Fistfight at Zanu-PF meeting, provincial executive dissolved

THE Zanu-PF national commissariat has dissolved the Midlands provincial executive following irregularities that punctuated the elections as well as failure to comply with the party directive to allow all members who were elected into the provincial basket to participate in the provincial elections, The Herald reported.

A letter written by national political commissar, Webster Shamu, advised all elected members that authority vested in provincial chairman, Jason Machaya, chairperson of the women's league, Ellina Shirichena and youth league chairperson, Edmore Samambwa.

Shamu said the Politburo would convene a meeting to deliberate the outstanding issues pertaining to the Midlands provincial elections.

The commissariat reached this decision after the Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting was last week abandoned before any resolution could be passed on Sunday following fierce misunderstanding between party members.

The meeting was convened to deliberate on outstanding issues after some irregularities were noted in last year's

provincial elections in order to pave way for the election of deputy provincial chairpersons and other members of the

provincial executive.

However, party leaders could not agree on the issue resulting in some members storming out of the meeting as tempers

flared.

Some youth members turned violent and confronted senior party members such as Mberengwa East Member of the National

Assembly Makhosini Hlongwane who had to storm out of the meeting while Dzingiso Zifungo was slapped on the face.

Senior Zanu-PF officials among them, Defence Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in

the Midlands province, Jason Machaya, Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo and Politburo members Cephas Msipa

and Tsitsi Muzenda were also present.