“Some were against the proposal,” Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson and information, communication technology minister Kazembe Kazembe said.
Held under the theme “Zimbabwe is Open for Business: Peace, Unity towards an Upper Middle Income Economy by 2030”, the conference comes at a time when rampant corruption allegations are being levelled against cabinet ministers and some businessman close to power.
Addressing the party’s central committee meeting in Harare on Wednesday, Mnangagwa claimed that some of his ministers were demanding bribes from would-be investors.
“One person told me that he was charged R5m to come see me. He was told three-quarters of the money would go to the president,” he said.
Rampant corruption is also partly blamed for the country’s bad economy. This week the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) said there had been an increase of 26 percent in corruption cases investigated by the body, most of the new cases involving the ruling elite.
“We have recorded nearly 400 cases for investigations compared to the previous year where 294 cases were received,” said the anti-graft body’s deputy chair, Nanette Silukhuni.