By Bulawayo Correspondent
ZAPU’S elective congress, which has been postponed on several occasions due to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, is now scheduled for 30 April, hopefully if no other challenges emerge.
The congress is expected to elect a president to replace of the late leader, Dumiso Dabengwa who died on 23 May, 2019 in Kenya while en-route to Zimbabwe after undergoing a month long treatment in India.
In an interview with New Zimbabwe.com Saturday, the party’s spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa said Zapu’s supreme organ in between congress, the National People’s Council (NPC) met Thursday and resolved to extend the deadline for the provincial conferences from 28 February 2021 to 31 March 2021.
By Bulawayo Correspondent
The current lockdown introduced by the government as part of measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Zapu’s restructuring programme ahead of the party’s elective congress slated for April this year.
Zapu had targeted to complete restructuring of all its lower organs this month in preparations for the congress.
The congress is expected to replace the party’s late leader Dumiso Dabengwa who died on May 23 2019 in Kenya while en-route to Zimbabwe after undergoing a month long treatment in India.
The restructuring process has, however, been stalled by the current lockdown which does not permit political activities.
Zapu Congress in Doubt Again
January 14, 2021
The current lockdown introduced by the government as part of measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Zapu’s restructuring programme ahead of the party’s elective congress slated for April this year.
Zapu had targeted to complete restructuring of all its lower organs this month in preparations for the congress.
The congress is expected to replace the party’s late leader Dumiso Dabengwa who died on May 23 2019 in Kenya while en-route to Zimbabwe after undergoing a month long treatment in India.
The restructuring process has, however, been stalled by the current lockdown which does not permit political activities.