ZANU PF Matabeleland North provincial leadership claims the proposed Constitutional Amendment (No 3) Bill of 2026 will ensure full implementation of devolution as they seek to draw support from grassroots structures for the proposed law.
The Zanu PF provincial leadership held engagement meetings across the province during the weekend to lure grassroots support.
Provincial chairperson Richard Moyo said the proposed amendment would allow for the full implementation of devolution and other development programmes.
“We welcome the proposed amendment Bill as it gives more time for parliamentarians and the President to execute various developmental projects,” Moyo, who is also the Provincial Affairs minister, said.
“We have witnessed development in Binga, including the opening of the Binga Border Post, which has lessened the burden of travelling through the Victoria Falls Border Post.
“The Technical College is also another development in Binga, which makes us support this amendment.”
Hwange district co-ordinating committee chairperson Mathew Muleya echoed similar sentiments saying this ensures completion of ongoing flagship projects in tourism and energy.
“There are projects going on in Victoria Falls, such as the construction of hotels and lodges, a cricket stadium, as well as the Batoka Gorge Hydro Electric Scheme. The President needs to finish these,” he said.
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Central committee member for Lupane, Mail Nkomo, highlighted developments such as the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam and the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road.
“We are witnessing development in the province,” he said.
“We now have a passport office and a teachers’ college in Hwange.
“We want to give the President more time to enhance and complete these projects. We support Amendment Bill No 3.”
The Bill, which seeks to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term and that of Parliament by two years, has left the party divided.
Insiders have linked the Bill to Zanu PF’s succession wars as Mnangagwa’s term as party and country leader draws to a close.
