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Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor—
ZANU-PF has put in place a special committee that will monitor members’ behaviour across provinces and brief President Mugabe every week as it moves to weed out vote-buying and indiscipline within its ranks in the run up to the December elective congress. Party national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo told a meeting attended by members of the Matabeleland provincial coordinating committees and a number of cabinet ministers in Bulawayo yesterday that the party would not have any sacred cows in its quest to restore sanity and respect for its revolutionary founding values and constitution.
He said the confusion that rocked proceedings during last month’s youth and women’s leagues congresses were noted during last Wednesday’s Politburo meeting with a strong resolve never to allow further chaos during the party’s December internal poll.
Cde Khaya Moyo said his team of Politburo members would visit the country’s 10 provinces to deal with corruption and indiscipline ahead of the congress.
“My committee will brief the President on a weekly basis. We will not accept being destroyed by undisciplined people. No! Let’s work together as one family so that when we go to congress we are one and not pieces,” he said.
Cde Khaya Moyo said his committee would compile reports naming those bent on destroying the party.
He said the party would be tough in maintaining discipline at all levels – the Presidium, Politburo, Central Committee, provinces and districts as well as at ward levels.
Cde Khaya Moyo said there are party members going around “carrying sacks of money” canvassing for support saying lami lingikhangele (consider me as well).
“Zanu-PF is not a shopping mall and people are not commodities. Be careful. The party is organised on the basis of rules and regulations and we can’t build a party ngokuwumana (daydreaming).
“We can’t have people, after building the party and the nation, someone comes with his money to destroy what our founding fathers fought for,” he said.
“The party has no money, people are hungry and we don’t know where you get that money from. You don’t care that people are suffering but care about yourself. If your money is a problem take it to the party and stop waking up people at night. We won’t allow that anymore.”
Tension gripped the party last month with reports that senior party cadres made attempts to “bribe” some youths to vote in a certain way.
As the party readies for December’s elective congress, jostling for positions has already started with cadres positioning themselves for senior posts.
Already, there are signs of a hot contest for the national chair and the vice president posts after the Women’s League endorsed the First Lady’s candidature to take over from Cde Oppah Muchinguri.
On another note, Cde Khaya Moyo said the party and government were seized with addressing bread and butter issues affecting Zimbabweans and had no time to entertain narrow selfish interests.
“On Wednesday I will be meeting provincial chairpersons from all provinces as well as Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs to look at resettlement issues across the country,” he said.
Cde Khaya Moyo said the revolutionary party was rolling out a number of development programmes after its emphatic poll victory in July last year and would not allow rowdy elements to tarnish its reputation and destroy the party.
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