adminMutasa visits provinces over DCCs’ dissolution
By Kamangeni Phiri and Prosper Ndlovu
THE Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration, Cde Didymus Mutasa, and his delegation have started visiting provinces to explain the dissolution of District Coordinating Committees (DCCs).
President Mugabe, who is the party’s First Secretary, announced the Politburo decision to disband the DCCs at a Central Committee meeting in Harare recently.
The Central Committee has since endorsed the decision to do away with the DCCs.
Yesterday the delegation visited the Mid-lands where they addressed the Provincial Co-ordinating Committee members.
In his address Cde Mutasa said the dissolution of the District Coordinating Committees would help strengthen the party by allowing direct communication between the executive and the grassroots.
He said the decision to dissolve DCCs was made by the Central Committee after noting that some individuals were abusing the structure to serve their selfish interests.
“The message from the Central Committee is clear, the DCCs have been dissolved. This means there will be more work for the party executives. The Central Committee took the decision to dissolve the DCCs after noting that certain individuals were abusing the structure to advance their own selfish decisions,” said Cde Mutasa.Chafferfly sponsors Mine Entra golf classic
Sports Reporter
LEADING mining equipment supplier, Chafferfly will bankroll the Mine Entra golf classic set for the end of this month at Harry Allen Golf Club.
New Orleans, Inline victorious
Sports Reporter
BULAWAYO Women National Soccer League representatives New Orleans and Inline Academy both recorded wins in their league clashes that were played yesterday.
Mass weddings banned: Mudede
Harare Bureau
MARRIAGES that were solemnised by at least 716 marriage officers that have gone underground face cancellation while mass weddings have been banned, the Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede said yesterday.
The RG said the marriage officers had gone underground after his office introduced a new register to flush out bogus officers.
He said those who had failed to turn up could be fake and the marriages they solemnised in the past would be cancelled.
Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, Mr Mudede said his office had also banned mass weddings and that marriage officers would be banned from upgrading marriages.
Mr Mudede said since the introduction of the new marriage register in March this year, his office had not received any reports of marriages of convenience.
“A total of 1 253 marriage registers have been issued to marriage officers so far, yet we had 1 966 marriage officers in our marriage register,” he said.Gwanda magistrate dies
Chronicle Reporter
GWANDA provincial magistrate-in-charge of Matabeleland South Mr Douglas Zvenyika has died.
He was 43.
Republic of Congo holds parliamentary polls
Voters in the oil-exporting Central African state of Congo Republic have turned out to elect a new parliament, with the ruling party of President Denis Sassou Nguesso and its allies seen holding the majority.
OPINION; Revisit circumcision campaign before it is too late
Jephiter Tsamwi
The continued death of people due to Aids-related illnesses in Zimbabwe has seen the nation adopting a myriad of efforts to curtail the pandemic.
Woman dies at ‘witch’s’ home
Midlands Correspondent
There was mayhem at an apostolic church in Gokwe South when two brothers stormed a church meeting and dragged away an elderly congregant whom they were accusing of practising witchcraft.
US ship fires on boat after warnings ignored
Dubai — An American vessel fired on a boat yesterday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, killing one person and injuring three, according to a US consular official in Dubai.
President urges AU to call for sanctions removal
Caesar Zvayi in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia