admin“Even in the constitution, there are some chapters about women and the need for them to take leadership positions,” he said. “You play important roles both at home and within the party.”
Cde Nyanhongo said most women were still supporting Zanu-PF and this had resulted in the party scoring a lot of votes.
He said some of the women even met other people with different political views, but maintained their support for Zanu-PF.
Cde Nyanhongo said during the liberation struggle, most women volunteered to fight and a lot of them died in the country and in neighbouring countries.
He said women were capable of doing anything in life as they were also strong.
“During the Smith regime, women were not recognised, but when we brought about independence, we decided as a party to recognise women as they also have rights,” he said.
Cde Nyanhongo urged women to remain united so that the youths would learn from them.
“Let’s remain united and have love among ourselves for the development of the country,” he said. “This starts with you (women) as you are mothers, so that some of us (men) and youths would copy from you.”
Cde Nyanhongo applauded the women for voting in large numbers during the constitutional referendum.
He urged them to do the same during the harmonised elections expected by June 29.
Meanwhile, Cde Nyanhongo also Zanu-PF supporters in Harare South Constituency have been urged to campaign peacefully and come out in large numbers to vote for the party and President Mugabe during the general elections scheduled for this year.
Addressing hundreds of party supporters on Sunday at Danckwerts Farm in Manyame, Harare South legislator Cde Hurbert Nyanhongo urged the supporters to sell the party’s policies to the people and raise their support base in the constituency.
Harare South is the only Zanu-PF seat in Harare.
“I would also want to thank you for coming out in large numbers and voting during the Referendum,” said Cde Nyanhongo.
“According to figures on the ground, more than 30 000 Zanu-PF supporters (in the constituency) voted during the Referendum of the draft constitution and this should be the same during the general elections.”
Cde Nyanhongo said he was confident that Zanu-PF would have more than 30 000 votes in the constituency during the general elections.
“Our Presidential candidate is Cde Mugabe and that is what we agreed as a party so let us raise votes during the elections.”
Cde Nyanhongo urged the supporters to remain united. He said he was happy with the high turn out at Sunday’s rally and urged the members to go in their numbers to register for voting.
Several senior party officials, youths and women attended the rally.
Last week, political parties shifted their attention to the general elections.
Zanu-PF is expected to unveil its manifesto in a fortnight, while the MDC-T elections directorate is expected to make pronouncements on its primary elections next week.
The move by the political parties follows the successful holding of the constitutional referendum last weekend which saw the majority of voters endorsing the draft.
Presidential spokesperson Mr George Charamba last week said President Mugabe was not keen to delay the holding of national elections beyond June 29 as that would be tantamount to constitutional indiscipline.
Elections must be held at the lapse of the Presidential term.
President Mugabe was sworn in on June 29, 2008 and the Constitution stipulates that elections must be held every five years.
Mr Charamba said the country should hold national elections between now and June 29 when the presidential five-year term of office expires.
Online Reporter