Moyo, Mahoka ouster approved

THE Zanu-PF Women’s League top leaders reportedly endorsed the ouster of senior members Cdes Eunice Sandi-Moyo and Sarah Mahoka yesterday, with the national executive meeting of the organ expected to confirm the decision today.

The wing’s top 10 met in Harare yesterday, but Cdes Sandi-Moyo (Deputy Secretary for Women’s Affairs) and Mahoka (Secretary for Finance) did not attend the meeting.

There were indications that secretary for External Relations in the Women’s League, Cde Tabeth Kanengoni-Malinga was also absent.

While efforts to get comment from Women’s League secretary for information and publicity, Cde Thokozile Mathuthu were fruitless, it is understood that the leadership did not object to the calls by lower structures of the organ for the duo to be removed.

It was also not clear if the duo would be suspended or expelled from Zanu-PF.

Last week saw Women’s League members from the grassroots staging demonstrations against Cdes Sandi-Moyo and Mahoka in all the country’s 10 provinces over a litany of allegations, principally undermining the chairperson of the wing and First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe.

Sources said the top leadership yesterday deliberated on the demonstrations and accepted the concerns raised by party women.

“But it was agreed that the final decision would be made by the national executive when it meets in Harare tomorrow (today),” said a source. “The (Women’s League) national executive is the one that must come up with the final say when it comes to disciplinary issues concerning the league.”

The Women’s League national executive is made up of top 40 members of the wing, with 20 heads and 20 deputies.

It is understood that Women’s League provincial chairpersons were likely to present petitions from their respective provinces soon to the national executive.

During last Wednesday’s demonstrations, the organ’s lower structures presented petitions to the Women’s League provincial chairpersons for onward submission to the organ’s national executive.