By A Correspondent- Zanu PF has directed several internet services providers to give the party free internet services during its October conference.

Zanu PF is this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will hold its annual conference online, with a small number of people gathering at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) in Mashonaland province.

Provincial delegates will virtually attend the meeting from different centres where large television screens will be mounted.

Matebeleland North minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Richard Moyo, sold the ruling party’s plot out when he summoned representatives of mobile network services providers in Bulawayo to attend the province’s conference preparatory meeting last week.

The meeting was held on Friday at the party’s Lupane offices.

“On the 11th of August 2021, Minister Moyo wrote a letter to our organization inviting us to a Zanu PF congress planning meeting at the party’s offices in Lupane. The meeting was held on Friday,” a source who attended the meeting said.

Moyo is also Zanu PF ‘s Matebeleland North provincial chairperson.

According to Moyo’s letter some of the mobile network service providers who were invited to  Friday meeting include  TelOne, NetOne, Telecel, Transmedia and Econet.

Representatives of state broadcaster ZBC, Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Publicity and  Lupane State University also attended the meeting.

“Of all the invited companies, only Econet did not attend. During the meeting, the party requested free services for the event. Each and every company was assigned a role to play in the installation of high powered internet services at the congress‘s provincial venue,” another source said