{"id":97679,"date":"2024-08-16T23:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zoyp-urges-youths-to-reclaim-their-freedom"},"modified":"2024-08-17T01:57:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T23:57:35","slug":"zoyp-urges-youths-to-reclaim-their-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zoyp-urges-youths-to-reclaim-their-freedom","title":{"rendered":"ZOYP urges youths to reclaim their freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>THE Zimbabwe Organisation for Youth in Politics (ZOYP) has called on youths to stand up for their rights saying passiveness will see them continue being a wasted generation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NewsDay yesterday, ZOYP founder Emmanuel Nkosilathi Moyo said the older generation leading the country did not care about the youths, hence the need for them to \u201ceconomically and politically\u201d liberate themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to the generation of young people of today to stand up for their political and economic freedoms and reclaim Zimbabwe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe yesteryear generation took it upon themselves to directly confront the (colonial) system that had deprived them of their right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is, however, sad that they (liberation fighters now leading the country) later turned into monsters and oppressors of today. They became worse than what they fought against.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moyo said it was disheartening that after the country gained political independence in 1980, the dream of millions of Zimbabweans, particularly the youth, were shattered in successive years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZimbabwe is now a laughing stock and a shadow of itself and millions of lives have been ruined and the dream of every young Zimbabwean now is to leave the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the sacrifices made by freedom fighters in liberating the country from colonialism had lost significance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignificant commemorations like the Heroes Day have now lost significance due to the ongoing oppression and authoritarianism,\u201d Moyo said.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NewsDay on the eve of Heroes Day, opposition politician and former Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa described Zimbabwe as a \u201csick country\u201d with severe problems, including poverty, unemployment and high inflation, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa said citizens had the answers to their problems and they \u201cmust fix\u201d the challenges and \u201cfind answers\u201d to their own questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. THE Zimbabwe Organisation for Youth in Politics (ZOYP) has called on youths to stand up for their rights saying passiveness will see them continue being a wasted generation. 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