Zanu-PF forces civil servants to donate for indaba

Zanu-PF has reportedly circulated internal memos among civil servants in some provinces "asking" them to donate at least $5 each towards the party's annual conference slated for Victoria Falls next week.

The conference is set to run between December 7 and 13, with over 6 000 delegates expected to attend. One of the memos shows that the party was soliciting for donations from all government workers based in Beitbridge.

Some of the workers described the demand as tantamount to extortion.

Following a meeting attended recently concerning the above subject matter, all staff members are requested to pay $5 each by the pay date, ie 27/11/15, towards the Zanu-PF conference."

However, Tarisai, who is said to be assistant regional immigration officer and whose phone number reflected on the memo, yesterday distanced himself from the document.