By Talent Gondo| Zanu Pf Secretary for Administration, Dr Obert Mpofu has revealed that his party had embarked on a membership drive and the full time Zanu Pf stalwarts who were retired from cabinet and were now at the helm of the party’s operations were working overtime to boost the party’s membership.

Mpofu, revealed that just like President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s mantra that Zimbabwe was open for business, Zanu Pf was open for membership.

The former Home Affairs minister said Zanu Pf’s membership cards were selling like hot cakes urging those who wanted to join his party to do so since his party did not screen members basing on political, racial or social background.

Said Mpofu in a statement:

“Our party cards are selling like hot cakes because of this demand and we are saying people are free to join Zanu-PF, people are free to come back home and continue their political careers within the revolutionary party.

In doing so, we need to follow the constitutional requirements in dealing with these issues because we are dealing with different categories of people, new members who are coming from other parties and those who were once our members.

The new members who are coming to join us are across racial considerations.

We have quite a number of whites who are coming to Zanu-PF and we continue to get requests from other races — coloureds (and) Indians who want to join us.

That is why I think the fact that we are now full-time, we will be able to deal with these issues, which need to be dealt with as expeditiously as possible.

The President has been very clear with that, the doors are not only open for business, but they are open for membership.

We are kept busy here that sometimes we are leaving offices very late in the evening because of people’s overwhelming requests and demands.

Party positions are open and if they adhere to the rules and regulations of the party, rules and regulations as per the constitution, they can climb through the party rank to where people want them to be.”