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Indigenization of schools illegal
Child Advocacy Solidarity Trust
August 09, 2012

The Constitution of Zimbabwe allows individuals and religious groups to set up and run private schools. The intention of the government to indigenize private schools is unconstitutional, illegal and uncalled for. What 51% is to be ceded from an institution that has no shareholding and no shareholders? Private schools are run by trusts and churches whose boards comprise of a majority of black Zimbabweans.

What boggles the mind is the fact that the entities are not for profit and, thus, how would the disadvantaged mbuya Maduve in Murambinda be empowered from an institution that is not for making profits? There is no need for a rocket scientist to prove that the move is a political gimmick with regards to the impending elections and for selfish reasons.

In 2000 the government embarked on a chaotic land grab and to this day the farms that were invaded remain an eyesore. If the government is to continue with such a move of indigenizing private schools the standards of these institutions are surely going to fall.

Child Advocacy Solidarity Trust (CAST) condemns in the strongest of terms the move the government intends to take as it is illegal and unconstitutional and recommends that private schools should be left to be run 'privately'.

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