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in line with the party’s resolution.
The Politburo abolished DCCs from Zanu-PF structures following concerns that the structure was no longer serving the best interests of the party.
Following the decision Zanu-PF dispatched a high-powered delegation led by Secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa to all provinces to explain the issue. The Central Committee and the provinces have since endorsed the resolution.
Last week the Politburo announced that members who were in DCCs would not be fired, but rehabilitated and reassigned into other structures of the party.
In separate interviews Zanu-PF provincial leaders in Matabeleland said they had made headway in complying with the party’s decision.
Acting Zanu-PF Bulawayo chairperson Cde Killian Sibanda said the province had taken over the assets previously used by DCCs and was working on building the party ahead of the next election.
“We held our inter-district meeting yesterday (Saturday) where we discussed how the party will be administered after the abolition of DCCs. We also did the handover-takeover of the assets,” said Cde Sibanda.
He said disbanding of DCCs would not affect the party’s efforts to mobilise massive membership.
Cde Sibanda also said the province had gone a gear up on party administration by adopting a computerised system of its membership register.
In Matabeleland South the Zanu-PF provincial executive is conducting visits to its seven districts to explain the DCCs issue to ordinary party members.
“We held our provincial executive council meeting last week and agreed that starting from Wednesday, we will visit all our districts and explain the DCC issue,” said Cde Andrew Langa, the party’s provincial chairperson.
“We started with Insiza District on Wednesday morning and Umzingwane on the same day in the afternoon. We visited Bulilima on Thursday and Matobo on Friday. The purpose of the visits is to clarify the DCCs position to our members.”
Cde Langa said his province was in support of the party’s decision to remove DCCs from its constitution. He said the party leadership had pledged to work hard to recruit more members.
Said Cde Langa: “I am happy to say that district delegates have received well this new arrangement and that in the absence of DCCs, provincial leaders will have to shoulder most of the work that was done by DCCs.
“The leaders have vowed to do all they can to revitalise the party and ensure that it keeps on being oiled everyday. Loyal Zanu-PF cadres received the message as it was explained by the senior leadership.”
Cde Langa said the delegation was expecting to complete the visits in the remaining districts — Gwanda, Beitbridge and Mangwe — this week.
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North provincial secretary for administration Cde Clifford Sibanda said his province was working on strategies to strengthen the party to win the next poll even without DCCs.
“We held a meeting on Thursday where we deliberated on how to strategise the party after dissolution of DCCs. We then agreed to set a date for the inter-district conference where we will advise everyone on how we will move on,” said Cde Sibanda.
“We also discussed the looming by-elections and we said we have to get ourselves prepared for any eventuality. However, we are cognisant of the GPA guidelines that we should not contest each other as parties. We also stand to be guided by the principals and the programme of the national commissariat.”
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo last week said the dissolution of DCCs should not be viewed as a punitive action but a correctional measure meant to restore sanity in the party.
National Commissar Cde Webster Shamu has since been assigned to look into how former DCC members could be absorbed into other party structures.
Some influential Zanu-PF members were allegedly manipulating the DCCs and causing divisions in the revolutionary party.
Provincial structures now play a pivotal role in the co-ordination of party activities.
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Bongani Ndlovu