Cap.l4:36 NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS COMMISSION No. 6/2017 PART III SECRETARIAT OF CoMMISSION 10 Executive Director ( 1) Subject to this Act, the Commission shall appoint a person approved by the Minister to be the Executive Director of the Commission, on such terms and conditions as the Commission, with the approval of the Minister, may fix. (2) No person shall be appointed as Executive Director and no person shall hold office as Executive Director if he or she is not a citizen of Zimbabwe. (3) The Commission shall terminate the appointment of the Executive Director if he or she would be, in terms of paragraph 3(l)(b), (c) or (d) of the First Schedule, required to vacate his or her office had the provisions of that paragraph and of paragraph l(b) and (c) of the First Schedule applied to him or her. (4) Subject to the general control of the Commission, the Executive Director shall be responsible for(a) managing the operations and property of the Commission; and (b) supervising and controlling the activities of the employees of the Commission in the course of their employment. (5) The Commission may assign to the Executive Director such other functions as the Commission thinks fit: Provided that the Commission shall not assign to the Executive Director any duty that has been assigned to the Chairperson of the Commission. (6) Any assignment of functions in terms of subsection (5) may be made either generally or specifically and subject to such reservations, restrictions, and exceptions as the Commission may determine, and may be revoked by the Commission at any time. 11 Employees of Commission (1) The Commission may employ on such terms and conditions as it may determine employees who are necessary for the conduct of the business of the Commission and may suspend, discipline or discharge any such employees. (2) The Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules relating to staff development and general conditions of staff. PART IV FINANCIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMISSION 12 Funds of Commission The funds of the Commission shall consist of(a) moneys payable to the Commission from moneys appropriated for the purpose by Act of Parliament; and (b) money received from the Standards Development Fund established by the Standards Development Fund Act [Chapter 14:19]; and (c) any donations, grants, bequests or loans made by any person or organisation or any government of any country to the Commission with the approval of the Minister; and 117