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Nkomo calls for Zanu-PF transformation
Masvingo Bureau

VICE President John Nkomo has challenged Zanu-PF to transform itself from a liberation movement to a development-centred party to remain relevant in the country’s body politic.

VP Nkomo said after successfully prosecuting the Third Chimurenga, there was need for the party to pursue a development agenda.

He told Zanu-PF supporters and farmers in the Rarangwe area in Nyajena, Masvingo South at the start of a two-day tour organised by the South Eastern Growers Association in the province last Friday that the peace and tranquility in Zimbabwe provided an opportune time for Zanu-PF to spearhead development.

"We now have peace and tranquility in the country and Zimbabweans should continue to celebrate this peace, unity and tranquility that the founding fathers of this nation worked so hard to bring about.

"However, to Zanu–PF, this is the time for the party to shift from being a liberation movement to a party that is development-oriented if we are to continue being relevant to the needs of our people in the 21st century. We cannot continue being a liberation movement, that time is past us.

"We should now work on what we achieved after the successful execution of the armed struggle to bring majority rule. People yearn for development and that is what we must be synonymous with as a party," he said.

He said it was imperative for all Zimbabweans to optimally work on the land, which came at a price.

VP Nkomo said the Zanu-PF leadership under President Mugabe had fulfilled its pre-independence era pledge to redistribute land.

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