Organisations affiliated to Zanu PF must not use their affiliation with ruling party for financial gain, the ruling party’s Secretary for the Commissariat, Cde Mike Bimha, has said.
Cde Bimha said this after a meeting held on Wednesday that was attended by 65 party affiliate groups, which included Teachers for ED, Young Women for ED, Men BelievED, Vapositori for ED, Diaspora for ED, Soccer Legends for ED, Lawyers for ED, Varakashi for ED, Single Mothers for ED, Protocol for ED, Cross Border Traders for ED, among others.
“We also don’t want affiliates who want to be affiliates for purposes of getting financial assistance, getting loans to start their businesses. There are other avenues for all that. Government has all the structures to cater for that. We want affiliates who come because they want to support the party,” said Cde Bimha.
Of late, some affiliate organisations have been seeking financial assistance from the party, without adding value.
“We have had so many of these organisations coming forward wanting to be affiliated, but we felt that because of the numbers, it’s important that we make sure that they are all aware of the procedures to be followed for them to become affiliate members of the party.
“We need to have their constitutions which guide their operations. We need to know the office bearers of these organisations,” Cde Bimha said.
Cde Bimha said the ruling party under the leadership of President Mnangagwa will leave no one and no place behind in building the economy.
“We felt that we should have a meeting of the affiliates, not the entire membership but the executive only, so that we get to know each other, to know who is who and for them to interact with us and in the process also explain the processes that they should take.
“From what we gathered, the majority of them are in the process of bringing in their constitutions, their minutes of their first meetings which indicate that they have now formed an organisation and that these are their objectives. They are entitled to operate in terms of the objectives of their constitutions, but they don’t have to come up with objectives that go against the direction of the party. There is a need to continuously meet them and also give them direction and guidance,” Cde Bimha said.
