Zanu-PF in fundraising drive

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
The Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday discussed ways of reviving the party’s companies at its meeting at the party headquarters and also looked at other initiatives meant to raise funds.
“We spent most of the time looking at mobilisation of resources for the party,” secretary for Information and Publicity Cde Rugare Gumbo said.
“We looked at subscriptions of members and we also looked at what you might call a dedicated system of raising funds, we also looked at how the party companies can assist in raising funds.

“We directed the secretary who is in charge of business activities Minister (Sithembiso) Nyoni to look into that. She is in charge of party companies and she is looking into the modalities and how we can prop up the party companies so that they can contribute to the fundraising or to the generation of revenue for the party.”
Some of the Zanu-PF owned companies are Zidco, Tregers Holdings, Catercraft and Jongwe Printing and Publishing Company.

Cde Gumbo said the Politburo also discussed land rentals that have been proposed by Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora.
“We looked at the land rental issue that was Mombeshora’s baby, that they would like to charge rents for A1 farmers and A2 farmers and so on,” he said. “Details you would have to get from Minister Mombeshora, he is adjusting his report.”

Minister of State for Masvingo province Cde Kudakwashe Bhasikiti also briefed the Politburo on the situation at Chingwizi Transit Camp.
“The provincial minister told us that they have 400 people who had accepted to be moved to permanent residential structures,” he said.

“The rest are still there partly because they haven’t been compensated as I said last time they want compensation and unfortunately the money hasn’t been available, but the Minister of Finance has promised to look into that matter as quickly as possible and the President stressed that he has to raise that money so that these people can be settled in time before the rainy season.”

Cde Gumbo said that preparations for the Women and Youth League Conferences were postponed to next week to allow the party’s Elections Directorate chaired by national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo to deliberate on the matter before making presentations to the Politburo.