The ZANU–PF Women's League is the women's wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), the ruling political party of Zimbabwe.
ZANU–PF Women's League | |
|---|---|
| Secretary | Mabel Chinomona |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Website | |
| www.zanupf.org.zw/womens-league | |
It was founded in 1977 by Zimbabwe African National Union nationalists in Xai-Xai, Mozambique.[1] Founding members were said to include Mavis Chidzonga, Oppah Muchinguri, Joice Mujuru, Naomi Nhiwatiwa, and Julia Zvobgo, among others.[1] The first ZANU Women's Congress was held in Mozambique in 1978; there, Sally Mugabe was elected head of the Women's League.[2] The Women's League held its first conference from 15–17 March 1984, before the ZANU Congress which occurred several months later.[3] The Women's League put forward Joice Mujuru as a candidate for Vice-President in 2004, an office she held for ten years. First Lady Grace Mugabe was head of the league from 2014 until her expulsion from the party amidst the 2017 coup d'état.
The Women's League held its seventh elective conference in Harare from 23–26 June 2022, with a keynote address delivered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[4] At the conference, Senate President Mabel Chinomona was reelected as the league's secretary.[5]
Secretaries
editThe secretary is the head of the Women's League. The following women have held the office of secretary:
- Sally Mugabe (1978)[6]
- Joice Mujuru (c. 1981 – 1988)[7]
- Tsungirirai Hungwe (c. 1990s)
- Thenjiwe Lesabe (1994–2004)[8]
- Oppah Muchinguri (until 2014)
- Grace Mugabe (6 December 2014 – December 2017)
- Mabel Chinomona (December 2017 – present)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Zanu-PF Women's League". Pindula. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ A Guide to the Heroes Acre: Some Basic Facts about Zimbabwe's Heroes and Heroes Acre. Ministry of Information, Post, and Telecommunications, Government of Zimbabwe. 1998. p. 26.
- ^ Zvobgo, E. J. M. (January 1986). "The Second ZANU (PF) Congress a Freedom for Women" (PDF). Zimbabwe News. 17: 28 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Madzimure, Joseph (23 June 2022). "Zanu PF Women's League conference roars into life". The Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ a b Nyangani, Kenneth (26 June 2022). "Zanu PF splurges cash on delegates". The Standard. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Goredema, Dorothy; Chigora, Percyslage (10 December 2009). "Fake heroines and the falsification of history in Zimbabwe 1980 – 2009" (PDF). Gweru: Midlands State University. S2CID 7084107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Geisler, Gisela (1995). "Troubled Sisterhood: Women and Politics in Southern Africa: Case Studies from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana". African Affairs. 94 (377): 555. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098873. JSTOR 723607.
- ^ "New executive for the Women's League" (PDF). Zimbabwe Review. 25. November 1994 – via JSTOR.