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'-~r 14549IR CONTEN" E d ito ria l .................................................................................................................................... ........................ 2 The Early Life and Work of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe ...................................................................... 6 F a m ily P ic to ria l ............. ................................................. .......................... ............................................ 3 2 ZANU (PF) and the Executive Presidency .................................................... 38 Presidential Pension and Retirement Benefits Bill, 1987 ............................................................................ 39 End of Year Central Committee Meeting P o in ts ra is e d t... .............................................................................................................. .. ..................... 4 0 Full Text of Historic Unity Agreement ...................................... ........... 44 0)fffi Zimbabwe News is the 6fficial News Organ of the Zimbabwe African National Union [ZANU (PF] and is produced on the ulhorily of the Central Committee by tht, Department of Information and Pubicty, Jongwe Printing and Pubhso ng Co., No. 14 Austin R~ad, Workington, Harare World Copyright, Central Committee JZANU (PF)I Editorial Council: Cde. N.M Shamuyatra, Cde. SS. Mumb.?ngegwi, Cde C. Ndhlovu' Cde. J. Zvobgo, Cde K Batsirayi: Cde M Munyati, Cde C Nduku (Managing) Picures by Jongwe Archives, Zimbabwe News papers and Ministry of Informaton ZIMBABWE NEWS SPECIAL ISSUE DECEMBER, 1987 Editorial Enter the New Executive President The installation of the President and First Secretary of our Party, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, as the first Executive President of Zimbabwe, is a major step on the road to our national aspiration of total political and economic independence. This is a great moment in the history of our young nation. The celebration taking place in our major cities will be welcomed by the entire nation of Zimbabwe. Although the main events will take place in Harare, all provincial and district capitals have organised cultural activities for the local population. We welcome the heads of governments from the frontline states who will join us in our moment of happiness and jubilation. We congratulate the Constitutional Committee of the party, under the chairmanship of Comrade Maurice T. Nyagumbo, Secretary for Administration, and Acting Political Commissar, for the work it has done to implement some of the resolutions of the Second Congress. Some of the clauses that were forced upon us at the Lancaster House Conference in 1979, by the British Government, and their puppets, have now been removed. Still others have to be removed in 1990. The task given to the Committee is not yet completed, but the most difficult part has been accomplished. The voices of racism and reaction in the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe (CAZ) have been removed from Parliament and silenced. These voices were the last vestiges of the colonial era. They were not an opposition, but representatives of a dying era. We are glad our Parliament is still multi-racial, but now more united and broadly representative of all Zimbabweans, and new socio-political order. The principle that guides the party in this area is democratic centralism. The legislative programme and the constitutional changes we have introduced are intended to achieve that principle. In brief, democratic centralism, means establishing institutions and organs that debate openly, fully, and democtraticall]v all issues on which decisions have to be made. Criticism of theirs and self- criticism of oneself must be the hall mark of such debates, in order to reach a broad consensus. Once a consensus has emerged, all facts are presented to the leadership for a final decision by the central leadership of the Party, in this case the Presidency. That decision now binds all party members, irrespective of the position they took during the debate. In our case, in essence the Central Committee and the Parliament become the organs of democratic debate; and the Presidency the organ for centralised decisionmaking, although Parliament remains the supreme legislative body. While the installation of the Executive President strengthens our hand in the political field, we still have a long way to go to consolidate our independence in all other fields of our young society. In the economic field in particular, we still have to redouble our efforts to control those domestic factors that we can and should control. The second Congress charged us with the responsibility of attaining economic independence. Even in the cultural field which should not present as many difficulties, a lot of work still needs to be done to remove the influences of cultural imperialism so prevalent in our society; and to find our own cultural indentity. However, the centralisation and consolidation of political power, will make it possible for our Party to have a greater thrust, and to give a positive lead, in all aspects of the national life. Welcome to Comrades-in-arms We welcome our friends and neighbours of the Frontline States to the installation of our First Ex. ecutive President. This great moment in our history sh~uld be shared with those states and political parties that have endured handships and supported us in our long march to freedom, independence and nationhood. Our bonds of friendship were forged irrevocably in the blood that was spilt, and the bones of our fighters that were interred tin their soils. Those bonds of friendship will sustain our joint efforts today and in future to consolidate our hardwon independence. In particular, we would like to welcome two Presidents who come from outside our region Comrade Mengistu Mariam of Ethiopia, and Comrade Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. They are waging a relentless struggle against the highly divisive social forces of feudalism and tribalism, and warding off impehalist designs from outside their borders. Inspite of these pressures, they have successfully initiated programmes of national unity and economic reconstruction. We also welcome in our midst the leaders of liberation movements who are waging wars of national liberation in Namibia and South Africa. Their struggle is an integral part of our own struggle. Indeed, none of us in this region can enjoy the fruits of freedom, until the Apartheid regime has been destroyed, root and branch. Our brothers and sisters in Namibia and South Africa have scored some major victories in difficult circumstances. They continue to cry out for the support that we are able to give them. Enter President Mugabe The hearts and minds of all the people of Zimbabwe will be filled with joy as they welcome the ascen- ZIMBABWE NEWS SPECIAL ISSUE DECEMBER, 1987 dancy of their beloved leader, Comrade Robert G. Mugabe, to the exalted position of Executive President. The people of Zimbabwe showed their joy and tremendous support for him on that historic Sunday morning, January 27, 1980, when he returned to his motherland from exile in Maputo. The largest crowd of people that had ever been seen in the political history of Rhodesia gathered at Highfield to welcome him, and to sing revolutionary songs that cannot be forgotten. The people stood by him and expressed their support in the general elections of February 1980, and again in June 1985. The people's love for their leader, and his total commitment to their national aspirations, is one of the firm foundation stones on which the new Zimbabwe nation has been built. Indeed, there are many historic moments in the examplary life of our leader, Comrade Robert Mugabe. One such moment was on the evening of March 4, 1980 when he extended a hand of friendship to those representatives of reactionary social forces he had defeated in the first general election. The policy of reconciliation told every Zimbabwean to forget the past, forgive the evil doers, and forge one nation. The defeated reactionary thrown into a total disarray from which they have not recovered. But, the policy of reconciliation did more than that. It also invited minority parties that had mistaken ideas about themselves, our country, and our people, to come forward and work with the people under the umbrella of ZANU (PF). That invitation has been taken up