Kasukuwere gives nod to Nyakuedzwa ouster

Saviour Kasukuwere Zanu-PF political commissar has reportedly accepted a vote of no-confidence against Manicaland Women's League chairperson Happiness Nyakuedzwa despite claims that some of the signatures appended to her ouster were fraudulently acquired.

According to a letter seen on November 5 to the acting chairman Samuel Undenge and copied to Nyakuedzwa, Kasukuwere and First Lady Grace Mugabe acknowledged the decision made by the provincial women's league executive in Manicaland to axe their leader saying proper procedures had been followed.
 
Meanwhile, Kasukuwere has appealed against a Bulawayo High Court order directing him to reinstate suspended Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi and 10 councillors.

Last month, Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nokuthula Moyo, ordered the Minister to reinstate the 11 councillors on the basis that the section of the Urban Councils Act that was used to suspend the city fathers contravened the country's Constitution.

Justice Moyo's ruling, which was delivered on October 2, followed an urgent chamber application filed by the 11 councillors who sought an order declaring their suspension null and void.

However, in a move that will keep the councillors away from Town House, Cde Kasukuwere yesterday told The Chronicle that his Ministry had appealed the order.