Zapu forced to postpone congress

Zapu has been forced to postpone to year end its elective congress that had been scheduled for next month because of unavailability of funding.

The party is now scheduled to convene a meeting of its top brass, the national people's council to endorse the postponement.

The meeting would be held in Bulawayo this weekend. In terms of Zapu's constitution, the five-year term of the current leadership will expire next month.

Dumiso Dabengwa admitted this week that it was no longer possible for them to the hold the congress because of lack of resources.

Observers are fearful that party leaders might use the absence of resources to extend their stay in office contrary to the spirit of internal party democracy.

Dabengwa was evasive on whether he would seek another term at the helm of Zapu.