. . .Youths optimistic

ZANU-PF youths in Masvingo are optimistic President Mnangagwa’s investor-friendly approach will end two decades of unemployment and poverty.

They said President Mnangagwa’s leadership was likely to facilitate the development of 25 000 hectares of irrigation around Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in Chivi South.

It is believed that the take-off of the Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway dualisation project will also assure youths of multiple job opportunities.

ZANU-PF provincial secretary for economic affairs Cde Phillip Chieza yesterday said they believed President Mnangagwa will expeditiously attend to the two key projects.

“As youths from Masvingo, we are very much delighted with the message which our President, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, emphasised in his inauguration speech that issues of job creation and economic recovery have to be attended to with speed, especially after a very long journey in which youths witnessed empty promises and a lot disappointments,” he said.

Cde Chieza expressed hope that President Mnangagwa will quickly look into the development of land earmarked for irrigation at Tokwe-Mukosi.

“With the high levels of unemployment in Zimbabwe, youths

the following day.”

Cde Chadzamira added: “We are geared for the special Congress, all logistics are in place with adequate transport having already been mobilised.”

He said the provincial leadership had hired 60 buses to ferry delegates to Harare.

At least 650 Zanu-PF delegates from Masvingo are expected to attend the Extraordinary Congress.

Masvingo has seen four of its members booted out of Zanu-PF by the party’s Central Committee on allegations of fanning factionalism and belonging anticipate the President, who proved his unquestionable love for the agriculture sector by his idea for the Command Agriculture programme, that the development of 25 000ha of irrigable land around Tokwe-Mukosi Dam just requires his command for the project to kickstart,” he said.

“We have various ventures there. Others can get into construction of hotels, while others could establish game reserves in moves that would create more job opportunities while ushering in economic recovery.”

Youths are hopeful that the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway will most likely have a positive impact on job creation.

“The youths have waited and are still waiting to take every opportunity which comes their way,” said Cde Chieza.

“Some are prepared to work, while others are prepared to supply materials for the project.

“It is our humble appeal to President Mnangagwa that once these projects are in motion, Masvingo will be transformed into an economic hub where hunger would be a thing of the past, while youths would exhibit their talents, which have been suppressed for some time now.”

Former President Robert Mugabe commissioned the Tokwe-Mukosi Dam and the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway project early this year.

to the G40 cabal.

The leaders include Masvingo South legislator Dr Walter Mzembi, former Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Dr Paul Chimedza, provincial youth chairperson Cde Nobert Ndaarombe and Masvingo Urban National Assembly member Dr Daniel Shumba.

The Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Cde Simon Khaya Moyo, has called on provincial executives to stop the purging of members in the party and warned that those who defy the directive “will be dealt with heavily”.