The on-going Zanu PF annual conference which officially opens today in Gweru will have a palpable air of déjà vu about it, while being some sort of a homecoming for President Robert Mugabe who will be retracing his political footpath to the city where he started his long career in the party in 1964.
Almost 50 years ago, Zanu PF, after breaking away from the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo's Zapu, held its first congress in Gweru from May 21-23, 1964, with Mugabe being among the founding leaders.
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