Zanu PF to punish 'wayward' members

ZANU PF has threatened to investigate and punish wayward politburo and central committee members implicated in vote-buying ahead of the Youth League conference and this week's Women's League indaba.

The probe came at a time the party was in disarray as senior officials were reportedly jostling for positions ahead of the Zanu PF elective congress in December.

Party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo said a post-mortem of the Youth League and Women's League conferences would be instituted and errant party members dealt with.

Among the people suspected of using money to bribe the youths were Cabinet ministers and senior party officials fighting in corners of contenders to Mugabe's throne, Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.

But opposition parties and analysts said Zanu PF's internal fighting had muddled efforts to address the economic challenges the country was facing, although Gumbo dismissed the charges yesterday.