Youths grateful for the National Youth Day celebrations
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By Staff Writer
Various youths who thronged the Robert Mugabe Square to celebrate the National Youth Day shared their gratitude to the ruling Party ZANU PF for setting aside the day.
The day which was set aside in remembrance of the work done by the former President Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe, falls on the 21st of February which also happens to the late National hero’s birthday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the gathering, various youths spoke of their appreciation of the day whose theme was “Alleviating drug and substance abuse by the youth”.
Tendai Nyika (25) said “the day which is a blessing to us helps bring awareness about issues affecting us the youth among them drug and substance abuse, empowerment in agriculture and mining among others.”
Charlotte Mukarati (22) said “with the theme being celebrated today, it is important to encourage the youths to be productive and not heed to peer pressure just to escape real life. We must encourage the youth to protect our revolution because as the President Cde E.D Mnangagwa always says, nyika inovakwa nevene vayo, such organizations as Chitepo School of Ideology must teach the youth where the country came from.”
Melinda Chiki (27) noted that “it is an important day for us as it encourages us that the ZANU PF Party remembers and thinks about us and our welfare. We must keep busy at all times and being idle is what makes many of our peers resort to drug and substance abuse.”
One of the artists perfoming at the event Ras Caleb whose real name is Calleb Tereka disclosed that he uses his music to encourage young people.
“The youth is the future and they are an innovative generation whose minds are also creative and going along with technology hence our need to encourage them. A lot of drug and substance abuse occurs because most of the community halls are no longer serving their recreational purpose and many of our youth are unemployed,” Ras Caleb said.
“We must open up our fields and have more sports and drama clubs things which do not need much investment and have them also engage in hand skills such as welding, woodwork and mechanics.
“ I use my music such songs as ‘Kure, and Matsomu tsomu” to help the youth think on their feet and not wait for things to be done for them and refrain from drug and substance abuse.”
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