Joseph Madzimure
Zimpapers Politics Hub
ZANU PF Matabeleland South will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its parliamentary members’ performance, ensuring they remain accountable to their constituencies, provincial chairman Cde Mangaliso Ndlovu has announced.
In an interview this week, Cde Ndlovu, who also serves as the Minister of Industry and Commerce, said all elected officials must answer to the electorate.
“In the last quarter of the year, I launched a programme to hold our office bearers accountable across the province. I am visiting all constituencies to strengthen our party structures. We are convening the top five representatives from each wing for an all-day discussion in a central location,” said Cde Ndlovu.
During these meetings, the focus will be on assessing whether public expectations are being met in the constituencies.
“The electorate is questioning whether we have met their expectations since entrusting ZANU-PF with power in 2023. For now, our focus is on the party. I will also engage with the general public, as we often lack effective mechanisms for holding each other accountable,” he said.
Representing ZANU-PF in an election was a privilege, not a right. “Particularly when you win and represent the people as a ZANU-PF member in Parliament, we must not allow individual MPs’ behaviour to sow doubts about the party. We will not allow a situation where people have misgivings about the party because of individual MPs’ behaviour,” he said.
Cde Ndlovu would engage directly with community members and listen to their concerns. “I continuously reassured them that we are the ruling party, currently in Government, capable of providing effective solutions. We have begun to address several of the issues raised, and I am pleased to report that we have successfully tackled quite a number of them,” he said.
Cde Ndlovu is scheduled to visit Beitbridge West and East on January 9 and 10 next year to engage with party structures.
Regarding ongoing restructuring efforts, he said the province was establishing branches to ensure every party member was visible and accounted for.
“We are drafting a booklet detailing our situation constituency by constituency, so that our MPs and councillors will have this valuable information,” he said.
He reaffirmed that Matabeleland South would remain a ZANU-PF stronghold.
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