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Lake October Festival partners Cancer Association of Zimbabwe

Beverly Bizeki

It is that time of the year once again for one of Masvingo’s greatest festivals, Lake October Great Zimbabwe Tourism Festival this time around partnering Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) in celebration of the breast cancer awareness month to bring a unique purpose for the festival.
Head of Public Relations for the festival Tavita Mpala confirmed the developments and said preparations for the third edition of the festival were underway with proceeds being directed towards charity for breast cancer.
“Lake October Annual Festival through its various projects and activities raise funds for charity and this year we have partnered CAZ to raise funds and donations for cancer patients in Masvingo.
“The festival is running under the theme Destination Marketing & Promotion Festival with a Purpose-Tourism for Cancer Awareness. The theme was inspired by the greater need to raise awareness about breast cancer and with the month of October being breast cancer awareness month we took a deliberate stand to be a festival with a cause, infusing the element of edutainment,” said Mpala.
The festival will start on October 20 with live performances at Caravan Park followed by a festival day with plenty of activities at various destinations in the province.
“In line with this year’s theme the opening night of the music festival dubbed ‘Pink Friday Music Concert’ will be held on October 20. The music concert will be headlined by live performances from Zimbabwe’s top female artistes Selmor Mtukudzi, Feli Nandi and DJ Liz. Winky D will perform as a guest artist.
“On Saturday 21 October 2022 the festival shifts to the Great Zimbabwe Monuments for the Great Zimbabwe marathon followed by a Culture day. Hippo Creek Resort, Tambai Lakeside Park and Kyle view resort all on the shores of Lake Mutirikwi will host a full day of activities that include tour of Great Zimbabwe Monuments, lion encounter, game-drives, fun shooting, quad biking, boat cruises, fishing, beach sports and fun activities.
“In the evening Zimbabwe’s top artists, Killer T, EX Q, Holy Ten and Mbeu, will headline the ‘Zim’s Finest Music Concert’ at Caravan Park and local artists and DJs from Masvingo province will perform throughout the festival,” she said.
The Festival culinary competition, food and wine tasting will be hosted by Granez Restaurant at Masvingo Sports Club on 28 October followed by Lake October Charity Golf Day on the 14th of October.
Last year’s edition of the festival was attended by over 8000 people in 3 days.

Man hangs self over sodomy storm

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Tinaani Nyabereka

Gweru- In an unfortunate incident, a 42 year old Gokwe man reportedly took his life by hanging himself on a mango tree after allegedly hearing that he was being sought after by police over allegations of sodomy.
Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko in a press statement urged members of the public to seek second opinions advices in cases of distress
“We advise the public not to put themselves in situations they cannot handle on their own. When such situations eventually happen, always find a person to confide in and get a second opinion.” Mahoko said.
Circumstances are that on 21 September 2023 around 4pm Temba Munyoro (42) of Venge village under chief Chireya in Gokwe was at a beer drink at Nyamhara Business Centre.
He got information that he was being sought by the police on allegations of sodomy. He went home and retired to bed. Around 0400 hours the next morning Munyoro woke up and left his wife behind in bed.
When his wife woke up she could not find him resulting in her informing neighbors who then began searching for him.
Munyoro’s body was later found hanging from a Mango tree at a nearby abandoned home.

Council to introduce another levy to residents in 2024

Beverly Bizeki

Masvingo city council has proposed to introduce a fire levy in the 2024 budget to cover up costs of the fire rescue services amid other adjustments to be made in the budget.
This was revealed in the 2024 budget consultation report for stakeholders and residents under which council said the levy is to finance capitalization and operations of the fire rescue services.
“We are proposing introducing a fire levy in 2024 to finance the capitalization and operations of the fire rescue services. This proposal is informed by the high cost of equipment which we are failing to fund from the rates account,” reads the report.
The proposed levies for residential stands are US$ 1.50 and US$3 for commercial stands.
“The council’s fire brigade covers the whole province and beyond and given the critical nature of this operation, we are proposing the following fire levy beginning January 2024 that is US$ 1,50 for residential stands, US$3 for commercial, industrial, institutional stands while fuel depots, filling stations, LPG depots and LPG retail stands,” reads the report.
Residents will also bear an increase on their bills as council is proposing increasing the refuse tariff from US$2.36 in 2023 to US$2.50 in 2024.
“In line with the cost-recovery principle, we propose to increase the refuse tariff from US$2.36 per bin collection to US$2.50,” reads part of the report.
Council claims to have a deficit of US$0.14 as the cost per bin collection after VAT is US$2.50.

Mwenezi Teacher ‘murdered’ over suspected affair with married woman

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Cephas Shava

Mwenezi- A grade five teacher at Sarahuru Primary School in Mwenezi District, Godfrey Marambira was on Monday, September 25 found hanging in a forest and people suspect that he was murdered over love affair with a married woman who resides a few kilometers from the school and then hanged to conceal the murder.
The deceased who is said to have been coming from his rural home in Chivi for the weekend on Sunday is said to have deviated the route after reportedly being lured to come to a homestead of a married woman in the late hours.
He didn’t know it was a trap from the woman’s husband who was baiting him after he suspected Marambira to be in an affair with his wife after stumbling on some love text messages in his wife’s cellphone.
Though no official comment was obtained from the police, Sarahuru Primary School head Kudakwashe Gwezhira confirmed the death tragedy but professed ignorance of what could have really transpired to his subordinate on the fateful night.
“Marambira was one of our punctual teachers at school but on Monday morning we were just informed by his wife that he was yet to arrive home and his cellphone was not reachable since the previous night and had last communicated that he was at Neshuro Township.
“We made efforts to locate him but all was in vain and we were called around midday that his blood stained dead body was found near Zhanje Mountain hanging from a tree. We do not know what really happened to him and the matter is now in police’s hands and I am sure their investigations will establish what really transpired,” Said Gwezhira.
Although police investigations where still ongoing by the time of writing Tellzim News is reliably informed that the suspected murderer who was still being pursued by detectives is a known cross-border trader (name withheld) from Chidhumo village under Chief Neshuro which is some few kilometers from Sarahuru Primary School.
Sources allege the suspect who usually resides in South Africa came across some love text messages between his wife and Marambira. He then decides to use his wife’s cellphone to lure him to come for some quality time.
“Upon suspecting that his wife was having an affair with the teacher the husband took his wife’s phone and began to lure Marambira to visit in the late hours and have some quality time before proceeding to his school. Little did he knew that he was communicating with the husband Marambira who was coming from Chivi diverted the route to meet his lover,” said a source.
It is alleged that Marambira was told to just sneak into the dark room as usual and upon entering the married women’s house he was hit on the head resulting in his immediate death.
Upon realizing that he had killed Marambira the suspected is said to have bundled his dead body into his car and drove to a near bush which is near Zhanje Mountain where he hanged the deceased’s body on a tree besides his satchel and two loafs of bread to appear as if he committed suicide.

SADC also waiting with us all for 2028

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Ladies and gentlemen, I hope by now it is sinking in that elections are over and there is nothing more to expect than to brace for the five years ago to come. Zvakatoendwa hama dzangu. SADC once again has been rendered a toothless bulldog, although Dr Nevers Mumba tried his best. I think nayowo SADC is also waiting to see what will happen isu tichiti pane zvaichaitavo. Inotongwa nevene iyi, kkkk and hapana zvamunovaita. Mapombi is reliably informed that mukomana haatorina kana plan zvake, kusara kwemabible verse nekungotweeter pano neapo as he goes around the country assuring people of what is difficult to comprehend, huye bodo. Meanwhile vene vari kutowedzera kutsvetana zvavo pazvigaro nemabhebhi avo isu vanyai takangoti vavava. Mapombi was happy a few weeks ago after hearing that ED refused to sign the PVO Bill ndikati shuwa midzimu yakombora because some of us depend on aid yemaNGO ka, paya panopihwa vanhu chibage towanawo chemaputi ekukanga kuno kuchitima. Zvehurumende yedu itamba tamba chidembo muswe ndakabata chaiyo. I am told the bill will be the gift that continues giving, vanoda kufarisa robva rabudiswa monyarara. If there is anything this current regime has mastered it is the art of intimidation, and we all saw that when opposition leaders were being arrested like nobody’s business. At least the ERC group that was arrested on elections day are out on bail, and I recently heard that they are fighting their placement on remand. Haa chero regime yozovhura hombe, raiding and arresting elections stakeholders on elections day was the lowest of the low. Munosvodesa.
Before I start running my mouth as usual, I just want to extend my sincere condolences to the Rio Zim team that was in a plane crash that took the life of business tycoon Harpal Randhawa and his son kwedu kuMashava Muraini maSabhuku Vharazipi. Umwe acharipiswa chete kkk. It is so saddening to lose such important people in our society. Mapombi was just appalled by the amount of hate people have for the current establishment because I saw a comment or two on social media stating disappointment that it should have been one of vene. Musadaro veduwe, where is your humanity? But the truth is vene vacho vanosvitsa vanhu pasipo ava. They created this system and navowo you see them spewing hate on social media. Musi uno uno I saw Niki Mangwana responding to someone musosho imomu threatening ‘kuputisa’ mai, sisi, mukadzi plus girlfriend of that user ‘asina kukumbira’. Whatever that meant ndakangoti baba ava vapindwa neiko. Also telling those with albinism kuti vasamunyaudza nezvisina basa on his birthday. Zvisina basa shuwa Permanent Secretary Mangwana to people with disabilities? Chete vanhu veZanu maopen foot ndoavo, kuipa nemoyo. Zuro ndizuro Jamwanda George Charamba was spewing all the nonsense you can think of against civic actors and opposition activists. Kuita chijairira chekurashika pavanhu kudaro, haa munomakisa machinda.
Ko hanzi cholera yatsviriridza kuChiredzi uko ladies and gentlemen. You know, these outbreaks always make Mapombi think that at any given moment, Zimbabwean civilians are sitting on a ticking time bomb. Can you imagine, a whole sovereign nation still grappling with such archaic diseases like cholera. Chokwadi cholera chaiyo here kana ndimi hama dzangu? In this era where boreholes are being sunk everywhere, and for that matter it being one of Zanu’s campaign tool, you still hear that there are places where people are drinking river water. After that you have the nerve to go and intimidate those people to vote for you, as if you care for them. Kutozoisa FAZ in those places to make sure that you get each and every vote, and barely a month after winning elections the same voters are enduring cholera. This system is rotten to the core.
News reaching me here kuchitima dzirikuti mukomana Nero was recently in town and he told his supporters that it’s not over, hanzi mukomana ane plan. It looks like Nero is banking on SADC and other regional bodies to intervene on what he calls an illegitimate election. If that is going to happen, Mapombi will walk up to masoja aya epaState House kunokumbira mvura yekunwa because angave mashura padunhu chaiwo. When will Chamisa realise that SADC is never going to throw one of its own under the bus? Chinhu chine vene ichi. ED and his friends, or ED’s friends to be precise will never let him down kuSADC uko I promise you, manje maYero ukamaudza izvozvo they will think you’re a murakashi but facts are stubborn. Kuzvida kana kusazvida we all know the truth. Mapombi also heard Promise Mkwananzi, who had the police telling civilians that he was a wanted man after he addressed a press conference was also here in Masvingo with Nero. Vakomana vacho here, ishasha idzi. He had us think he had skipped borders but he is here zvake. Zanu haina nyadzi ndotokuudzai, kusanganisira all the state apparatus they use to thwart dissenting voices, mapurisa iwayo ehe. Bvunzai Ostallos who was arrested for merely saying ‘we fear fokol’ kkkkkk. Hanzi it caused aram and despondency sekureva kwaJenarari. What pains my heart though is that Job Sikhala is still languishing in prison, and it’s really beginning to feel like he has been forgotten. Ngaruvhume again achimowo and no one is losing sleep over him, probably except for his family. Thinking that 2030 vanenge vachipo, tichapera tese kuvharirwa, but if they come here kuchitima ndovahwanda mushanga like the biblical Moses. One thing you need to know is that hapana chisingaperi, one day the hunter will become the hunted. Maybe on Sikhala, they are preparing him to do a Nelson Mandela style? 27 years in Jail, then President.
Few weeks back I saw Masomere crying with joy during ED’s birthday after he had been gifted mombe, purazi netractor. On top of that he got a car, vese naHwenje. Ndokunonzi kubhadharwazve nemusangano uku. Of course kusupporter Zanu mukore uno kunenge kuromba but at least mambodyawo henyu. Kusiri kufa ndekupi. If you can’t beat them join them. Kutonga nyika kusvika munhu wese asisina integrity, kusvika munhu wese akuda kutengawo kachikwambo kake, kkkkkk. Tinongoti hedu makorokoto Teacher DJ Masomere, mochirega kuva overzealous because musangano wacho hauna shuwa, moswera makungoritaira sedzimwe shasha dzatongoona mumastreet umu dzaimbovamo.
How far kucouncil kwedu kune vanyowani uko? It seems there isn’t much activity but I can promise you that full council meetings are going to be so much fun. This time ibheke raTizirai chairo, kkkk, makasangana zvidhakwa tati taonei. The most exciting part however is having Shanty chairing these meetings, achinyararidza vanaManyanga, tichaonerera. Pakadai that’s where the statement ‘Masvingo yazviita zvekare’ should be used because we made history by putting a young woman on the mayoral position. Zvekuti hee she is untested ratove drama, maida kumutestera pai? I hope she lives up to many’s expectations as a young leader and as a woman mabiyedu, but just a word of advice Your Worship; mukada kuwanza protocol nepower you will only build hostility against yourself. People need a leader who is not difficult, asingawanze bureaucracy kunge Zanu handitika? Ehee, haikona kuzoti havana kundiyambira. Ask for notes from former mayor Fidze who many can testify that although he was not a politician par excellent, he was one of Masvingo’s most loved mayors. Nesuwo vana Mapombi we want access to our leadership, like Councillor Masimba said kuti chakakosha vanhu, nokuti vanhu ndonyika, kkkk.
Where is Mama Joyi Mujuru nhai? We last saw her kuinauguration hugging her once sworn enemy, haa politics is a dirty game. Ungazomboti ndivo vaya vaitukirira makore aya. Regai Nero azoti hatichada macareer politicians because dzirimo dzimwe shasha in opposition who think they are entitled to being in high political positions for life, yet everyday they are frothing on the mouth complaining about Zanu. Hanzi naNero endai munotanga enyu maparty, mazvinwa here imi vana musorobhangu kkkkk?
Regai ndindokanga zvangu maputi angu for lunch. Mazuvano mabanana handisi kudya akaora because akadira. Mboko imboko!

Masvingo celebrates MP Chiduwa’s fall from grace

. . . plot to oust him from Zaka DCC’s chair thickens

Beverly Bizeki

MASVINGO – While many people often celebrate the success of their kinsmen and feel sad when bad things happen, the story is different for the Zaka South legislator Clemence Chiduwa whom people in Zaka and Masvingo are celebrating his sudden fall from grace after President Emmerson Mnangagwa dropped him from his current cabinet.
Chiduwa who is former deputy minister for Finance and Economic Development in the previous government is the only one from Masvingo province who was disappointed as seven other ministers were re-appointed by Mnangagwa when he formed his government a fortnight ago.
Impeccable sources in Zanu PF said there was a number of issues that resulted in him being sidelined like being boastful, selfishness, nepotism, and self-praise which is said to have irked some top Zanu PF officials.
Zanu PF councilors at Zaka Rural District Council (RDC) who spoke to TellZim News on condition of anonymity for fear of victimization said Chiduwa has no one but himself to blame for his downfall.
“Chiduwa has no one to blame but himself – he influenced local leadership to appoint his wife councilor through the quota system. After that he again influenced other councilors to vote for her to become council chair. He is that kind of a leader who wants to take everything home,” the councilor said.
“Chiduwa failed to acknowledge the party and government programs in the district. He said all the programs that were funded by the government was his doing to the extent that he told people that he was responsible for the disbursement of devolution funds as deputy minister of finance,” added the councilor.
Another top Zanu PF official said Chiduwa’s biggest error was to try and establish his own center of power and failure to campaign for Mnangagwa in his constituency.
“Literally he (Chiduwa) was creating own centre of power and that is the biggest mistake one should never make in Zanu PF because we only have one centre of power. If you go to his constituency today, he is more popular than President Mnangagwa. I also think that he made a serious blunder when he influenced the appointment of his wife as councilor; he lost popularity in the district because of that because there were more deserving women who have been loyal to the party for too long.
“For that reason, both the district and provincial leadership no longer want him as DCC chairperson and it won’t be a surprise if he fails to complete his term as chairperson,” said the source.
When contacted for comment, Chiduwa dropped the call after the reporter introduced self and asked for his opinion on why he could have been dropped from cabinet and further attempts yielded nothing as he was not picking up calls.
Further attempts to get comment from him the following day were again futile as his mobile phone went unanswered.
Chiduwa, who is also the Zanu PF DCC chairperson for Zaka district, is said to have used his powerful positions of deputy minister, MP and DCC chairperson to influence the appointment of his wife into council through the women quota.
This did not go down well with the people of Zaka, and sources in Zanu PF said the party is already plotting to oust him.
Another source said Chiduwa was paying the price for being disrespectful and undermining the party through campaigning for himself ahead of the president in the just ended elections.
However, another Zanu PF provincial member said it was too early to conclude that Chiduwa had been dumped, saying the President could have something in store for him.
“It’s too early to conclude, the president is still appointing and we should wait. The President could have something better for him, let’s wait a bit and see,” said the member
Chiduwa’s downfall came as a surprise just like his rise in 2019 when he was appointed deputy minister barely two months after his election in a by election following the death of Castain Gumbwanda who was MP for the then Zaka East.
In 2018 Chiduwa had failed to contest in the primaries after he was disqualified for being a newbie in the party together with Talent Chivange who was disqualified for his alleged links to the G40 faction.
After the elections, Chiduwa is alleged to have used his links to get admitted into Zanu PF and subsequently contested and won the by-election. He also got co-opted in the Zanu PF provincial executive the same year.

ZANU-PF exhibits at Masvingo agricultural show

Faith Duri

ZANU-PF party is exhibiting Masvingo Agricultural Show which is running from September 28 – October 1, 2023 probably for the first time in many years.

Speaking to TellZim News Masvingo Provincial Secretary for Information Pepukai Chiwewe said they decided to exhibit to showcase the party’s achievements and get time to interact with various stakeholders.

“This is our chance to showcase to people what we have achieved as a party as well as government since we are the ruling party. We are show casing our achievements towards vision 2030 of making Zimbabwe an upper middle income economy by 2030.

“Our main achievements are in Agriculture which resonates with this event, achievements as a party mainly on agriculture, tourism and mining, and road infrastructure,” said Chiwewe

He said those who will pass through their stand will get party magazines among other literature and those who exhibit knowledge of the party will get the party regalia including t-shirts, caps.

He also said they will tell people about the party hierarchy, structures and organs, how each operates.

“Those who will pass through our stand will get regalia and literature and we will also take time to tell those who care to listen our party hierarchy, structures from cell level to the politburo and explain how each organ operates.

Chiwewe said the party’s affiliate organization like Young Women for ED, Varakashi4ED, will also be part of the exhibitors at their stand and each will explain how they operate as well.

He said they will be playing the party top song Mai Welly by Chief Shumba which was topical before elections.

6 feared dead in Mashava plane crash

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Beverly Bizeki

Six people have been reported dead after a small aircraft allegedly owned by Rio Zim and was headed to Murowa Diamonds crashed at Peter farm, Zvamahande area in Mashava, Masvingo.

National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the crash and said police officers were on the ground to establish what could have caused the crash.

“Our officers are on the ground right now to establish what could have happened, we will issue a report later so just check with us during the course of the day,” said Nyathi

Allegations are that the fatal incident happened at in the morning around 0800 hours today (September 29) after the Cessna 206 that was on its way from Harare to Murowa diamonds in Zvishavane developed a technical fault and crashed in a hilly area near Zvamahande Secondary School leading to the death of six people, the passengers and crew.

Some sources close to the matter suspect that the plane which was transporting four Indians and two Zimbabweans might have exploded midair leading to the crash as body parts were scattered all over the place.

Sources also said at least six pairs of shoes that had broken feet were recovered near the aircraft wreckage with some remains of human flesh being seen on trees.

In February this year a Murowa diamonds plane crashed in Beatrice although no fatalities were recorded.

In 2018, a Cessna 182 aircraft crashed and killed five people, the pilot and four tourists from Finland, Tokwane-Ngundu near Renco Mine.

The passengers were flying from Buffalo Range Airport in Chiredzi to Victoria Falls.

Prioritize water provision – Residents tell new council

Beverly Bizeki

Masvingo City residents have urged the newly elected councilors to work towards putting to an end perennial water challenges in the city as a top priority ahead of their five year term in office on September 21, 2023.
Speaking at a post-election review engagement meeting organized by Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) at Mucheke Hall, Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Association (MURRA) Spokesperson Godfrey Mutimba said that the new council had a mandate to provide water in the city.
“We expect the new leadership to make the perennial water shortages challenges their chief priority in their five year plan. Residents have endured massive water shortages over the past decade with no solution in sight and we feel council should make sure the challenge is addressed once and for all.
“Residents spend the whole day without running water from taps and water is only available in the wee hours of the day for only three to four hours of the day then it vanishes. Council officials have reiterated that the shortages have been caused by the boom in urban population against the capacity of about 35 mega litres when we need 48 mega litres to fully service the booming population in the city,” said Mutimba.
“We cannot continue to set alarms to wake up at 0300 hours to fetch water before it vanishes into the thin air, we cannot accept that so this is a challenge to the newly elected council this is the first priority,” said Mutimba.
Mutimba also urged the new council to finish up projects that have since been started saying some of them were older than certain councilors.
“Council should also prioritize finishing up projects that have long been started, there are projects that were started about a decade ago but are yet to be completed yet we are seeing the coming in of councilors and mayors with not much progress on these projects,” he said.
Mutimba also applauded the improvement in the composition of councilors saying there were more women than in the previous years so they can tackle issues concerning women and youths.
“We now have more female councilors and we applaud the development so we expect that these women will also address challenges that women experience in service delivery as we know that women bear the brunt of poor service delivery.
“When we do not have water it is women who go to fetch water at the boreholes, if refuse is not collected in time it is women who have to make a plan to dump the refuse somewhere which is not acceptable.
“It is also women who bear the brunt of waking up in the wee hours of the day to put their bins outside for refuse collection around the same time they fetch water so we think that the increase of women in council chambers will also help to address several issues that women face in the provision of service delivery,” he added.
The Masvingo City Deputy Mayor Daniel Mberikunashe who was representing council said they have taken note of the concerns by residents and would work towards addressing them.

All set for Miss Gweru beauty contest

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Tinaani Nyabereka

Gweru – All has been set for Miss Gweru beauty pageant which is being hosted by Milan Family Restaurant on Saturday 30 September in a glitz and glamour arena which is expected to enhance the girl child’s participation and protection.
The event has already drawn a number of sponsors who are expected to drive the pageant namely, Suskwe Lodges, Mahogany Sounds, Glow Petroleum, River Valley Properties, Mahein Glam, Booties Pharmacy, CN Photography, Middrime Driving School and Pinnacle Modelling Agency.
Milan Chief Coordinator, Faith Mazana said there will be stunning performance set for the day.
“The event will be graced by Trevor Dongo as the guest artist with his famous Ndashamisika song taking center stage.
“It will run under the theme protecting the girl child, combat against drugs and substance abuse,” she said.
She said gates will open at 1800hrs and urged members of the public to come in numbers to witness the spectacular talent the show has to offer and said the entry fee was US$5.
Mazana also highlighted the need for the professionalization of the modelling to curbs acts of abuse and urged agents and brands to make sure that
“Modelling is a career, a profession but is being degraded to nothing. Through the years models have been criticized by society and suffered from harassment, sexual advances, low self-esteem and low or no wages. People are masquerading as model coordinators and directors with wrong motive.
“All brands should ensure that models are working or participating in inhumane conditions and compensated appropriately for their time and effort.
“By allowing them to take this career, young girls got something to hold on to and keep away from things like drugs which may be very harmful. We need to keep the youth busy and focused on important things.” She added.