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ZINASU commemorates International Youth Day
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
August 11, 2006

ZINASU joins the rest of the youth community the world over in comemmorating the International Youth day (August 12) , whose theme for this year is TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER!

This is a very important day in the lives of young people as it should ideally give them a platform to look into the problems they are facing and also to explore possible solutions.The greatest tragedy however facing the youth is that the youth agenda has been highjacked by people who are far from being youths and whose aspirations do not even resonate with those of the ordinary young person of today.This is particularly so in third world countries,the majority of which still dont adhere to the standard age of what can be truly termed a youth.This is the sad reality which faces Zimbabwe apart from the countless other problems which have had a very negative impact on the growth of the youth towards the realisation of the protection and promotion of their aspirations , freedoms and rights.

A case in point is the ZANU PF National leadership at whose helm is Absolom Sikhosana and Saviour Kasukuwere who have long exceeded the age range defined for youths by the United Nations.lt is against this background that we at ZINASU insist that the youth function currently underway in Victoria Falls is devoid of a real Youth -oriented agenda as it is led by the above mentioned middle-aged men nearing their prime.Further , the process was not consultative and ver partisan.

ZINASU therefore makes the following stand in respect to the lnternational Youth Day.

• That we condenm the ZANU PF fiasco in Victoria Falls as a highjacked agenda by zanu pf HOODLUMS who are trying to divert youths from real issues ,
• That they have shamelessly hoodwinked the regional member states to be party to this crusade of plunderring taxpayers`money
• *That they can not honestly address youth problems that they have failed to address in the past 26 years of their misgovernance,corrupt and illegitimate rule TODAY.
• That issues like unemployment,HIV/AIDS, Health and Education,are the cornerstones of a solid foundation upon which the youth can start from.Sadly ,these are inherently absent and the government seems intent on continuing to perpetrate their absence.
• Lastly that a real youth program which adheres to the standerd age will be taking place at the Harare Gardens where youths will attempt to answer the hard questions and persue the Save Zimbabwe Convention resolutrons by begginning to mobilise for a sustained democratic resistence program which we believe is the answer and the lasting solution to our problems as young people.We will also come up with a firm statement as a foundation for recliming the youth agenda.
• We say no youths being used as canon fodder for political expediency.
• We say we are not leaders of tommorrow but of today.The future is proudly ours.
• We have more vested interest than the bolshevik revolutionaries that are currently determining our future.

Please leave us to determine our own destiny.

In defence of Academic Freedoms in Zimbabwe

Promise Mkwananzi
ZINASU President

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