zanu-PF should imbibe a new sense of purpose and a dynamism that gives it versatility and adaptation to evolving politics of the present time.
"This has to happen if the party is to regain its vibrancy and characteristic revolutionary spirit. The Central Committee, which provides key and central leadership to the party, is being charged as before with this urgent responsibility of having to re-energise and re-invigorate the party," he said.
President Mugabe said the Central Committee, as the custodian of the party, should be "filled with the desire to revive the needed revolutionary spirit of the party".
He urged Central Committee members to shun vices like corruption, selfishness, divisiveness and jealousy, saying these worked adversely against the party.
President Mugabe said Zanu-PF was a people's party whose unfailing duty was to defend the people and their welfare.
He challenged the Central Committee to explain to the people important developments arising in the party and the country like clarifying the meaning and functions of the inclusive Government and Zanu-PF's role in it.
"Many people seem to have the wrong notion that Zanu-PF has been swallowed in the inclusive Government. It is your responsibility to correct this erroneous notion."
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'They're Committed to destroy the Inclusive Govt'
Mugabe committed to the GNU. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha h ah ha ha ha. He's just saying this because he wants the personel snctions on him lifted so he can get at the NGO money. You're going to have to do better than that. Best for bob to get lost in Malaysia in the jungles there and stay away from our zimbabwe. Zimbabwe does not need ZanuPooF terrorists.
"Shun Vices like CORRUPTION, !! R U HAVING A LAUGH BET U HE CANT WAIT TO GET HIS HANDS ON THE DOSH AND BUILD ANOTHER PALACE FOR HIMSELF THEY SHOULD INSIST THE MONIES FROM THE GLOBAL FUND BE RETURNED
There you and your lot go again, Black souls in white skins or white souls in Black skins ,whatever, you no-do-gooders, claiming to be Librals who know more about our Revolution ,more than ourselves you think you know how we should run our affairs more than us, you want to shove your kind of Democracy down our throats ,yet yesterday you rode on our backs,today you claim to be champions of democracy , Keep it to your lot. Dziri tsitsi dzeyi kubvisa mwana webvana madziwhwa? Hezvo your Teaboy is back minus Zero, the West saw his hand in the begging bowl,not for the People and did not play ball sorry it did not work. They are now aware that RF /MDC had misled them about the sanctions and our Revolution.Honest leaders of the world are not inhumane as your lot had hoped . Remember my last writing that Teaboy,s trip was the death of the RF/ MDC. ZANU yes you have managed to cower to an extent, they are now tired , but the African Revolution will alluta continue ZAPU is well rested and ready to counter all Neo-colonialism agendas, now trying a new trick with investments, the minerals, resources and all that is in Zim belongs to us,so whoever wants to invest is most welcome, but at our terms . He is now being tasked to change the natural laws of investment ,so as to Re-colonise us again , ZAPU says No NO OH no we will never be a Colony Again. Oh by the way ,I did go back to the roof rafters for a while, to check on ZAPU cadres they sent greetings ,love and an invite to come aboard
lizard you and these few others talk about your Revolution man that was over thirty years ago so get over it and move on with life. No one wants your country but your own zanu-pf and Mugabe stealing farms and your other resources that you have. Your worry is not about the West because no one wants Zim open your eyes Mugabe over his time as President along with Zanu-pf have raped and destroyed the country.
No one in the right mind will invest into Zim because of Mugabe and the Zanu-pf because everyone including you know what Zim's true problems are. You can run all the white farmers off and steal their land and their belongings and say it is your right according to the Mugabe way of thinking but guess what go for it and do it.
Do not come to the West begging for money to rebuild your country when was destroyed by your own leaders and it will continued to be devastated until their gone..
Mr afri35 and your lot ,you are forcing my hand now, my patience with the likes of you is thinning,anyway for record,s sake , Our war of Liberation ended 31yrs ago, but The Revolution, which is ours mind you, is still an on going struggle .ZAPU is now taking over the Revolution, since the forces of colonialism have made ZANU to stumble and are tired , they are now passing the torch to ZAPU. It seems like you and the one who sent me back to the roof rafters are skirting the ZAPU issue, are you scared, no need to be ,Lizards never hurt you only gives you the creeps,feeling guilty , no need to again , just forget you once rode hard on Our backs and accept that ZAPU as the only vehicle to your total emancipation, for RF and MDC are a-dead and ZANU on its knees for now. If you decide to comment on the ZAPU issue, be smart not to bring about Tribalism , Zim Blacks are too smart to fall for that. ZAPU is an all Inclusive Revolutionary Party of the Africans, black or white, ASk Mr ZUMA
No, the West's liberals have no clue what happened during the Revolution. Most do not even know what it's like to see their own families murdered, and the few that do are deluded into thinking they will someday reap rewards for forgiving and ensslaving themselves to the murderers. The West is too good at protecting its citizens in a veil of peace, democracy, and wealth for them to understand what life was, or is, like in Zimbabwe, even for the ones working for the NGOs.
What they do understand, however, is what needs to take place to build a peaceful, democratic, and wealthy nation. If the people of Zimbabwe could just swallow their pride and hate and listen to them, they could actually build a nation as peaceful, democratic, and wealthy as any in the West... but that won't happen until the war is won against the "big men" of Zimbabwe who work to enrich themselves at the expense of their brothers.
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While the Zanuobos were having their party meeting, several floors below in the Ministry of Barbecues, a crisis developed in the buffet line which threatens international relations. Several members of a visiting delegation from the Ministry of Weights and Measures complained that they were being short changed in their portions of prime rib beef being sliced off a round at the carving table. Upon closer inspection, it appeared that the beef in question was actually a large Asian freshwater turtle doctored up with an extra layer of glaze. When technicians from the Ministry of Menu Subsitutions attempted to confiscate the turtle, an unpleasantness developed in the line among those still waiting to be served. Technicians divided the object in half to satisfy those who still wanted their portion. Members of the Ministry of Sauces and Glazes beat a hasty retreat from the lunchroom before they could be interviewed. The Chinese embassy did not return calls.