ZANU PF Bulawayo province is holding a fundraising event in
the city tomorrow as it races against time to raise funds for the party’s
annual people’s conference in Goromonzi next week.
Southern Eye has established that Zanu PF’s fundraising
committee in the city is having sleepless nights as the party’s usual targets,
private companies, have declared incapacitation to fund them.
Each province is expected to raise at least $500 000 to mainly
feed Zanu PF delegates attending the conference.
Last week, chairperson of the Bulawayo fundraising
committee Charles Chiponda claimed that the province had raised as much as 30%
to 40% of their required budget.
But spokesperson of the fundraising committee Khumbulani
Mpofu in an interview yesterday said the going has been tough for them with
targeted traditional donors only making unfulfilled promises.
“We have traditional donors who we are targeting, but we
are racing against time. As at present, they are just giving us promises since,
as you know, the situation is difficult for many companies. It’s tough, but we
are positive that some traditional donors will come through even at the last
minute and assist,” Mpofu said.
In the past, the ruling party was accused of coercing some
private companies to donate towards its conferences and other activities.
There have also been reports of some party activists taking
advantage of the fundraising drive to divert donations for personal use.
In 2015, Zanu PF youth district chairpersons ousted their
provincial executive – then led by Mpofu who is the current fundraising
committee chairperson – on charges of corruption and using the party name to
extort struggling companies of monies, groceries and fuel, which they later
shared among themselves. Newsday
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