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Cde Monica Mutsvangwa

Tendai Mugabe and Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau—
The Zanu-PF Women’s League yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in its secretary for administration Cde Esphinah Nhari and spokesperson Cde Monica Mutsvangwa, and recommended their expulsion from the party for pushing factional politics. The decision was reached at the wing’s meeting at the revolutionary party’s headquarters in Harare which came up with recommendations to be presented at the ongoing Zanu-PF 15th Annual National People’s Conference in Victoria Falls.

Women’s League deputy secretary Cde Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo last night confirmed the development. She said Cde Nhari was found guilty of chanting a factional slogan “Pasi neG40” at First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe’s rally in Gutu last Friday.

For Cde Mutsvangwa, Manicaland province recommended that she be expelled for indiscipline and disrespecting party procedure. On Cde Nhari, Cde Moyo said: “The women themselves said the slogan that she chanted was not proper because it pushed factionalism.

“The issue isn’t about the First Lady, but about her (Cde Nhari) putting the name of the Women’s League into disrepute by chanting a slogan about G40 which is divisive and meant to divide the party. The women said as a senior party cadre, she was not supposed to say that.” Cde Moyo said party supporters in Manicaland felt they could no longer work with Cde Mutsvangwa.

“The problem with her case has to do with indiscipline where she didn’t want to follow the procedures of the party,” she said. “The league wanted to cleanse itself of undisciplined cadres. We don’t expel because we’re a wing of the party. We recommend the views of the women that have been made unanimously and overwhelmingly.”

Cde Moyo said the meeting came up with several resolutions for the conference, which included endorsing President Mugabe for Life President. “The second one is that we will continue to support Cde Grace Mugabe for the good work she is doing and her leadership in the Women’s League,” she said.

“The third one is the reinstatement of the women quota in the Presidium in the party’s constitution.” Cde Moyo said the women recommended that they be given 50-50 representation in the government at all levels and that the party constitution be aligned with the national constitution.

She said another recommendation was for a law against child marriages to protect girls. Cde Moyo said they wanted the party to deal with “all unruly elements that engage in divisive agendas”.