THE High Court in Harare has ordered the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators (ZNLWC) to hold an elective congress to elect a new committee within the next two months.<\/p>\n
High Court Judge Justice David Mangota gave the association a 60-day ultimatum to hold an elective congress to elect a new management committee following an application filed by its current general secretary Jabulani Mbetu.<\/p>\n
Justice Mangota delivered a default judgment on June 5, 2019, after the war collaborators failed to attend the hearing only attended by Mbetu.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have already demonstrated that I have a right to the relief I seek in this application, through my general membership and my position as general secretary of the respondent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the respondent is not interdicted from continuing to operate with an illegal management committee making decisions that are in essence null and void, the entire organisation will be placed in serious jeopardy,\u201d Mbetu said in his founding affidavit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe respondent, functioning with an illegal management committee, will affect the functions of my office as general secretary. I stand vindicated by law which allows me to legally seek pronouncement of the respondent\u2019s illegal standing and leadership a nullity,\u201d he said urging the court to rule in his favour.<\/p>\n
The war collaborators body was cited as respondent.<\/p>\n
Mangota ruled that Mbetu has the right to an elective congress and ordered the organisation to act as such.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhereupon after reading documents filed in record and hearing counsel it is ordered that: The applicant (Mbetu) be and is hereby declared to have the right to an elective congress of the respondent (ZNLWC) every five years to elect the respondent\u2019s management committee,\u201d Justice Mangota ruled.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe respondent be and is hereby ordered to hold an elective congress within the next 60 days to elect a new management committee. Respondent is hereby ordered to pay costs on a legal practitioner-client scale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mbetu had approached the High Cour seeking a declaratur and an interdict against his organisation to effectively bar it from continuing to operate with what he described as an illegal management committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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