MORE than 150 Zimbabweans in demonstration (20-07-07)

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The Zimbabwe Youth Movement in South Africa (ZYM), which organised the demonstration, accused the Zimbabwean government officials of paralysing the education system in Zimbabwe , while sending their children to South Africa , Europe and the United States , where there is better education.

ZYM demanded the South Africa government to immediately expel and deport back to Zimbabwe the senior government officials’ children who are attending various universities in South Africa .

“Our petition is demanding that the South African government should with immediate effect expel all ZANU (PF) and government beneficiaries, sons and daughters and relatives studying at their institutions”, ZYM spokesperson Remember Moyo said.

“They should go back to Zimbabwe where their parents have destroyed the country because of massive corruption, bad political and economic polices administered by the Harare government.

“They should go and face it…our brothers and sisters are dying because of abuses at universities and hunger in Zimbabwe ”, he added.

According to a statement released by ZYM, the Zimbabwe government and Zanu-PF officials have over 600 close relatives and children who are studying at South African, US, UK, Australian or Canadian universities.

Their fees are allegedly funded by the suffering taxpayers’ money in Zimbabwe .

Zimbabwe Political Victims Association (ZPOVA) secretary general Oliver Kubikawa said: “We need these guys to go back to feel the pitch of situation in Zimbabwe where their fathers are stealing states funds, destroying the education system sending their children abroad. Let them go back and study at the university of Zimbabwe and other universities in the country what do they need here if their fathers are saying everything is good in Zimbabwe “,irate Kubikwa said.

Efforts to get a comment and a confirmation from the Chancellor’s offices were fruitless by the time of going to press.

Recently former US ambassador to Zimbabwe , Christopher Dell, said his country had drafted a Bill to deport all relatives of senior government and ZANU PF officials.

The proposed Bill would soon be signed by, George Bush, the US president.

The British government is also mulling plans to ban ZANU PF officials’ children from attending educational institutions in the UK .

According to ZYM’s statement, President Robert Mugabe’s nephew and MP for Makonde, Leo Mugabe has a daughter in South Africa studying on a presidential scholarship at Fort Hare .

Zanu-PF political commissar and Minister Without Portfolio Elliot Manyika’s daughter, Mediline Manyika is also in South Africa at Monash University one of the most expense private universities in Johannesburg.

Zimbabwe National Army general, Major-general Phillip Sibanda’s daughter Laura Sibanda is at Kwazulu Natal University in Durban . Other students at the same college are, Simbarashe Masoka, the son of agriculture permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka, Jacqueline and Elinor Kundishora, the twin daughters of Brigadier Kundishora. Another nephew of Robert Mugabe, Hillary Mugabe is also at the university.

Former army commander Vitalis Zvinavashe’s son, Richard is at Alcorn State University in the US and his daughter Mundita is also in the same country.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono’s twin daughters Pride and Praise, are at Trobe University Melbourne, Australia doing tourism and hospitality studies. Passion his son is in Sydney- Australia’s capital studying music production.

Sylvester Nguni, the Agriculture minister’s daughter Tendai is in Austrilia while his other daughter Natalie is in the UK at a university where she is said to be doing fashion designing.

Amos Midzi, the Minister of Mines has a son Tendai at George Washington University in the US . Minister of Education, Sports and Culture Aeneas Chigwedere ‘s son Pride in the US at Harvard University . Rural Housing Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter Chido; is at Midlands College in Texas , US.

Harare governor David Karimanzira’s son Taona Karimanzira is in Brisbane Australia . Senior Zanu-PF and Women’s League official Thenjiwe Lesabe has child in Massacheseuts , USA .

Defence minister, Sydeny Sekerayi’s two kids are in Canada , one is a medical practitioner who was deregistered following sexual harassment charges. Olivia Muchen’s son Kudzai Steven Muchena, moved from Malaysia to Australia while police commissioner Augustine Chihuri’s son Sylvester Chihuri is at a university in Australia .

Sithembiso Nyoni the Minister of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises’ last son, Sibonginkosi Nyoni is in the USA at Falcon College .