ZANU PF has moved its former Secretary for Science and Technology, Obert Moses Mpofu, to the party’s Council of Elders in a leadership reshuffle announced on Thursday.
The changes, announced by the party’s Secretary for Information and Publicity and spokesperson, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa, also see businessman and Senator Dr Kudakwashe Tagwirei appointed to the newly designated position of Secretary for Economic Affairs and Investment Promotion.
In another change, Mayor Wadyajena has been appointed a member of the party’s Central Committee.
Announcing the changes in a statement dated October 15, 2026, Mutsvangwa said President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his capacity as ZANU PF First Secretary, had made the appointments through the party’s Secretary-General, Advocate Jacob Mudenda.
The statement, titled Assignment and Re-assignment of Party Cadres to the Central Committee, Council of Elders and Politburo, said the appointments were made in accordance with the party constitution.
“I, as Secretary for Information and Publicity and Party Spokesperson, announce that Party First Secretary, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, through the Secretary-General, Cde. Advocate Jacob F. N. Mudenda, and in accordance with the Constitution of the Party,” Mutsvangwa said.
He cited Article 7, which deals with the appointment of Central Committee members; Article 8, which concerns appointments to the Council of Elders; and Article 9, which provides for the appointment of Politburo members.
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The statement confirmed Mpofu’s reassignment, saying: “Obert Moses Mpofu, formerly the Secretary for Science and Technology, has been appointed to the Council of Elders.”
On Tagwirei’s appointment, Mutsvangwa said: “Senator Kudakwashe Tagwirei has been appointed to the new re-designated position of Secretary for Economic Affairs and Investment Promotion.”
He added that Wadyajena had been appointed a member of the Central Committee.
“These appointments are with immediate effect,” the statement said.
Mpofu’s reassignment follows earlier changes to his responsibilities within the party. In September 2025, he was moved from the position of Secretary for Administration to the ICT portfolio.
His latest appointment shifts him from the Science and Technology portfolio to the Council of Elders, while Tagwirei’s appointment introduces a newly designated secretariat position focused on economic affairs and investment promotion.
The announcement comes ahead of ZANU PF’s 23rd National People’s Conference, scheduled to open in Chinhoyi on October 16, according to the party’s published programme.
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