Zanu-PF sets up committee to monitor rogue members

ZANU-PF has set up a special committee to monitor members' behaviour across provinces and brief President Mugabe every week as the party moves to weed out vote-buying and indiscipline within its ranks ahead of the December elective congress.

Party national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo told a meeting attended by members of the Matabeleland provincial co-ordinating committee and Cabinet ministers here at the weekend that there would be no sacred cows as the party sought to restore sanity and respect for its revolutionary founding values and constitution.

He said the confusion that rocked proceedings during last month's Youth and Women's League conferences were noted during last Wednesday's Politburo meeting, with a strong resolve never to allow further chaos.

Khaya Moyo said a team of Politburo members would visit all the country's 10 provinces to deal with corruption and indiscipline.

"My committee will brief the President on a weekly basis," he said.

"We will not accept being destroyed by undisciplined people. No! Let's work together as one family so that when we go to congress we are one and not pieces."

Khaya Moyo said his committee would compile reports naming those bent on destroying the party.

He said the party would be tough in maintaining discipline at all levels from the top to wards.

Khaya Moyo accused some party members of going around "carrying sacks of money" to canvass support.

"Zanu-PF is not a shopping mall and people are not commodities," he said.

"Be careful. The party is organised on the basis of rules and regulations and we can't build a party ngokuwumana (day-dreaming).

"We can't have people, after building the party and the nation, someone comes with his money to destroy what our founding fathers fought for.

"The party has no money, people are hungry and we don't know where you get that money from. You don't care that people are suffering, but care about yourself. If your money is a problem take it to the party and stop waking up people at night. We won't allow that anymore."

As the party readies for December's elective congress, jostling for positions has intensified with cadres positioning themselves for senior posts.

There are already signs of a hot contest for the national chair's and the vice president's posts.

"On Wednesday (today) I will be meeting provincial chairpersons from all provinces as well as Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs to look at resettlement issues across the country," he said.

Khaya Moyo said the revolutionary party was rolling out a number of development programmes after its emphatic poll victory in July last year.

He said the party would not allow rowdy elements to tarnish its reputation.