adminZanu-PF embarks on vigorous development campaign
Chronicle Reporter
ZANU-PF has embarked on a vigorous national campaign to ensure development in all provinces as it gears for the forthcoming elections and its national conference.
Addressing party members at Davies Hall in Bulawayo yesterday, the party’s national political commissar, Cde Webster Shamu, said a development committee would be set up in the city to look into bread and butter issues affecting residents.
“The committee will work closely with the acting provincial chairperson Cde Killian Sibanda and Bulawayo’s Governor and Resident Minister Cain Mathema to ensure that Bulawayo people, who are hungry for development, get it,” said Cde Shamu.
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The first group graduated in 2010.
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Zanu-PF on development campaign
Bulawayo Bureau
ZANU-PF has embarked on a vigorous national campaign to ensure development in all provinces ahead of its national conference and elections.
Addressing party members at Davies Hall here yesterday, the party’s national political commissar Cde Webster Shamu said a development committee would be set up to look into issues affecting residents.
“The committee will work closely with the acting provincial chairperson Cde Killian Sibanda and Bulawayo’s Governor and Resident Minister Cain Mathema to ensure that Bulawayo people, who are hungry for development, get it,” said Cde Shamu.
He said Zanu-PF had analysed 2008 election results and resolved that the party should be more prepared for the next elections.
“The results should reflect what political parties are doing on the ground. Now that people have seen the corruption, under development and lack of relationship between them and those they voted for, they are likely to vote more wisely.
“The message to Bulawayo should therefore be taken to them more vigorously in a structured manner so that they make the right decision to vote for Zanu-PF,” he said.
Cde Shamu said Bulawayo residents had realised through experience that there is nothing any other party had to offer better than Zanu-PF as they could now separate propaganda from the truth.
He urged party cadres to adhere to the Zanu-PF charter that had a zero tolerance on xenophobia, tribalism, nepotism, racism, regionalism and all other-isms that undermined the equality of Zimbabweans.
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Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
Civil Society has criticised the National Aids Council for allegedly lacking transparency and accountability in managing the Aids Levy.
This follows reports of erratic supplies of life prolonging anti-retroviral drugs countrywide, regardless of increased Aids Levy collections.
NAC is accused of spending too much money on advocacy programmes, which in effect amount to allowances and vehicles for employees.
The civil society also questioned the logic behind spending more than US$70 000 on officials during a trip to the United States in July. Dr Magure, however, said everything done at NAC was approved by Government.
The activists included representatives from the Zimbabwe Aids Prevention and Support Organisation, Public Personalities against Aids Trust, ChildLine, PATAM, Taaf Zimbabwe, African Regional Youth Initiative and Zimbabwe HIV Advocacy Committee.
The vociferous civil society has since demanded an urgent meeting with NAC to deliberate on issues surrounding use of the alleged abuse of public funds. The levy, otherwise known as the National Aids Trust Fund, is three percent of income tax collected every month. Civil society spokesperson Mr Chamu Mashoko said: “The objective is to make the best of the little of what we are generating. At the moment there is serious abuse”.
Following dollarisation, the Aids Levy has proved to be a good source of domestic funding with NAC collecting US$5,7 million in 2009.
The collections increased to US$20,5 million in 2010 and US$26,4 million in 2011.
NAC’s breakdown for the Aids Levy reflects that 10 percent is for prevention, 50 percent treatment, 6 percent monitoring, evaluation and co-ordination while 5 percent goes to advocacy. Furthermore, 25 percent is allocated for programme support and logistics and 4 percent for capital expenditure.
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