All set for Zanu-PF women’s conference

Harare Bureau
THE Zanu-PF 6th Women’s League conference which begins in Harare today received a major boost from Vice-President Joice Mujuru, well wishers and corporates who donated an assortment of foodstuffs and regalia for delegates following an appeal for assistance by the wing’s executive.

The League had earlier approached selected Politburo members – Cde Saviour Kasukuwere, Professor Jonathan Moyo, Cde Patrick Zhuwawo, along with businessman Dr Philip Chiyangwa to rescue the situation by donating 20 beasts, among other logistics for the event.

The four comrades were approached by Senate President Ednah Madzongwe after she realised that problems of food were set to affect the smooth flow of the conference after the finance department led by acting finance secretary and secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa failed to make adequate arrangements.

The situation was also rescued by various companies, party officials and well wishers yesterday who chipped in with food donations for the league’s national conference.

VP Mujuru donated 30 tonnes of maize meal, 3,500 T-shirts for all provinces, bread for the two breakfasts for all delegates, five tonnes of rice and 20 boxes of eggs while the corporates weighed in with 3,000 dozen eggs, 1,000kg of chicken, over 55 tonnes mealie-meal, and 2,500kg beef.

Irvine’s donated the 3,000 dozen eggs and 1,000kg of chicken, while Bakers Inn delivered 1,000 loaves of bread, with National Foods availing 15 tonnes of roller meal, five tonnes of Pearlenta  mealie-meal and five tonnes of rice.

Other companies which donated were Colcom Foods, Carswell Meats, Koala Park Abattoir and Drummond Chickens.

The call for donations was necessitated by the embarrassment the party suffered after failing to feed youths delegates, prompting President Mugabe to use his own resources to fund the Youth League conference that was held in Harare last week when he realised that the officials responsible for logistics had not done their job properly.

President Mugabe said he was donating maize from the nearly 1,000 tonnes he harvested at his farm in Mazowe and between 20 and 30 head of cattle and products from Gushungo Dairy to feed the delegates.

Addressing journalists after receiving the donations from the companies at the party headquarters, Zanu-PF national chairman Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo said all was set for the Women’s League conference.