ZINARA appoints more board members

Mandaza Chikarango

Herald Correspondent

Three new members – two senior civil servants and a Lupane councillor – have been appointed to the board of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) from 5 September to replace a group whose terms of office has expired.

The three new board members are Councillor Monica Ngwenya, Engineer Amos Amos and Ms Khonzani Ncube.

In a statement Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Dr Fellix Mhona said the appointments were done in terms of the Roads Act as read with the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act with one nominated by the Urban Councils Association, one by the Department of Roads and one by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works.

“Zinara Board consists of twelve members, one who shall be nominated by an association representing urban councils, one by the Department of Roads, and one by the Minister responsible for local government. Councillor Monica Ngwenya, who is a councillor in Lupane, Matabeleland North, was nominated by the Urban Councils Association. Engineer Amos Amos is the chief director in the Department of Roads under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development. Ms Khonzani Ncube is a chief director responsible for local authorities in the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works and a long serving acting provincial development coordinator for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province,” reads the statement.

Minister Mhona said as the three take up positions they are expected to show due diligence.

“You are reminded to practice a high standard of professional ethics, emphasising the following principles as important to note: efficient economical use of resources; public administration must be development-oriented; services must be provided impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias; people’s needs must be responded to within a reasonable time: and the public must be encouraged to participate in policy-making. Public administration must be accountable to Parliament and to the people, and recruitment of staff must be made primarily on the basis of merit,” he said.

Minister Mhona, who seeks proper representation for women on boards falling under his ministry, now sees a Zinara board with a female majority: seven women and five men.

The Constitution stipulates that women should constitute at least half the membership of all appointed governmental bodies. 

In the statement Minister Mhona said: “I am guided by Section 11 (7) (a) which stipulates that a line Minister shall ensure that there are equal numbers of men and women on the board of every public entity for which he or she is responsible. Therefore, the board appointments at Zinara are testament of President Mnangagwa’s policies to empower women, “he said.

Minister Mhona, who is also a lawyer by profession, highlighted that his actions were inspired by the President’s vision for gender parity is a fulfilment of Zimbabwe’s obligations towards provisions of the Convention on all forms of Discrimination against Women.

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