ZANU PF Political Commissar Munyaradzi Machacha has warned party members who own businesses and are rejecting the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) that they face arrest.
This follows reports that a supermarket owned by one top ZANU PF official in Bulawayo was not accepting ZiG for some products.
Speaking in an interview with the <a href="https://newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local/article/200028349/zanu-pf-businesspeople-reject-zig">Southern Eye</a>, Machacha said ZANU PF-linked businesspeople who were rejecting the ZiG must be arrested to set an example. He said:
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For ZANU PF businesspeople, businessmen, I would say lead by example. If we are truly ZANU PF, we should work for the success of the ZIG and the success of government policies.
So we really, really must encourage discipline and ethical conduct from everyone, including ZANU PF members.
Anyone who is doing it is certainly fighting what the party and the leadership of the party are trying to build and they must be punished like anyone else.
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ZiG became the official currency of Zimbabwe on April 8, 2024. It is backed by US$575 million worth of hard assets, including foreign currencies and precious metals.
Unlike many other currencies, ZiG does not have formal subdivisions (such as cents). It is issued in whole units.
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China has donated over 1,000 books along with computers and printers to Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party. The donation ceremony took place at the ZANU-PF headquarters in Harare, where Zhou Ding, the Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe, handed over the items to Munyaradzi Machacha, the principal of the Chitepo School of Ideology, ZANU-PF’s ideology school.
The donation includes a wide range of books covering various subjects, such as Chinese history, financial reforms, and foreign affairs according to <a href="https://english.news.cn/20231216/10fc52b1da79468ba7f7bdd24ae4d49d/c.html">Xinhua</a>. These resources will be utilized in the library of the recently completed ideology school in Harare. Machacha told Xinhua after the handover ceremony:
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We will be opening our school soon, and these will grace our library, where students can come and borrow and read.
It will allow our students to read widely and to have a broader global view of events that will be taking place around them.
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Zhou Ding, the Chinese ambassador, expressed his hope that the donation would benefit ZANU-PF and strengthen the bonds between the two parties. He said:
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Our relations include not only economic cooperation but also party-to-party exchanges. The Communist Party of China (CPC) and ZANU-PF have a long history of cooperation.
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Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, ZANU-PF’s secretary for external relations, acknowledged China’s crucial role in Zimbabwe’s development, dating back to the pre-independence era. He said:
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Our relations include not only economic cooperation but also party-to-party exchanges. The Communist Party of China (CPC) and ZANU-PF have a long history of cooperation.
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He added that Zimbabwe aims to learn from China’s successes and replicate them within its own context.
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