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Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter
The Zanu-PF National Youth League has said it mistakenly announced that Cde Leslie Ncube has been elected as its new secretary for legal affairs.

The Youth League executive elected new office bearers at the weekend to fill 10 posts that fell vacant following the expulsion of G40 cabal members.

The elections were held at the Zanu-PF’s Extraordinary Congress in Harare on Saturday.

The new secretary for administration Cde Tendai Chirau told The Chronicle that the announcement was a mistake.

He said Cde Fuluphelile Mleya has since been elected to occupy the position of secretary for legal affairs.

“I want to correct Cde Ncube’s election as the secretary for legal affairs in the party’s National Youth League. It was an anomaly. He’s not occupying the position but Cde Mleya from Matabeleland South province was elected to that position.

“I would like to apologise to Cde Ncube for the inconveniences caused,” said Cde Chirau, who was also elected on Saturday.

Other new secretaries elected included Cde Getrude Mutandi (finance), Godfrey Tsenengamu (commissariat), Silas Chimbiro (security), Sibongile Sibanda (external relations), Elizabeth Masuku (transport), Yeukai Simbanegavi (information and publicity) and Tonderai Bosha (indigenisation).

The election results await Politburo ratification.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa re-instated former leader Cde Pupurai Togarepi at the Zanu-PF’s Extraordinary Congress in Harare last Friday and tasked him to fill vacant posts.

The elections were conducted via secret ballot at Zanu-PF headquarters, with Cde Lewis Matutu becoming Cde Togarepi’s deputy, taking over from Mr Mpehlabayo Malinga.

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