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Zanu-PF commissar visits Bulawayo to deal with contentious issues

by Staff reporter
14 Apr 2012 at 15:08hrs | Views
Zanu-PF national commissar Webster Shamu is expected in Bulawayo tomorrow to deal with the contentious issue of the suspension of provincial chairperson Isaac Dakamela.

The suspension has divided the party's top brass and the party's lower structures.

Shamu's visit to Bulawayo follows the Zanu-PF politburo directive to him and the national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo to investigate fissures threatening to tear apart the party in the province.

Dakamela was suspended two weeks ago by the provincial coordinating committee (PCC) over allegations of corruption and insubordination and was replaced by Sibanda.

But politiburo member Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, believed to be Dakamela's ally, dismissed the suspension as null and void, saying the meeting was not properly convened.

Dakamela has also defied the suspension and continued reporting for duty, claiming he had not been served with the letter of suspension.

Shamu's visit also comes as the PCC on Tuesday set up a task team to investigate reports of an alleged plan to demonstrate outside the party's Davies Hall provincial headquarters.

It is alleged a group of the party's district members sympathetic to Dakamela met at a drinking spot on the outskirts of the city centre last weekend and denounced his suspension, saying it was unconstitutional.

Shamu is also expected to visit Matabeleland North next Saturday to solve the matter of the suspension of the party's acting chairperson Zwelitsha Masuku.

Masuku's suspension has already caused a rift between Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu and party national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo who reportedly exchanged harsh words over the matter in a recent politburo meeting.

Source - newsday