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ibabwe News ibabwe News ie Zimbabwe African National Union (Patriotic Front) - ZANU(PF) 14 No. 3 lent of Information and Publicity. No. 14 Austin Road, Workington, Harare. lk.h K 4~4 '$1'I4 , l L,1 'N nniversary Zimbabwe News Vo1.14 No. 3 October 1983 Contents Editorials Letters to the Editor The Party The Party's Government International Solidarity Zimbabwe's Struggle: The Road to Lancaster The Second Congress .................................................. 2 A zan ia ........................................................................... 3 ..................................................................................... 3 ZANU Birthday: 20th Anniversary by Cde. Mugabe .... 5 The ZANU Idea - The 'Gun Idea by Cde. Zvobgo ...... 9 ZANU-PF: The Role of Party Organs by Cde. Nyagumbo ..................................................... 11 Restructuring and Transforming ZANU-PF Manicaland Provincial Party Congress ........................ :12 Masvingo Provincial Party Congress ........................... 13' Matabeleland Seminar ................................................. 15 The Police in Independent Zimbabwe by Cde. H. Ushewokunze ..................... 16 Review and Main Problems of Economic and Social Development in Mozambique ..................................... 20 The Balance of Power ................................................. 32 South Africa: Tottering on the Edge of a Political Cataclysm by Cde. M.T. Zivai Zvinhu ...................... 33 The National Democratic Party (N.D.P.) (1960 - 61) by Cde. E. Zvobgo ...................................................... 39 Zimbabwe News is the official News Organ of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) component of the Patriotic Front and is produced on the authority of the Central Committee by the Department of information and Publicity, Jongwe Printing and Publishing, No. 14 Austin Road, Wbrkington, Harare. World Copyright, Central Committee (ZANU-PF). Pictures by National Archives, 'Ministry of Information and Jongwe Archives. 9 Zimbabwe News Vol. 14 No. 3 October 1983 Editorials The 2nd Congress Of ZANU The Central Committee has now decided that the historic SECOND CONGRESS of ZANU (PF) will be, held in May 1984. May is a propitious month in the history of the party. The First and only Congress in the 21 year life of the party was held at Gweru on May 21 - 23 1964. Much water has passed under the bridge since the First Congress. It is important to bear in mind that the ZANU of 1963/64 has, over the years, undergone several transformations. Before its ban in 1965, ZANU was the underdog. ZAPU was larger in numbers and the RF more powerful because it had its hands on State power. ZAPU was the favourite of the O.A.U. liberation committee until mid 70's and basked in the sunshine of massive international support. But the tables were to be turned. As a result of the resilience of ZANU in the armed struggle process - ZAPU faded into i'rrelevance and-the Rhodesia Front evaporated. ZANU conquered state power in 1980. The rest is now history. Following the historic conquest of power by ZANU (PF) in 1980,.the Central Committee resolved that the road to the Second Congress would be a long and tortuous one. First, the party would have to be reconstructed throughout the Couhtry. Second, the reconstructed party would hve to be restructured at the cell/village, branch, district and provincial levels. Third, and finally, both the Women's and Youth' leagues would have to hold their national conferences at which their national leaderships would have to be'elected. These processes have taken three years of hard work. We are now in the final phase. The Women's and Youth league conferences will be held between November and March. The stage will then 4e set for the May Congress. The Second Congress will be historic in more ways than one. The Central Committee Report will certainly be the Centrepiece of the Congress. It will present a full account of what happened to the party after May 23rd 1964 until 1980. It will spell out the problems which face the party and the country. It will, truthfully, give an account of the party's stewardship over its government since the elections. It will posit questions to the Congress for its definitive guidance. It 'is public knowledge that the party has suffered for lack of a comprehensive single Constitution. The 1964 constitution had to be supplemented -by the 1977 "Chimoio" Constitution in order to facilitate the war effort. Neither document meets the realities of independent Zimbabwe. The Second Congress will have before it a draft constitution prepared by the Central Committee. When adopted the party will have one single basic law - the new Constitution will enshrine democracy, democratic centralism and socialist legality as the basic principles. Another great leap forward will be made at the Second Congress when a revised party programme and policy statements are presented to the delegates. The Second Congress must spell-out clearly where we all go from here. The major issue will be to define our socialist road and to spell-out how we must proceed to walk that road. The highlight of the Congress will, without doubt, be the election of a new Central 'Committe. A democratic Party must be led by persons elected freely by the broad masses. It will be important that the process of, nominations, and' voting are demonstrably demouratic. The Central Committee will certainly ensure that the ground rules governing this part of the Congress proceedings are fair. The road -between the Second and Third Congress will be defined and the tasks set by the Resolutions of the Second Congress. These will be .the guiding Laws binding the whole party. They will become part of the party programme. The Central Committee has now appointed a Congress Preparation Committee. It has commenced in its work. During the months that remain'before May 1984, the party will make repeated calls upon the entire membership to make sacrifices in order to make the. Second Congress a success. The peasants, the farmers, the workers, Civil servants, the Police, the Army - everybody, can play their part in ensuring that the Second Congress Succeeds.' Long live the Second Congress! News Vol.14 No. 3 October 1983 2 4a r hundreds of years of sound culture and comity living, Azania was forcibly usurped by nts of imperialism who have consistently sub. ed the people to all forms of human degreda. From their actions and attitude towards the ;k man, one comes to the conclusion that the !rs, who rule the country believe that Africans second-rate immitations of Europeans. They are ponents of the old racist and colonial belief that iricans are savages, fit for nothing else but hard our. By advancing this strange logic they have n at pains, albeit unsuccessfully, to defend their bolical actions. lmost every week we hear of arbitrary arrests unwarranted detentions without trial and rictions of movement. We hear of gun-totting cemen firing indiscriminately into crowds (killchildren as well) and of the regime's intention ierpetuate its internationally condemned policy ipartheid. It is most depressing to hear of this itinued suppression and tragedy that stalks inia. The regime, bolstered by its imperialist ntors, in its typical arrogant fashion refuses to idall international appeals to release detained Dear Editor, So the big fat "old woman is back." It Is gratifying that the Press Ignored him denying him the publicity and attention that he so much wishes for. He had hoped he would be treated to a heroe's welcome, or be apprehended by the Police when e would step down at the airport so that he would be construed as a martyr by his dwindling supporters. Alas, he was not afforded any of that. Instead he was ignored and viewed with the contempt he deserves. It Is a pity our female members of society did not organise themselves in time. They should have met him at the airport to ask hir where he had got that "massive" dress he'disguised himself in when he illegally crossed the Zimbabwe- Botswana border by night. Seriously, I believe our women-folk should have challenged him for what amounts to a mockery of their mode of dress. I am surprised that he had the shameless effrontery to say "Its marvellous to be back home," as if he had been forced or asked to leave in the first place. If he had seriously believed that somebody was after his life, he should have approached our Prime Ministei and sought his protection. Considering the many magnanimous gestures Comrade Mugabe has made to Nkomo, the Prime Minister would certainly have done something for this political renegade if they had been serious grounds for believing Nkomo's story. The truth Is either Nkomo was running away from his own massive shadow, or he was missing the comfort and luxury of London or maybe he just wanted to tarnish the Image of our government and embarass our Prime Minister. If he seriously bellev- ed that his life was threatened In Zimbabwe why has he come back? What has since happened to dispel his fears? It is apparent that Nkomo does not want to accept his complete rejection by the people who overwhelmingly turned out in support of ZANU-PF at the 1980 General Elections. That is why he organised his former Zipra militants to wage a campaign of terror in the hope of undermining and thus bring down the government. Unfortunately we cannot acqulse to the demands of his dissidents. That would amount to a betrayal of the revolutionary sacrifices that were a part of the struggle. Nkomo must accept that politicians come and go. It is now time for him to quit politics. He is now an anachronism within our midst. Its not surprising that even his most ardent supporters are abandoning the sinking ship that is ZAPU. It Is the old-guard politician - the Chinamanos, Jlrlras, the Gonakudzlngwa squad - who still support him. From his utterances It would seem that Nkomo still cherishes his old dream that of becoming "King of Zimbabwe." It is unfortunate because he has been overtaken by events.