The Sunday News
PRESIDENT Mugabe has called for peace and unity among party members, reiterating that members must be guided by party principles and policies.
Speaking to party supporters during the official handover of a house built for the First Family by Gweru businesswoman Mrs Smelly Dube, the Head of State and Government said there was a need for unity among party members and Zimbabweans in general.
The “Gushungo House”, which chronicles the life history of President Mugabe through images and portraits dating back to the liberation struggle, was built in Woodlands Park in Gweru. It is expected to enhance township tourism in the Midlands capital.
“Takanzwa kuti nezuro kuno maive naAmai vakazonditaurira manheru kuti havasi nvanhu ivavo vakauya kumusangano zvinofadza. Ndine ruzivo rwekuti kuno ku Midlands Province makabatana. Tinoda kuti vanhu vabatane muno mu Province pamwechete ne nyika yose tiri mugwara remusangano. Kuno Tinoda kuti mubatane kuitira kuti rwendo rwunouya tikunde chero muno muGweru (we heard that the First Lady visited the province and people turned out in their numbers. This shows that there is unity in the province. We should be united in this province and the country at large),” he said.
President Mugabe said Government had committed itself to give food supplements to areas that have been hard hit by hunger and those whose stocks cannot sustain them up to the next harvesting period.
He said people should complement Government efforts to alleviate hunger and ensure maximum utilisation of land to curb perennial droughts that have bedevilled the country in the past few years.
President Mugabe said there was a need for people to be innovative and employ other strategies that can extricate them from hunger and other challenges rather than waiting for handouts from Government.
“Tirikuona kuti makore maviri apfuura goo redu harina kuita zvakanaka uye mvura yakaita shoma. Ikozvino kune nzvimbo kune vanhu vasina chavakakohwa seHurumende tichavabatsira nzvimbo nenzvimbo nekuti hatidi kuzonzwa kuti pane vanhu vakafa pamusaka penzara zvingatinyadzise zvikuru. Asika imi munoitao nepenyu chero muchiziva kuti rubatsiro runenge rwuripo. Ndizvo zvatinoda kuti vanhu vaite edzai kuzvibatsira hatidi kuti vanhu vagogara vachiti hurumemnde ichatibatsira. Tine zvatinogona kuita seHurumende koitao patitadza kubatsira nguva dzose (Government has committed itself to give food aid to areas that have been hard hit by hunger. People, however, should complement Government efforts and ensure that they alleviate poverty and avert hunger in their respective communities),” he said.
President Mugabe’s remarks come in the wake of Government distributing 200 000 tonnes of maize to areas that have been hard hit by drought amid reports that the country has a maize deficit of 700 000 tonnes.
He also took a swipe at party members who deviated from the party ideology and principles in pursuit of selfish interests.
President Mugabe rebuked former party spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo for deviating from the party principles and plotting to topple party leadership using unorthodox means.
“Vamwe vakadzimara vabuda pachena vakuda kuti vauraye vakuru vatore umambo nechisimba. VaGumbo ndisekuru kuniozvarwa mai asi kana voita zvakadaro ipapo tinopesana. Vaida hukuru muno mu province tikati imi mungaite mukuru kuna VaMnangagwa vasina kumbobvira vapanduka ivo vakapanduka nguva yehondo tikazovadzora navaMuzenda,” he said.
President Mugabe said the two MDC formations championing the Western imperialist agenda of regime change have also failed to dismantle the robust revolutionary party which liberated the country through a protracted war.
President Mugabe had a time to view all the images at Gushungo House that also capture the life of the First Family. After touring the house President Mugabe thanked Mrs Dube for coming up with the historic initiative.
“I was taken aback by some of the pictures I saw in the house. They are from long back during the time of the liberation struggle. I look back with nostalgia. I want to thank you Mrs Dube for building a house. I will visit regularly to Gweru now that I have a house here,” he said.
Mrs Dube is one of the most prominent property developers in Midlands and Bulawayo.
She has serviced over 20 000 stands in the Midlands Province through her company River Valley Properties.
