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Minister Marapira pioneers stock-feed farming in Masvingo

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Minister Marapira pioneers stock-feed farming in Masvingo

Moses
Ziyambi

The Minister of State
in Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s Office, Davis Marapira is farming a special
grass which is used to make cattle feed as part of his own efforts to develop
the sector in Masvingo province.
Marapira is
implementing the project on part of his 500-hectare farm which is located some
few kilometres west of Masvingo city off Bulawayo highway.
The grass, which is
known by its Portuguese name Brazseed Panicum Mombaza, is rich in nutrients
that enable cattle to survive the worst of the lean seasons.
Marapira, who is one of
the best performing farmers in the whole province if not the whole country in
terms of yields per hectare and effective land use, imports the seed of the
grass variety from Brazil.
In an interview with
TellZim News, Marapira said the grass project was a response to the urgent need
to grow alternative stock feed in face of increasingly unreliable rainfall
patterns.
“If you are a serious
cattle farmer, you do not want to keep doing things the old ways because
everything is changing. You want to explore new ways of keeping your livestock
alive and healthy even in the worst of droughts. This is why we at this farm
have decided to start growing this grass variety.
“It’s not any easy
project because to import the seed is expensive, the fertilisers are expensive and
there is also need for manpower to remove unwanted weeds and to do all the other
nurturing work. We have begun with 30ha which can produce enough yields to feed
300 cattle for one year,” said Marapira.
One hectare of
adequately-nurtured Brazseed Panicum Mombaza can produce enough hay to feed 10
cattle for twelve months at a yield of 100kg/ha.
The grass needs to be
fed some compounds of phosphate, potassium, iron, zinc, nitrogen and urea
fertilisers for it to reach its fullest potential.
“Part of the harvest
will go to the local market and the rest will be exported to such countries as
Israel where demand is high. We need to earn as much foreign currency as we can
so that the project can grow and remain sustainable,” said Marapira.
The farm also produces
several tonnes of maize, sugar bean seed and wheat, and it also hosts several
hundreds of cattle, sheep and goats.
“By the standards we
are building, this farm is becoming smaller and smaller. Our activities are
growing because we are serious farmers who want to feed the country. There is
no need for people to keep land they cannot utilise,” said Marapira.
He said he was inspired
by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s successful farming business at his Sherwood
Farm in Kwekwe.

Muchinguri, Auxillia fingered in Zanu PF Masvingo factions

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Muchinguri, Auxillia fingered in Zanu PF Masvingo factions

Killer Zivhu
                    

…Zivhu
case opens can of worms

…Hungwe,
Rugeje and Mangwana seek Chadzamira’s head

Upenyu Chaota

Factionalism
in Zanu PF Masvingo province is getting nastier, with two sparring factions emerging
to fight for the spoils of the November 2017 coup which toppled long-ruling
tyrant Robert Mugabe.
One
faction is allegedly linked to the disgruntled old guard which feels is being
marginalised by the Minister of State for Masvingo provincial Affairs, Ezra Chadzamira,
who is also the party’s provincial chairperson and Member of Parliament (MP)
for Masvingo West.
The
can of worms began to unravel last year when the Zanu PF provincial disciplinary
committee recommended to the national disciplinary structures that Chivi South
MP Killer Zivhu be expelled from the party for alleged acts of gross misconduct
and undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Sources,
however, say Zivhu has found allies in the powerful First Lady Auxillia
Mnangagwa, Zanu PF national chairperson and Defense minister Oppah Muchinguri,
politburo member Josaya Hungwe, former Zanu PF national political commissar
Engelbert Rugeje and the party’s secretary for legal affairs in the politburo, Paul
Mangwana.
Rugeje,
an army major general at the time of the coup, was made national political
commissar after the coup but only to be inexplicably removed and replaced by
Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda as Mnangagwa consolidated his power
by removing those seen to be close to his powerful deputy Constantino Chiwenga.
At
provincial level, Rugeje, who hails from Bikita, is said to have always coveted
the post of provincial chairperson and is unhappy with the post remaining in
Chadzamira’s hands.
The
recommendation to expel Zivhu from the party was made in August last year but
the first lady, Muchinguri and Mangwana are said to have stalled the process.
Though
Zivhu was barred from conducting any party business in his constituency, he has
remained surprisingly defiant.
Sources
said the Chivi South MP is being used to push the agenda of the old guard which
seeks to dislodge Chadzamira.
“Chadzamira
is now a threat to many people in the province. He is too powerful and that is
making a lot of people jealous. He occupies three powerful positions as party
chairperson in the province, the provincial affairs minister and MP.
“He
is being viewed as the one centre of power by most in his circles and they are
plotting to weaken him. Chadzamira has now found himself surrounded by vultures
who will take the first chance they get to go for the killer blow.
“Many
politburo members do not like Chadzamira anymore and they are secretly plotting
for a showdown. They want Chadzamira’s head and they will not rest until they
take the chairmanship from him,” said one source.
Another
source said that the old guard faction is using Zivhu to frustrate Chadzamira
so that he can be left exposed.
“The
fight has just begun and you are going to see fireworks soon. There is a lot of
power behind Zivhu and only a blind person cannot see that. You do not defy the
province when you have no powerful and superior backing.
“The
old guard was looking for an opportune time to penetrate Masvingo and the Zivhu
case was a fertile opportunity.
“Mangwana
is the one advising Zivhu to be defiant assuring him that no harm will come his
way. If you have observed of late, politburo members rarely show up at meetings
chaired by Chadzamira or even PCCs,” said another source.
At
last Sunday’s Zanu PF Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting, only
Rugeje showed up while other politburo members were nowhere to be found.
At
a Unity Day function organised by Chadzamira at Chivi growth point on December
22, 2019, only Masvingo South MP Claudious Maronge, Chivi North MP Matthias
Tongofa and his Chivi Central counterpart Ephraim Gwanongodza turned up while
the other 22 reportedly stayed away.
Some
of the MPs reportedly sympathised with a parallel function organised by the
party’s national chief whip and Gutu South MP Pupurai Togarepi who is also said
to be opposed to Chadzamira’s leadership. They, however, did not turn out for
Togarepi’s function either in order to be seen as neutral and avoid exposing
themselves to possible victimisation.
When
contacted for comment, Rugeje told TellZim News that there were people who were
out to soil his name. He said he had no special relationship with Zivhu other
than meeting him at PCC meetings by chance.
“This
is pure mudslinging at play. I do not have the power to protect Zivhu. There
are people who just want to tarnish my name. These are the same people who are
fomenting factionalism in the province. I know who is protecting Zivhu and
cheering him on and I am sure you do also. He is being protected by the people
from Chivi. I do not come from Chivi,” said Rugeje, in apparent reference to
Hungwe and Mangwana, who are both from Chivi.
Zivhu
recently threw mud into his enemies’ faces by posting on his WhatsApp status
and across various other social media platforms an improvised hymn which he
mockingly sings thanking God for protecting him from people whom he alleged to
be tormenting him.
Chadzamira
told the PCC last Sunday that Zanu PF members should stop abusing social media
and warned party members against being used to divide the province by people
from within and outside.
He
said there were people not happy with the unity in Masvingo and were trying to
destabilise the province.
“Whenever
we have disputes within the party, we call properly constituted meetings and
discuss our issues not use WhatsApp. We want to remain a one-party province.
Nyaya dzefactionalism dzakaenda nanaMavhaire nguva yavo.
“We
will not tolerate people who want to come and divide our people because of
their personal interests. We want to remain united and respect our leadership.
People should not abuse the respect accorded to them. We should know that the
province belongs to the people of Masvingo,” said Chadzamira.
He
castigated Zivhu’s defiant posture saying in the past, there were people who
thought had been bigger than Zanu PF but only to be shocked when they got kicked
out.
“We
want people who wait for the finalisation of their disciplinary cases and see
whether they come back and join others or they get kicked out.
“No
one will free themselves from their sins. If you think you are well connected
or Chadzamira thinks that he knows Cde Rugeje and he will protect him from his
trespasses, there is no such thing. We should respect our disciplinary
committee and the decisions they make. No one is more important than the other
in Zanu PF.
“Mugabe
tried to personalize Zanu PF by bragging that he formed the party but he died
from the outside. Zanu PF is for the people. It’s not for one person. We should
not be separated by people with hidden motives.  We know that people are not happy with our
unity. The fact that Masvingo remains number one always does not sink well with
some people and that is why they try to sponsor divisions,” said Chadzamira.
The
PCC recommended for the quick finalization of the Zivhu case so that a page can
be turned.

Donga FC seek sponsorship

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Donga FC seek sponsorship

Nyashadzashe Mambure
SHURUGWI– They are promising, they have the skills and talent but they do not
have the funds to ensure longevity. This is the fate that has befallen Donga
Football Club (FC) as it sets its sights on the Central Region Division 1
league.
The Chachacha
based outfit has extended its begging bowl to Unki mine with the hope of
getting a shot in the arm to compete in the region’s league.
Donga FC has
been solely relying on the community and local small business people for
sponsorship but as they upgrade into the region’s league, more funding is
needed.
Donga FC head coach
Tapreta Justin Kanyemba said that the team has a vision of getting into the Premier
Soccer League (PSL) but the financial constraints were the biggest setback.
“This is a
community team which relies of the community for survival. When the community
does not have money, the team does not have money.
“As we set our
sights on the region’s league, we will need more funding and we are still
looking for sponsorship from big companies like Unki mine. We hope to get the
funding otherwise we face a rocky run.
“Our players are
committed and talented and we are positive the team will put Chachacha on the
map,” said Kanyemba.

Meet the budding pencil artist with a dream

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Meet the budding pencil artist with a dream

          Yolanda Chaduka with some of her masterpieces

Moses
Ziyambi


MASVINGO
– A
19-year-old girl former Ndarama High School pupil is savouring the
possibility of a life as a full-time artist with a global reach.
Yolanda Chaduka says
she developed a strong taste for pencil -drawn objects at the age of 10 while
still at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Zimuto Camp Primary School.
Now a school leaver
with a lot of career potential, Yolanda has skillfully used her graphite pencil
to make impressive drawings, and she boasts several eye-catching pieces under
her budding portfolio.
Having been in school
until a few months ago when she sat for her ‘A’ level examinations in Business
Studies, Geography and Economics; Yolanda has had little time to sit down and
draw, but she has produced some wonderful masterpieces nevertheless.
She studied Art and
Design at Ndarama High School from form one up until form four, a period she
credits for helping to hone her largely inborn talent.



“Drawing is my passion
and I hope to keep drawing. I developed the passion at a very young age and I
have since discovered that I want this to be part of my life. If circumstance
permit, I would like to study anything related to art at college or university.
I am very enthusiastic about that,” she said.

She often carries some
of her favourite pieces around, hoping to convince collectors, art curators and
anybody else who can help nurture her dream to fruition.
Yolanda has so far made
drawings of families, couples and individuals, and the likeness between the
actual camera-shot photographs and the pencil impressions are more than
stunning.
“The pencil is my
favourite friend. The work I do with it is more than just a pastime because it
speaks to my inner self. It is an expression of who I aspire to become,” said
Yolanda.
Given the chance, the
young artist says she would travel to South Africa to study art on a fulltime
basis.
“The South African tertiary
education sector has more opportunities for students who want to pursue courses
in art and the market for artists is bigger. My ultimate goal is to become an
oil painter,” she said.
Her father Innocent
Chaduka says he is optimistic of her daughter’s future as an artist of note.
“We are fond of her
talent and we have always supported her. It is our hope that she will be able
to fulfill the desires of her heart career-wise at this time when many children
are going to college or university to study what they do not necessarily like,
but what is available for them and what appears to be most lucrative on the job
market,” said Chaduka.
For a very affordable
fee, Yolanda can be commissioned to do any pencil artwork and she can be
contacted on 0772 388 085 / 0779688851

Inquest on gunned down Mwenezi poachers opens

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Inquest on gunned down Mwenezi poachers opens


Cephas Shava

MWENEZI – An
inquiry into the case in which three poachers were shot dead in Mwenezi West following
an exchange of gun fire between them and game scouts was recently opened at the
Mwenezi Magistrates’ Court.
The
three deceased suspected poachers Reason Muzamba, Justin Sibanda and
Conservative Mafa were shot dead after they came face-to-face with game scouts
at Bubi Valley Conservancy popularly known as Towler Ranch. The Big Five conservancy
stretches from Mwenezi West to Matabeleland South.
Testifying
before magistrate Honest Musiiwa on Monday, January 20, the ‘killer’ game
scouts told the court that the three poachers were heavily armed.
They
said upon realising that the poachers were directly firing at them, they returned
gun fire in self-defence.
They
further told the court that cases of rhino poaching were on the increase in the
conservancy and that on several occasions, they encountered heavily armed
poachers.
“It
was a bit dark when we came face-to-face with the poachers. When we fired some warning
shots in the air, instead of them surrendering, they fired back at us. We ended
up randomly exchanging gun fire.
“We
retreated for a while and later on accounted for three dead bodies. One of the
dead poachers, Muzamba was an ex-game scout at the conservancy,” said one of
the witnesses.
It
is the State case that on July 28 last year, Bubi Conservancy game scouts came
face-to-face with some armed poachers who had intruded into the conservancy’
fence.
Gun
fire was exchanged and this led to the death on the spot of three poachers,
Muzamba, Sibanda and Mafu.
A
police report was made and detectives from Mwenezi attended the scene and
accounted for the three dead bodies.
The
matter was postponed to January 28 where a ballistic expert and an
investigating officer will give their versions of the story.  Willard Chasi prosecuted.

‘O’ Level results: Gokomere, St Anthony’s rule the roost

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‘O’ Level results: Gokomere, St Anthony’s rule the roost

 Brighton Chiseva
MASVINGO – Gokomere
and St Anthony’s Musiso High schools seem to have topped the province having
produced some of the best pupils scoring 18 As and 17 As respectively.
At
Gokomere High School, four pupils scored 14 As with the school recording a 97
percent pass rate.
At
St Anthony’s Musiso High School has two pupils with 14 As, one with 13 As and
five with 12 As.
A
total of 80 pupils at St Antony’s High scored five As and above with the school
recording a 97.4 percent pass rate.
St
Antony’s High had a total of 196 pupils who sat for examinations and 191 passed
with five subjects and above.
Reformed
Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ) run Gutu High School has its highest pupil with 10 As
with a pass rate of 95.1 percent.
Another
RCZ run Zimuto High School has 47 pupils with 5 As and above with an average
percentage pass rate of 90.
Pamushana
High School recorded a 91.25 percent pass rate with 93 pupils scoring five As
and above.
Mutendi
High School recorded a neat 87.63 percent average pass rate with 100 percent
pass rate in subjects like Pure Mathematics, Business Enterprise, TTD and
Statistics.
At
Mutendi High School, Heritage Studies recorded 115 As, followed by English
Language with 96 As and Geography with 70 As.
Tugwane
High School has five pupils with five ‘A’s and 57 pupils passed with five
subjects and above.
Mucheke
High School has its highest pupil with 8 As and three Bs with its second
highest bagging seven As with the third taking home 6 As.
Mapanzure
Government High School has a pupil with seven ‘A’s and the second highest with
four As. A total of 33 pupils passed five subjects and above while 58 pupils
passed English Language and 20 passed Mathematics.
At
St Joseph’s Tongoona, seven pupils have five ‘A’s and above and most learning
areas recorded more than 80% pass rate.
  

Police officers arrested for clearing seven stolen cattle

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Police officers arrested for clearing seven stolen cattle

Precila Takabvirakare
GUTU—
Two members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) stationed at Gutu police
station were last week arraigned before magistrate Victor Mahamadi facing abuse
of office charges after allegedly clearing seven cattle which were stolen from
Gutu Mission.
Vincent
Tinarwo (32) and Rodrey Makuro (27) were remanded to February 7.
State
facts as presented by Ratchel Murape were that on December 29, 2019 at around
1500 hours, Tinarwo was on charge office duties at ZRP Gutu when he received a
call from one Kudzai Murima, a cattle buyer intending to clear his cattle from
Village Mazongororo.
Tinarwo
and Murima then met in Hwiru location where the former completed the clearance
book, ZRP 392, in the absence of the alleged seller Jonathan Mangoro.
Three
cattle were cleared and were then ferried to Masvingo for slaughter.
On
January 1, 2020 at around 1400 hours, Mukaro received a phone call from Murima
who told him that he wants his cattle to be cleared from Mazongororo village.
The
two then met in Hwiru location where Mukaro completed the clearance book, ZRP
392, in the absence of the seller Jonathan Mangoro. Four cattle were cleared.
It
was later discovered that the cattle cleared were stolen at Gutu mission and
Jonathan Mangoro did not sell any cattle to Marima.
The
accused persons abused their office as police officers by clearing stolen stock
without following proper procedures of stock clearance.

Junior leagues, academies key to untapped sports talent

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Junior leagues, academies key to untapped sports talent


Clayton Shereni

While
some cities boast of having junior leagues and vibrant academies in various
sporting disciplines, Masvingo still lags behind though some of the finest
talent in Zimbabwe trace roots back to the province and it seems sports
administrators and the corporate world are far from walking the talk in
promoting and nurturing young talent.
Pamushana,
Chibi, Gutu, Chidyamakono and Dewure High Schools have been forces to reckon with
at national sports tournaments especially in Netball, Soccer and Volleyball but
little has been done to tap talent from these schools.
Six
former Pamushana pupils shined at the netball world cup in United Kingdom last
year with Claris Kwaramba and Sharon Bwanali attracting attention from Australian
clubs.
Charles
Manyuchi who hails from Masvingo province has managed to set up a boxing
academy for young boxers but the academy is based in Chivhu, which makes it
hard for some Masvingo school going aspiring boxers to attend training
sessions.
Young
football players in the country have found fortress at the Willard Katsande’s under-18
annual soccer tournament but this hasn’t been enough since the tournament takes
place once a year.
However,
for Masvingo the situation is worse, as successful players and the corporate
world have turned a blind eye at the young talent which remains untapped.
Other
major cities like Bulawayo and Harare pride themselves in Serie A junior league
and Harare junior league respectively where junior soccer teams for clubs like
Highlanders, Dynamos and Harare City get a chance to showcase their talent.
Not
only do these provinces have junior leagues but they have vibrant academies
like Aces Youth Soccer Academy in Harare where Khama Billiat started his career
and Bantu Rovers Academy in Bulawayo who have produced Aston Villa midfielder
Marvelous Nakamba.
Many
Masvingo young football players have been playing in the Mucheke Social League (MSL)
while volleyball players from Masvingo Christian College and Great Zimbabwe
University (GZU) have been playing in the Dzimbahwe Volleyball league.
In
these leagues young talent play against old players some of them who have
retired while some just play to maintain physical fitness as they will have
lost the hope to turn professional.
Efforts
to set up academies have been done with the latest academy being Masvingo Youth
Academy (MYA) but the academy’s vision has been thwarted due to lack of funding
to acquire proper training equipment.
Tennis
has been the only sport which seems to be making strides in nurturing young
players as the administrators have set up a vibrant board which seeks to
promote young talent.
Young
tennis players in Masvingo are promising to conquer the continent with the
likes of Ednah Mhango claiming more than 15 accolades including regional
trophies before completing her primary school education last year.
Thirteen
year old Masvingo tennis ace, Thompson Thomu Jnr is currently in Namibia with
team Zimbabwe Under14 team in the International Tennis Federation
(ITF)/Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) tourney where he has won a gold and
silver medal against Africa’s best junior players.
Tennis
coach and Masvingo Tennis board chairman Thompson Thomu said they are in the
process of partnering local schools and also revealed that they have lined up
seven tournaments for junior tennis aces.
“Our
junior players are school going so we are currently heavily engaged with the
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to try and bring a junior league
into their structures.
“We
have lined up seven tournaments to be held in Masvingo for the junior players.
The tournaments include Masvingo Open, Masvingo Junior Tennis closed I, II,
III, Zim closed, Inter provincials  and Simon
Muzenda tourney,” said Thomu.
If
all sports administrators in the city emulate the tennis board, Masvingo will
once again become a hub of producing quality sports personalities.  

Masvingo unveils vast investment opportunities

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Masvingo unveils vast investment opportunities



…city wants multi-storey flats, cluster houses in bid to clear backlog
Moses Ziyambi
Masvingo City Council has compiled a brochure with key information on
investment opportunities that business people can exploit for their own profit
and for the economic growth of the city.
Masvingo city and the wider province have wide investment potential but
capital inflows are miniscule due to many factors including a difficult
macro-economic environment affecting the whole country.
With the brochure, city fathers hope to convince local and foreign
investors that the prospective benefits of investing in Masvingo far outweigh
the risks.
“The City of Masvingo enjoys a unique natural attribute; located
equidistant from the major cities and host to the Great Zimbabwe Monument, a
World Heritage Site and second most popular tourism site in Zimbabwe after the
Victoria Falls. The City of Masvingo prides itself in a fairly well maintained
road, water and wastewater disposal infrastructure. The city is designated a
Tourism Development Zone (TDZ) accessible by road, rail and air,” the city
states as the reasons why it is wise to invest in Masvingo.
The
city has dangled massive incentives to prospective investors and these include competitive
prices of land, flexible and negotiable payment terms, rates moratorium and
free water during construction.
The
city has also committed to give investors in the tourism development zone some
tax holidays.
In
the heavy manufacturing and industrial activities category, the city is
offering prime stands measuring 2 000 – 6 000m2 in the Westview
industrial area while commercial stands in the CBD are being offered at very
affordable prices.
The
city is also looking for a joint-venture partner interested in reviving the
278-hectare Shakashe Game Park by fencing its environs, stocking it with small
game, building lodges and conference facilities.
Masvingo
has also floated exclusive advertising rights on every space covered by the 578
solar-powered streets lights that the city wants investors to install.
City
fathers are also looking for investors capable of servicing 800 high density
and 200 medium density residential areas in the envisaged Rujeko D housing
project.
The
deal will also involve the provision of off-site sewer reticulation
infrastructure including a sewerage pump station.
The
city has also made available some 3000m2 of land close to Exor along
the Masvingo-Beit Bridge highways for the construction of medium density, multi-storey
residential flats and/or cluster houses.

Education system creating fools: Minister Murwira

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Education system creating fools: Minister Murwira

Upenyu Chaota
The
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Amon Murwira has lampooned
the country’s higher education system which he claims is producing less of
thinkers and more of fools.
Murwira
spoke at a recent Zanu PF Masvingo Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC)
meeting where he said the education system had over the years failed to produce
solution holders.
He
said at birth, people are ignorant and without knowledge of anything but are
made stupid and foolish with the type of education they receive.
“We
should know that every person born of a woman is born ignorant but not foolish
or stupid. So where does stupidity and foolishness come from? Fools come from
the education system. The type of education that tells them that in order to do
engineering you have to study English first.
“Our
ancestors never learned English but we have our Great Zimbabwe monuments. That
kind of engineering remains a marvel even to date. Our education system is teaching
people to read and write but is doing little to teach them to think.
“This
is why you see a lot of people fighting on WhatsApp because they mastered the
skill of writing and reading but not thinking,” said Murwira.
Murwira
said there is need for a complete paradigm shift in the country’s higher
education system as the education is contributing to uselessness with 98
percent of the people only good at reading and writing while 38 percent are
equipped with skills.
 “This country has been subjected to systematic
destruction of the confidence of its people. The issue now is how do we
construct and reconstruct the confidence of our people.
“We
need to move away from being beggars to producers. The aim of our education is
to modernize and industrialize this county. It is not to Westernise,
Easternise, Northernise or Southernise.
“We
need to ask ourselves why our universities and colleges are detached from the
society they are intended to transform. We want to restore ourselves as a
people through relevant education,” said Murwira.
He
said a lot of graduates complain that there are no jobs yet the country is
facing a myriad of problems which requires people to put their brains and
skills to work and provide jobs for themselves in the process of solving the
crisis.  
“Education
has to have a purpose and benefits. We don’t want people who go through higher
education and come back looking for jobs.
“What
have you been learning? How does education lead to uselessness? We have now
looked at this thing and said let us look at our tertiary institutions and see
why people are being taught to destroy rather than build.
“Education
should create solutions not add to the problem. We see graduates getting into
the streets demanding jobs yet we expect them to create jobs. We asked
ourselves why our education system is creating professors who are begging for
food. People say there are no jobs but the country has drought. There are no
drugs but people say there are no jobs. To address all these problems is a job
on its own.
“There
are plenty of jobs but there is no one doing it. We need to fix our education
system first. 98 percent of our people can read and write but only 38 percent
have skills,” said Murwira.

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