ZANU-PF’s provincial leadership has been urged to create and maintain a comprehensive database of qualified party members for deployment into key State institutions, in a move aimed at strengthening governance and ideological alignment within government structures. The directive was issued by the party’s secretary-general, Jacob Mudenda, while addressing delegates at a provincial outreach programme held at Bulawayo Polytechnic.

Retired Lieutenant General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga has issued a sharp rebuke of former Norton MP Temba Mliswa, warning against what he described as “misinterpreting proximity to power” amid escalating tensions over President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s alleged push to extend his rule to 2030.