Zanu-PF's no confidence votes nullified

ALL suspended Zanu-PF Midlands provincial members revert to their positions prior to the passing of votes of no confidence, while the party has lifted the suspension on party meetings and activities in the province.

The Politburo also appointed Joram Gumbo Zanu-PF acting provincial chairman for the Midlands and gave the province a three-month ultimatum to resolve internal squabbles.

This was revealed by Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere while addressing members of the Midlands Provincial Co-ordinating Committee in Gweru yesterday.

The changes come as Kasukuwere threatened to sue some sections of the privately-owned media that he accused of fabricating stories about his alleged fallout with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The Midlands Province had passed votes of no confidence in secretary for Administration Engineer Tapiwanashe Matangaidze, Cdes Makhosini Hlongwane, who was the commissar, and Anastasia Ndlovu.

Ndlovu is a national youth executive member.

The trio also passed counter votes of no confidence in Cdes Owen Mudha Ncube, Goodwill Shiri, July Moyo, Clarisse Mutambisi, Victor Matemadanda, Cornelius Mpereri, Justice Mayor Wadyajena and a Chigaba.

Kasukuwere said the province should restore the old structures and resume commissariat meetings.

"Pertaining to the challenges that the province has been facing, the Politburo has communicated to us to go and restructure the province back to where it was and Joram Gumbo here will help us for the next three months to deal with issues that are at hand.

"My purpose of visit to the province is to restructure the province to the original structure, meaning that Gumbo will be acting chairman on an interim capacity to superintend the province with the structure that is in place.

"We have been sent to reunite and reconcile people. We have come to the Midlands to build the party not to destroy it," said Kasukuwere.

"There are a plethora of disciplinary issues that the party needs to deal with and that should be put to finality and ensure that we deal with all grey areas that have been bedevilling people and the party.

"If we have our own personal differences as individuals we should not drag the whole province into that and make it a big issue. Do not use the party to settle your own personal scores and differences."

He added: "We should not destroy the party by our personal differences. I have no doubt there are issues in the province and there are leaders who have the maturity and capacity to deal with those issues.Gumbo you should visit all the provinces and rebuild the party and put all the differences to finality."

Kasukuwere said 2018 was not far and the chaos in the party should come to an end.

"Midlands is one of our key provinces and the party needs Midlands Province. Midlands should turn the volume down. We should know that 2018 is not too far and we cannot afford to continue fanning chaos and divisions in the party. Midlands should resolve its issues internally".

Meanwhile, Gumbo reconciled Matangaidze, Ncube and Daniel Mckenzie.

Gumbo threatened to resign from his new post if the provincial executive members fail reunite.

"I am giving you seven days to iron out your differences or I will go to the Politburo and let it dissolve the province. All those small groups that you had formed should be destroyed with immediate effect. Let us unite. Maimwa mese doro Matangaidze na Mckenzie kare and I have the photo of you together, shake hands now and hug each other," he said.