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Harare — Zimbabwean youths should reaffirm their support for the country’s leadership so that they remain in power and defend it from being recolonised, a Cabinet minister has said.
Kasukuwere called upon all Zimbabweans to respect those who selflessly lost their lives to win freedom enjoyed today. Does that include Talent Mabika and others,??
In an interview following the return of more than 130 youths from Chikumbi Freedom Camp in Zambia on Sunday, Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, urged the youths to rally behind the country’s Praesidium, which was under siege from Western imperialists.
“We must hail the current leadership led by President Mugabe as it has managed to address the colonial injustices by giving people back their land,” he said.
Minister Kasukuwere called upon all Zimbabweans to respect those who selflessly lost their lives to win freedom enjoyed today. (What of those killed, those tortured, forced into exile and a whole nation subjected to modern day despotic rule by thugs masquerading as liberators)
“This is not a negotiable legacy because real Zimbabweans died. (So, ONLY Zanu PF thugs are real people?)
We must always remember the sacrifices of those who took practical action to fight invaders. It is important to pay respect to our fallen heroes buried in other countries,” he said.
He said as Government, they were prepared and determined to preserve the values of Independence, which were the basis upon which the liberation struggle was prosecuted.
More than 130 University of Zimbabwe students visited Chikumbi Freedom Camp, a former liberation war camp, over the weekend to honour hundreds of gallant sons and daughters of Zimbabwe who were brutally massacred by Rhodesian forces 30 years ago.
The trip, organised by the Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, was aimed at conscientising the youths on the history of Zimbabwe and to remind the future leaders to work for the prosperity and development of the nation.
Over 420 Zimbabweans perished on 19 October 1978 at the Freedom Camp after being bombed by the Rhodesian forces, in a move meant to pre-empt military incursions into Rhodesia by Zipra forces.
University of Zimbabwe student, Luckson Kandemiiri, described the trip as an eye opener to many youths.
“It is important to have these visits because it gives us a chance to be closer to what our fellow Zimbabweans went through. We have seen the truth and it should not end with us, but must spread to our peers so that they also know the significance of our independence,” he said.
(The Herald)
this guy is barking mad. Total madness. oh “hail” who? those muderers piss, please! these rhetorics make me sick. how can we support people abusing us? does that sound sane to him? i’m all for respecting our elders thats how i was raised but i was also raised to never tolarate and challenge injustice, human suffering and oppression of the marginalized. i will never support a person or regime that goes against those principles old or not, liberation hero or otherwise. for all i care they can take thier war credentails to hell with them!
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Matu,zvi adona
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How many ordinary Zimbabweans have got a share of that land? Instead they are being kicked off that land for the benefit of a few elite who are now multiple farm owners!
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There are no rules in Zimbabwe, Mugabe has lost control. The new farmers are also not safe as they were told not to build permanent structures. The new farmers who happen to be labelled wrongly are being kicked out of the farms. This is not independeance, it is survival of the fittest which fits the animal kingdom.
The Zanu Pf politics is not bringing food on the table. Kasukuwere we do not eat the same soup!
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How about the 20 000 ndebeles who were killed during Gukurawundi???? How about Shona people who being killed every day by Zanu PF, Unfortunately i have no figures as i am writing some are being killed. Masholand is now ZanuPF’s killing field. Shame on you Mugabe and your Zanu lunatics. I honestly sugest that the Herald be closed down. Mugabe you are the Devil of this world, You are the worst ruler Africa has ever had. The sooner your father Satan calls you the better.
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