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Source: All systems go for Zanu PF national Cell Day – herald

Cde Munyaradzi Machacha

Joseph Madzimure

Zimpapers Politics Hub

IT is all systems go for the Zanu PF National Cell Day today, as the revolutionary party embarks on a massive nationwide exercise to consolidate its grassroots support and streamline its internal structures.

President Mnangagwa will headline the ruling party’s Cell Day, where millions of Zanu PF members across Zimbabwe will gather for the crucial occasion dedicated to reinforcing the party’s grassroots structures and bringing leadership closer to the people.

Every successful movement is built on a solid foundation, and for Zanu PF, that foundation is the cell.

It is within the cell that communities engage directly with leadership, ideas are exchanged, new members are welcomed and solutions to local challenges begin to take shape. National Cell Day strengthens unity, promotes discipline and ensures that every member understands the party’s policies and developmental agenda.

The event serves as a strategic pillar for the party’s visibility, unity and organisational depth.

By 8am today, millions of party members across Zimbabwe are expected to convene at their designated meeting points to participate in this critical audit and recruitment drive.

In line with party protocol, President Mnangagwa will take his place among the rank and file, listening to his cell chairperson’s address and offering recommendations alongside fellow members.

This underscores the party’s principle that every leader, including members of the Presidium, is first and foremost a member of a cell.

In an interview, Zanu PF Political Commissar Cde Munyaradzi Machacha said all party members from the lower structure to the Presidium will attend the cell and village meetings. A cell consists of 50 members.

He said President Mnangagwa as the First Secretary will lead from the front by attending the National Cell Day at Precabe Farm in Kwekwe together with his family.

“All is set for the big day tomorrow (today). All is going according to plan. We expect all provinces to attend the cell day in their respective cells and villages,” Cde Machacha said.

President Mnangagwa is expected to be at Precabe Farm where he will be addressed by his cell chairman. He will later give advice as the First Secretary of the party.

“The First Family will attend the cell day at their usual assembly point, so we expect all party members to attend,” said Cde Machacha.

He appealed to party members to carry their National Identity Cards to check if their names are captured in the party’s database.

“Members should carry their National IDs and check if their names are captured correctly in the database. We want to ensure our members are accounted for. We expect to see new members attending the meeting,” Cde Machacha said.

He appealed to provincial leaders to mobilise members for the big event and ensure names are captured correctly.

Various Zanu PF provincial leaders said the party’s machinery is well-oiled and ready for today’s activities.

Midlands Zanu PF provincial chair, Cde Edson Chiherenge, said the province is honoured to host the President.

“We expect all our cell chairmen to be at their usual assembly points at exactly 8am as planned. They should be with their cell registers as usual and ensure each and every cell member is in the database of their cell,” he said.

The province, Cde Chiherenge said, boasts of 14 211 party cells.

“Clearly, we are humbled and honoured to be hosting the President during this important day. It shows that he is a servant leader who is hands-on.

“As a province, we expect all members to be present at their usual cell meeting locations. The cell chairpersons will address the meetings to ensure the cell remains intact. The focus will be on verification and integrating new members, particularly those joining from the opposition.”

Harare province Zanu PF Harare provincial Political Commissar Cde Voyage Dambuza said all was in place, with over 11 000 party cell structures and 289 party districts ready for today’s vital meeting.

“All our senior party members must submit to the authority of the cell chairperson. If the cell is healthy, then the entire party structure above it is also healthy. We want genuine, authentic cells. There will be no room for borrowing structures or creating parallel ones,” Cde Dambuza said.

Some of the issues to be discussed at the meetings include a firm commitment to the national leadership trajectory and the continuation of the current development agenda.

Cde Dambuza said Harare province is completely behind the endorsement of Constitutional Amendment No.3 Bill in Parliament.

“We are fully behind the extension of President Mnangagwa’s mandate to go beyond 2028. As far as Harare is concerned, our primary goal is to ensure that President Mnangagwa remains in office until 2030. We also plan to discuss developmental projects within Harare itself,” he said.

Cde Tatenda Mavetera, the Mashonaland East provincial Secretary for Information and Publicity and Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, described the day as a “revolutionary renewal”.

“We must drive Vision 2030 to the grassroots, as the cell is the heartbeat of the party. President Mnangagwa has emphasised that the voice of the people is the voice of God; therefore, we must use this day to align the needs of the people with the national vision,” she said.

Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Cde Marry Mliswa-Chikoka expressed full confidence in the province’s over 10 000 cell structures.

She said the provincial leadership has established robust mechanisms to monitor the programme throughout the day to guarantee resounding success.

Cde Tawanda Mukodza, the Manicaland provincial chairman, highlighted an increase in the number of cell structures, urging leadership to prioritise first-time voters.

The cell remains the most vital unit of the revolutionary party. It consists of 50 members, led by a committee of 21 (seven each from the Main Wing, Women’s League, and Youth League), with 29 general members.

This structure ensures that the party remains a people-centred movement, where development projects and national policies are discussed and understood at the most local level.

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Source: President praises Diaspora liberation legacy – herald

President Mnangagwa hands over the Zimbabwe flag to national hero Ambassador Victor Matemadanda’s widow, Mrs Tendai Matemadanda, at his burial at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Presidential Photographer Tawanda Mudimu

Zvamaida Murwira

Senior Reporter

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described the Diaspora community as the nucleus of the early stage of the liberation struggle and praised it for helping in the country’s modernisation, industrialisation and development.

People in the Diaspora, he said, sacrificed their lives, savings and businesses for the good of the nation.

The President made the remarks while addressing mourners at the burial of Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Mozambique and Eswatini, Cde Victor Matemadanda, at the National Heroes Acre yesterday.

In his eulogy, the President described displaced and migrant families as the nucleus of the early stage of the revolution, and Cde Matemadanda was part of that community in Zambia.

“The life of the late national hero, Cde Matemadanda, reminds us of the important role the Diaspora has always played towards the independence, development and growth of our motherland, Zimbabwe. During the liberation struggle, Zimbabweans residing in areas such as Mumbwa, in Zambia, selflessly gave their savings towards the liberation effort. They also volunteered in diverse ways to execute intricate missions of the struggle, including facilitating and moving cadres from Zambia to Mozambique and Tanzania,” said President Mnangagwa.

“Many were always ready and willing to avail requisite resources needed by fighters in different camps and at the war front. Some lost their assets and businesses as part of their contribution to the struggle. They served as frontline health workers, attending to the wounded and injured, until full recovery. Sadly, they also helped lay to rest thousands who perished in the rear.”

He said it was critical to commend the role played by the Diaspora community.

“Despite being in foreign lands, many of our people never dodged national obligations. We should never forget their contributions. It is pleasing and commendable that this spirit lives on in the present generation of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora. I, therefore, pay tribute to all our citizens working and living in foreign lands, for playing their part in the ongoing national development, industrialisation and modernisation agenda. Zimbabwe is our home together,” said President Mnangagwa.

Many families in the Diaspora, the President said, released their sons and daughters, including professionals, to join the liberation struggle.

“Displaced and migrant families became the nucleus of our early stages of the revolution, always ready to aid the military wings of ZANU and ZAPU, who used Zambia and Mozambique as the rear. I recall that many families released their sons and daughters, including students and professionals, to participate in the cause of national freedom and independence,” he said.

“It is within this context that we contextualise and cherish the role of our dear departed National Hero, Ambassador Matemadanda. As part of the Zimbabwean migrant community that had settled in Zambia, the late Cde Matemadanda abandoned the relatively stable migrant life to join the struggle. He helped in the mobilisation of vital support for freedom fighters and refugees in camps across Zambia and Mozambique, collaborating closely with prominent personalities such as the late Cde Patrick Kombayi, among others.”

He said it was important to immortalise the role played by Zimbabwean families who relocated to neighbouring countries.

“In appreciation of our rich liberation history and heritage, we must immortalise the role played by Zimbabwean families who relocated to neighbouring countries, particularly their indelible contribution to the early phases of the armed liberation struggle. Many of these families left the then Southern Rhodesia following forced displacements by the oppressive colonial authorities, in the aftermath of the 1930 Land Apportionment Act and related persecutions,” he said.

Chronicling his interaction with Cde Matemadanda, President Mnangagwa said he last met him in Eswatini in April this year to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the coronation of King Mswati 111.

He said he was welcomed by Cde Matematanda, who accompanied him throughout the event.

“As per tradition, we shared a meal, laughed and reminisced about the days of the struggle, departed comrades, as well as views on how we can grow relations with the countries where he was accredited ambassador. He later saw me off as I returned home. Unbeknown to me, that was the last meal we would share, the last handshake and the last wave goodbye, as I bid him farewell,” said President Mnangagwa.

He described Cde Matemadanda as unwavering and with ideological clarity, patriotic and loyal to the values of the liberation struggle.

“He answered the call of our national armed struggle and remained fiercely dedicated to the complete economic liberation of Zimbabwe. We have lost a leader whose indelible legacy will serve as guidance to future generations,” he said.

“In honour of his gallantry, patriotism and dedicated service to our beloved motherland, Zimbabwe, as well as our Party ZANU PF, we inter him here, at this National Shrine alongside other heroes and heroines who consistently defended the sacred flame of the liberation struggle and independence.”

President Mnangagwa implored the youths and women to use their vibrancy, skills, innovation, and entrepreneurship to become future leaders.

“To the stakeholders across the socio-economic and political spectrum of our country, I commend you for the unity, peace and harmony prevailing in our country.  It is this unity of purpose that shall continue to inspire our people, as well as friends and neighbours. National cohesion, peace, unity and development remain vital ingredients for the realisation of our national Vision 2030 as well as the SADC Vision 2050 and wider aspirations of the African continent,” he said.

“Zimbabwe’s election for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council for the period 2027-2028 is a show of trust and confidence by many across the world in our country.”

Born on 3 March 1960, in Gokwe, Cde Matemadanda whose nom de guerre was Cde Hama Yesango got his primary education at Nambala Primary School in Mumbwa, Zambia, and later attended Mumbwa Secondary School.

His family was among the many African households forcibly uprooted from their ancestral lands in Gokwe under the racially discriminatory land policies of the settler regime, which saw his family moving to Zambia as part of the Zimbabwean migrant community seeking to escape persecution and inhibitions in colonial Rhodesia. In 1969, Victor enrolled for primary education at Nambala Primary School in Mumbwa, Zambia before proceeding to Mumbwa Secondary School for Forms One and Two.

After receiving training, Cde Matemadanda was deployed to the Takawira Sector in 1979. During a fierce enemy attack on his detachment, Cde Matemadanda was wounded and evacuated back to Mozambique for medical treatment. Undeterred by injuries, he was redeployed to the battlefront and operated in Mudzi.

During the country’s historic transition to black majority rule, he served within the ZANLA Commissariat Department, where he mobilised grassroots support to vote during the 1980 General Elections.

Driven by a quest for self-improvement, he attained academic qualifications in Personnel Management and Marketing, Automotive Engineering, Development Studies and International Relations.

After a stint in the Zimbabwe National Army from 1980, Cde Matemadanda resigned in 1986 and became instrumental in mobilising grassroots support for ZANU-PF.

Some of the positions he held include Secretary General of Zimbabwe National War Veterans Association, Zanu PF National Political Commissar in the Politburo, Member of Parliament for Gokwe Central constituency and Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs.

As ambassador of Mozambique, Cde Matemadanda collaborated with the Maputo Government to protect, preserve and develop our historic national liberation shrines at Chimoio, Tembwe, and Nyadzonia, among others.

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Source: CAB3: Legislators summoned for special sitting – herald

Mr Kennedy Chokuda

Nyore Madzianike

Senior Reporter

President Mnangagwa has summoned Members of Parliament to attend an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday next week to consider and vote on amendments made to Constitutional Amendment No 3 Bill by the Senate. According to General Notice 1003 of 2026 published in an Extraordinary Gazette yesterday, the Clerk of Parliament, Mr Kennedy Chokuda, said all MPs were required to attend the sitting.

“Members of the National Assembly, in terms of section 110 (2) (c) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, His Excellency, the President, Dr E.D. Mnangagwa, has summoned the National Assembly to sit on Tuesday 30th June 2026 at 1415 hours to consider amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill (H.B 1B, 2026) that the Senate passed.

“All Members of the National Assembly are, therefore, summoned to attend the extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly at Parliament on Tuesday, 30th June, 2026, at 1415 hours,” Mr Chokuda said.

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HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has summoned Parliament to convene on Tuesday, June 30, a week ahead of its scheduled sitting, to consider and approve amendments made by the Senate to Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3.

The Senate has already passed the Constitutional Amendment Bill after introducing several amendments. Before the legislation can be presented to President Mnangagwa for assent and become law, the National Assembly must endorse the Senate’s changes.

One of the key amendments addresses a constitutional procedural gap created by the proposed new presidential succession framework. Under the current Constitution, the President is sworn into office following a general election and subsequently summons Parliament for its first sitting. However, under the proposed constitutional arrangement, Parliament would elect the President, creating a situation in which there would be no sitting President to convene Parliament’s inaugural session.

To resolve this anomaly, the Senate has amended the Bill to empower the Clerk of Parliament to summon the first sitting of Parliament following a general election, ensuring the presidential election process can proceed without constitutional uncertainty.

The Senate also revised provisions governing the assumption of office by an interim President. The amended clause stipulates that the Vice-President who most recently exercised the functions of President will serve as Acting President until Parliament elects a substantive President.

In addition, the amendments introduce a mandatory 14-day timeframe within which Parliament must hold its first sitting after a general election, providing greater certainty and predictability to the transition process.

The special parliamentary sitting is expected to conclude the legislative process for Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 before it is transmitted to the President for final assent.

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