ZANU-PF has said there is transparency in the handling of
all donations that are being donated through the party for victims of Cyclone
Idai.
Speaking during the handover of one tonne of mealie meal
and 48 blankets by a local businessman to the ruling party meant for cyclone
victims, Politburo member Cde Tshinga Dube said it is the duty of the ruling
party to promote transparency.
“The ruling party is also the custodian of the nation and
because of that we have prepared a list of all donated items and which will be
ferried by National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). This is to guard against crooks
who may want to steal some of the donations or channel them for their own
benefit,” he said.
Cde Dube commended Mr Mngane Ncube, the managing director
of Hawkflight Construction for the donation and urged other businesspeople to
follow suit.
“As Zanu-PF we want to thank Mr Ncube for heeding the call
by the His Excellency, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, to donate towards cyclone
victims. As Zimbabwe we are one and if one of us is affected it calls for our
attention. We urge other business people to do the same as this is the greatest
corporate responsibility one can offer,” he said.
Meanwhile, Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Cde Judith
Ncube has urged foreign nationals resident in the city to also donate to
Cyclone Idai victims.
Speaking while receiving a donation from the Nigerian
community in Bulawayo yesterday, Cde Ncube said: “As Africans we are one, we
express our gratitude and appreciate this donation as a government done by
Nigerian community.”
She said Africans should maintain the spirit of caring and
urged other foreign nationals in the city to donate to Idai survivors.
The chairman of the Nigerian Community in Bulawayo, Mr
Chidi Okafor said they bought food and clothes worth RTGS $ 10 000 for Cyclone
Idai victims because it has always been their culture to help the needy.
Plumtree Combined Residents’ Association (PCRADA) also
donated RTGS $300 and 150 bags of clothes for the Cyclone Idai survivors in
Chimanimani on Monday.
PCRADA chairman, Mr Richard Khumalo said residents under
Mangwe District in Plumtree donated.
“We realised the
need to help our brothers and sisters in Chimanimani as Plumtree because it is
the problem of the nation and as human beings and Africans we couldn’t ignore
such a tragedy,” he said. Chronicle
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