HARARE - The Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC) said they want the new constitution of Zimbabwe to specifically state that the new Minister of Youth and Employment Creation must be less than 35 years old.
For one to be considered a youth especially by Zanu (PF) they must be less than 35 years old under the current regulations.? ?It is not clear what other political parties say on the issue.?? “We want a minister who represents us to be young and not old men as is currently the case,” the youths said in a document for the Constitutional and Parliamentary Committee (Copac).? “We feel that Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is too old to represent us and our views,” the youths said.??
Kasukuwere is 41 years old.? ?Kasukuwere said he did not apply for the job but was appointed by President Robert Mugabe because he had won his parliamentary seat against the MDC-T during the last election held in Zimbabwe.?? Kasukuwere recently told Radio VOP that if “anybody wants to be a minister in government” they must first win a parliamentary seat and then be appointed by President Mugabe who has the “final say on all ministers appointed in his Cabinet”.??