President Mnangagwa Reshuffles ZANU PF Politburo Leadership

President and ZANU PF First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a reorganisation of the party’s Politburo, making several key leadership changes in line with the ruling party’s constitution.

In a statement released Tuesday by ZANU PF’s Department of Information, Mnangagwa invoked Article 9, Sections 65 and 67 of the party constitution to effect the reshuffle, which takes immediate effect.

Under the changes, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, previously the party’s Treasurer General, has been appointed Secretary General. He replaces Obert Mpofu, who has been reassigned as Secretary for Information Communication Technology (ICT).

Former Legal Affairs Secretary Patrick Chinamasa will now serve as Treasurer General, while Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has been appointed as Secretary for Legal Affairs, shifting from his former role as head of the ICT portfolio.

Party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said the reorganisation reflects ZANU PF’s ongoing commitment to its founding principles of “unity, peace, and development” and to what he described as “the Permanent Zimbabwe Revolution in service to the people and the nation.”

The Politburo, ZANU PF’s highest decision-making body outside of congress, plays a central role in shaping both party strategy and government policy in Zimbabwe, where the party has ruled since independence in 1980.