THE Zanu-PF Midlands Province has not recommended the
re-admission of former G-40 aligned Cabinet Ministers although some have
requested to rejoin the party, an official has said.
Addressing the Midlands Provincial Coordinating Committee
in Gweru yesterday, Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial chairperson Engineer Daniel
McKenzie-Ncube said the province has not recommended the re-admission of former
Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation Makhosini Hlongwane and former Public
Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwanashe Matangaidze.
Eng Ncube said although the province has received the
former ministers’ applications, they have not recommended that they be
re-admitted into the party.
“As far as the provincial executive is concerned, we have
not recommended the re-admission of any former minister aligned to G-40. The
social media has been awash with news that some of the former G-40 members had
been re-admitted into the party.
Do not be misled by social media. We have proper and formal
communication channels as the party and those are the ones that we follow,” he
said.
The two former ministers recently wrote to the party
seeking to be re-admitted. Mr Matangaidze also confirmed that he had submitted
his request to the party seeking re-admission. One of the former G-40 members
in the province, Annastancia Ndlovu has since been re-admitted into the party.
Meanwhile, the Midlands Povincial Executive has suspended
three members and withdrawn vehicles from two 2018 elections party
parliamentary candidates over a litany of misconducts. The party has suspended
the 2018 parliamentary party candidate for Gweru Urban, Isau Natare from
holding any party position for the next three years and withdrew the party
vehicle given to him in the run-up to the elections. The party also suspended
Rumbidzai Waungana for two years and Winny Manyumwa for a year.
The party also charged the party’s Mkoba parliamentary
candidate in the 2018 elections, Charles Simbi who got away with a written
warning and had his vehicle taken back to the party. Zanu-PF Midlands
Provincial spokesperson Cde Cornelius Mpereri confirmed the suspensions and
disciplinary actions taken against the party members. Sunday News
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