The ruling Zanu-PF party will reportedly donate party regalia and other paraphernalia which bear the images of former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace. The regalia will be donated to orphanages. Zanu-PF officials have shunned any regalia bearing Mugabe’s face ever since his apparent loss of power when the Zimbabwe Defence Forces seized power in the military takeover codenamed Operation Restore Legacy. With the resignation of Mugabe and the ascendancy of Mnangagwa, the regalia seems to have become redundant.
The Party had reportedly ordered a minimum of 12 000 paraphernalia for the 12 000 delegates that were expected to attend the Zanu-PF Extra-ordinary Congress in December. However, Zanu-PF party spokesperson Simon Khaya has said that the party will honour its agreements with suppliers although he declined to say what will happen to the regalia saying that it was party a matter.
A party insider told the Daily News on Sunday:
We will honour our promise to all our suppliers and we will still pay what we agreed as per our contracts.
What has happened will not change anything. I can’t obviously give you figures of how much was ordered but I can tell you that we will donate the regalia to orphanages.
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