Zapu in South Africa to look for funds

Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa confirmed to Southern Eye that Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa and party treasurer general Jacob Dube are in South Africa to solicit for funds meant to assist the party ahead of the 2018 elections.

Zapu does not receive any money under the Political Parties Finance Act that stipulates that any party with at least 5% of the total votes cast is entitled to Treasury funding. Maphosa urged government to speed up the process of handing over Zapu and Zipra properties so that the party self-funds its activities.

According to a Zapu inventory, the party owns properties that include the four-storey Magnet House which houses the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) in Bulawayo. Zapu also owns Davies Hall which is used by Zanu-PF as its Bulawayo provincial headquarters. Other properties include Castle Arms in Bulawayo, Green Haven among many others.