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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Harare lawyer and MDC Alliance national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere says Zimbabwe\u2019s youths do not need to be sent to military indoctrination camps but an economy that allows them to thrive.<\/p>\n

Mahere\u2019s remarks come after the government announced that it was reviving the infamous National Youth Service (NYS) training programme after its suspension in 2018. She posted on Twitter:<\/p>\n

Young people don\u2019t need a military indoctrination camp. Young people need an economy that allows them to thrive, an education system that fosters creativity, tech hubs, art centres, modern sporting facilities, recreational facilities & Govt that doesn\u2019t declare war on aspiration.<\/p>\n

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa told a post Cabinet press briefing in Harare on Tuesday that the NYS initiative was important in nurturing young people into becoming responsible and resilient citizens.<\/p>\n

NYS was first introduced in 2000 as a brainchild of the late former Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation Minister, Border Gezi.<\/p>\n

The youths allegedly unleashed a reign of terror in rural areas, targeting opposition activists in the run-up to elections in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

The \u201cGreen Bombers,\u201d as they are derisively called due to their all-green uniforms, were accused of committing some of the most heinous of crimes against MDC members during the later part of the late Robert Mugabe\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Harare lawyer and MDC Alliance national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere says Zimbabwe\u2019s youths do not need to be sent to military indoctrination camps but an economy that allows them to thrive. 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