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Bulawayo Bureau
Zanu-PF has said it will institute disciplinary proceedings against rogue party members who extort money from members of the public using President Mnangagwa’s name or that of the party.

The announcement follows the arrest of four people, three of whom are alleged to have masqueraded as members of the Central Intelligence Organisation and allegedly used the President’s name to extort a mine owner.

The four were yesterday granted bail in Bulawayo.

In an interview, Zanu-PF national spokesperson Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said the party was following the court case closely.

“We want to commend the police for arresting the culprits,” he said. “We condemn that kind of behaviour and we applaud the police for taking action. We cannot allow criminals to abuse the First Family’s name. The law must always take its course.

“This is why I have been speaking hard on corruption. When you go around soliciting for donations using the First Family or the President as it were, that is corruption. It puts the entire name of the party into disrepute.”

Zanu-PF Youth League national deputy secretary Cde Lewis Matutu said the party’s youth wing was on a transformative trajectory, hence it will not tolerate corruption from its members.

“Indiscipline, extortionist tendencies and unruly behaviour has no place in the Zanu-PF Youth League,” he said.

“We are busy transforming our organisation into a modern political organisation that is acceptable in our generation.

“We are actively participating in the economic recovery of our country guided by Vision 2030 under the leadership of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.”

Cde Matutu said Youth League members should be the party’s ambassadors instead of soiling Zanu-PF’s                         name.