Zanu-PF NCC meets

Herald Reporter
The Zanu-PF National Coordinating Committee (NCC) met in Harare yesterday to discuss preparations for the party’s December National People’s Congress and nomination of candidates.
The NCC is chaired by the party’s National Chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo and its members include Secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa and party’s spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo.

Cde Gumbo confirmed the meeting in an interview last night.

He declined to share the outcome of the meeting, saying resolutions were still subject to confirmation by the Politburo, which was likely to meet next Wednesday.

“We met today as the National Coordinating Committee and discussed several issues,” he said. “We will notify you of our resolutions in due course, probably after the Politburo that we are likely to have next week.”

Cde Mutasa, in his capacity as the Secretary or Administration, is supposed to write to all the party’s 10 provinces notifying them of the Congress to pave way for formal nominations.

The Congress was provisionally set for December 9 to 14 in Harare, but sources intimated to The Herald said that the dates might be changed.

“There may be some changes with regards to the dates of the Congress and the Politburo is going to finalise that at its next meeting,” said the source.

As the Congress draws closer, there are already simmering fights among Zanu-PF bigwigs that are angling for certain positions. The party’s Women’s and Youths leagues have already endorsed President Mugabe as the party’s First Secretary and recommended that First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe be appointed the Secretary for Women’s Affairs.