ZANU–PF Women's League
ZANU–PF Women's League | |
|---|---|
| Secretary | Mabel Chinomona |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Harare |
| Website | |
| www.zanupf.org.zw/womens-league | |
The ZANU–PF Women's League is the women's wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, the ruling political party of Zimbabwe. 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 Deputy Secretary 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.
List of secretaries
The Secretary is the head of the Women's League. The following women have held the office of Secretary:
- Sally Mugabe (1978)[4]
- Joice Mujuru (c. 1981 – 1988)[5]
- Tsungirirai Hungwe (c. 1990s)
- Thenjiwe Lesabe (1994–2004)[6]
- Oppah Muchinguri (?? – 2014)
- Grace Mugabe (6 December 2014 – December 2017)
- Mabel Chinomona (December 2017 – present)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Goredema, Dorothy; Chigora, Percyslage (10 December 2009). "Fake heroines and the falsification of history in Zimbabwe 1980 – 2009" (PDF). Gweru: Midlands State University. 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. JSTOR 723607.
- ^ "New executive for the Women's League" (PDF). Zimbabwe Review. 25. November 1994 – via JSTOR.