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Chinyamukwakwa
meeting report, Checheche Download
this document Introduction and Background Platform for Youth Development Trust (PYD) in collaboration with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition organized a community meeting at Chinyamukwakwa business centre in Chipinge. This was a second meeting of these two organizations with the first one having been done at Chisumbanje Primary school. The meeting was well attended with close to four hundred people of whom ten were traditional leadership inclusive of Headman Chinyamukwakwa with nine being his kraal heads. The community meeting was intended to consult the people on their reaction to the apportionment of 35 thousand hectares of land to Macdom Investments. The meeting was chaired by Takawira Mupakati while Claris Madhuku and Clifford Hlatywayo were the main speakers. Vote of thanks was given by Headman Chinyamukwakwa.Of the participants 45 percent were women with 60 percent being the youths. The land dispute which started in 2008 has no option but to involve the residents who must validate the proceedings. Platform for Youth Development was involved in this dispute for two major reasons, which are to mitigate the conflict and also to protect the community. The community was advised that the matter is now being discussed at the level of the government ministries namely Minister of Agriculture, Mechanization and Irrigation development led by Joseph Made; State Enterprises and Parastatals led by Gorden Moyo, Prime Minister's Office led by Morgan Tsvangirai and President and Cabinet led by Robert Mugabe. Infact, the Prime Minister's team was supposed to address the residents on the 25th of February. The meeting stressed the importance of the community to be united against their political orientation for the sake of protecting their land rights. Clifford Hlatywayo who entertained the community to speak out, chronicled how the liberation was fought for the sake of the land and people's rights over their land provisions. He defined development as a process involving consultations and legitimate agreements signed as memorandum of understanding. He assured the community that the organization in partnership with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and other progressive forces will leave no stone unturned in serving the interests of the community. Platform for Youth Development Trust (PYD) is a non-partisan, non-discriminatory and grassroots based youth organization that was formed by victimized youth to act as a platform, network and bridge for the youth in all spheres of life to articulate issues affecting them particularly relating to development, democracy, good governance, peaceful co-existence, human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe. PYD therefore seeks to bring together marginalized youth in rural and urban areas, farms, growth points and resettlement areas, church-based youth organizations including youth organizations for young women with a view to empowering them and to ensure their meaningful participation in championing the cause of democracy, respect for the rule of law, peaceful co-existence and good governance. For more Information
contact Claris Madhuku, Director platformtrust@gmail.com
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