THE Zanu PF Midlands provincial executive has resolved to recall its Kwekwe Central MP Masango Matambanadzo (Blackman) from the party and Parliament over his uncouth public behaviour. STAFF REPORTER
Central Committee member Douglas Tapfuma said the provincial executive would kick start the process soon after congress which ends over the weekend.
“The province has been concerned by the behaviour of Hon Matambanadzo, who has been involved in various violent confrontations with senior members of the party and even the Mayor of Kwekwe (Matenda Madzoke). He has caused serious embarrassment to Zanu PF and we have just had enough,” Tapfuma said.
Matambanadzo faces charges of beating up fellow party legislator Owen Ncube (Gokwe-Kana MP) who is also the provincial secretary for security in Amaveni. The matter is still pending at the courts.
Tapfuma also accused the beleaguered MP of snubbing party meetings and rallies held in the province.
“We don’t know if he is still a party member because he is not working with us, he has never visited the Kwekwe party office since he was elected and he is running a dubious $1 a day programme which as a party we have distanced ourselves from,” he said.
Tapfuma said after congress closes the provincial executive would forward its recommendations to the party’s national disciplinary committee to have Matambanadzo expelled from the party.
“We do not have the power to expel him from the party, but we can only recommend that he should be expelled and once that happens he will be recalled,” he said.
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Although Matambanadzo could not be reached for comment over the latest developments, he was on record claiming that he was being persecuted because of his “sharp brains”.
“I might be a Grade 2 dropout, but I have sharp brains which have seen me helping people and that is the reason why some people from my own party hate me and are doing everything to pull me down,” he told flea market vendors in Kwekwe recently.
