ZANU PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Patrick Chinamasa has confirmed that the co-option of Harare province member Dr Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the ruling party’s Central Committee will be formally adopted at the next Central Committee meeting, settling weeks of speculation and controversy Chinamasa announced this following the 385th Ordinary Session of the Politburo, where several co-options were tabled and approved, with Tagwirei’s inclusion pending final adoption “At its 385th Ordinary Session of the Politburo, the following co-options were tabled by the National Political Commissar and were approved: Mash West, Cdes Polite Kambamura, Christine Gwati and Joseph Serima; Mat North, Cde Collen Ndebele,” he said
“This means that at the next ZANU PF Central Committee meeting, the National Political Commissar will table for noting and adoption five co-options into the Central Committee, namely Cdes Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Polite Kambamura, Christine Gwati, Joseph Serima and Collen Ndebele.”
HERE’S CHINAMASA’S FULL STATEMENT:
The Zanupf Department of Legal Affairs is relieved and takes note that the furore/controversy/confusion/wrangle/much ado about nothing/social media hype/misinformation/disinformation that surrounded Harare Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) cooption of Cde Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the Zanupf Central Committee is now over and irreversibly settled From the outset, it was difficult to understand the source of the problem Our Harare PCC convened on Monday, 31 March 2025, and voted to recommend the cooption of Cde Tagwirei into the Central Committee The Province addressed the letter of recommendation to the Zanupf Secretary General, Cde Dr
Obert Moses Mpofu The letter was copied to the Departments of the Commissariat and Legal Affairs, amongst others The National Political Commissar, Cde Munyaradzi Machacha, tabled the recommendation at the 384th Ordinary Session of the Politburo, held at Zanupf Headquarters on Wednesday, 2nd July 2025, and the cooption of Cde Tagwirei into the Zanupf Central Committee was approved, pending reporting to the Central Committee for adoption There was no objection in the Politburo meeting to the recommendation by Harare Provincial Coordinating Committee
When the 385th Ordinary Session of the Politburo sat on Wednesday, 30th July 2025, at the Zanupf Headquarters, and with Vice President and Second Secretary, General (Rtd) Dr C.G.D.N Chiwenga chairing, the Politburo confirmed its Minutes of the 384th Meeting (prepared by the Secretary General, Dr Mpofu) with minor amendments
Confirmed without amendment on page 22 of the Politburo Minutes was Item 7.1.7, headed:
Source: Zimeye
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