Chipanga Lauds ED After ZANU PF Readmission
Former ZANU PF national secretary for youth affairs, Kudzanai Chipanga, has expressed gratitude to President Emmerson Mnangagwa following his readmission by the party early this week.
Chipanga was among dozens of G40 apparatchiks who were expelled from ZANU PF in 2017 following the military-assisted transition that ushered in the Second Republic.
He was readmitted alongside former war veterans’ leader, James Kaunye, ex-Zanu PF councillor Taurai Chiripamberi, Talent Kadzima and Nesbert Chasara.
Since his expulsion, Chipanga had always been begging for re-admission back into the party. He said:
I would like to thank President Mnangagwa and the ruling party for finally accepting my application to rejoin the party.
As you are aware, I have been applying for the past four years seeking readmission, and now that my wish has been granted, I will abide by the conditions attached to it.
I will work vigorously, in conjunction with my cell leadership, for the betterment of the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
I also want to thank the party leadership from Manicaland for the confidence they have shown in me.
Chipanga was readmitted on condition that he does not contest an election for three years, as he reverts to being an ordinary card-carrying member.
Chiripamberi, who “expelled himself” when he contested as an independent candidate in Headlands constituency in 2018, said, “it is cold out there”.
