Those "peaceful protestors/looters" in Missouri ought to get down on their knees and thank their favorite deity that their ancestors were loaded on slave ships.
Posted on 08/25/2014 2:01:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tarisai Mukahanana (26) says if she could, she would tell all those who are graduating these days that they have set themselves on a rough and tough road -- tougher than any university assignment.
Perhaps like Mukahanana who graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Nursing Science in 2010 from a local university and many other graduates that are being churned out each year, today's university graduates already know that they are graduating into obvious unemployment.
Considering the high levels of unemployment in Zimbabwe, Mukahanana believes the future of Zimbabwe's youth is hopelessly bleak.
Mukahanana now survives on cross-border trade and says with more graduates being produced every year, it means more professionals entering the job market with nowhere to go because there just aren't any jobs anywhere.
"Every time there is a graduation at any of Zimbabwe's universities and colleges, the national unemployment rate goes up. This is the truth. All recent graduates will awaken to the harsh reality of our jobless country," she said.
"There are very few opportunities to absorb the skills that we spent years acquiring at school. We have joined other graduates from the past years who are still struggling to get employment," she said, adding there is no hope in sight of finding employment for Zimbabwean graduates in the near future.
Moses Mutungwazi (29) who graduated with a Masters' Degree in Peace and Governance from another local university in 2009 is still unemployed.
"Rising unemployment has taken a heavy toll on us. We are all vulnerable to shocks in the labour market soon after graduation. Opportunities to enter the world of work are virtually non-existent and we are all condemned to a life of economic hardship and despair," he lamented.
Zimbabwe's unending unemployment, put at well above 80%, has too often seen many a young life wasted in crime and drug abuse.
"Many of us now resort to gambling to earn a few dollars to buy food. I have tried to look for a job, but I could not find any. I have five good passes at Ordinary Level including English and Mathematics but I failed to get a place at teaching and technical colleges because I could not raise bribe money which is what gets people places these days," said Joseph Makarimai (25) who now spends most of his time gambling at Sakubva bus terminus in Mutare.
The situation is perhaps worse for Letisiwe Mhlanga (26) who is now into sex work.
"I have no hope of ever finding employment. I came here [Mutare] from my rural area hoping to find employment but it has been difficult for me. I ended up selling sex," Letisiwe said.
Mavambo/Khusile/Dawn president Simba Makoni has said the Zanu PF government should end unemployment that has bedevilled the nation for decades.
"It is sad that the country has several universities and the graduates are now selling airtime and tomatoes on the streets.
There are no jobs to talk about and we must ask questions why. It is because of Mugabe and Zanu PF," he said.
Makoni said the spectra of massive youth unemployment has darkened the future of Zimbabwe, adding that he believes the way forward would be to include young people in shaping their own destiny.
"If supported and given the opportunity to express their opinions, young people can contribute to their own empowerment and to their own path out of poverty," he said.
Simon Chiperekwa, a labour expert, said youth employment was highly dependent on the overall status of the economy. He said economic activity, measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), was probably the single factor that mostly influenced job opportunities.
"Low GDP and low investment in Zimbabwe are direct causes of the shrinking jobs in Zimbabwe. Our government should consider reforming its economy to allow more labour-intensive industries to develop," Chiperekwa said.
"It is government's responsibility to create a conducive economic environment that promotes employment," he said.
He also blamed the absence of good national economic policies for the current unemployment.
"Considering the pace of economic growth in our country, the expectation of sufficient formal employment in the short-term has become unrealistic," he said.
However, some unemployed youths believe there is still hope.
"The government says our industries will soon be up and running and many jobs will be created as we revamp our dilapidated industrial infrastructure. I hope we will benefit from the youth empowerment fund," said Kenneth Dirwai (27), an unemployed youth who is still under the care of his parents.
While many youths pin their hopes on the indigenisation programme, it continues to face criticism for being unsustainable and open to abuse. It is also believed the programme is being applied to benefit a few with political connections.
Dirwai said he hoped the government would clarify its indigenisation laws and also adequately explain to the youths, how they can be involved so as to benefit from the scheme.
He said a more moderate and transparent indigenisation programme would not only discourage corruption and looting, but would also encourage foreign investors to come to Zimbabwe, bringing the much-needed money and employment for the highly educated populace that the country takes so much pride in.
Exactly a year after the 2013 harmonised elections which were won by Zanu PF led by President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabweans are now worse off than they were before the polls Analysts say the much-touted economic blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim Asset), has dismally failed to deliver.
Stitched up by the Zanu PF-led government after last year's plebiscite that extended Mugabe's rule, Zim Asset was expected to deliver more than 2,2 million new jobs which the liberation movement promised during the election campaign, as well as to bring about phenomenal economic recovery. What has been witnessed thus far however is Zimbabwe sinking deeper into economic doldrums since the dissolution of the inclusive government.
An estimated 40 000 graduates from universities and other tertiary institutions are resorting to vending to make ends meet while access to crucial services such as health care has become a nightmare.
Meanwhile, Zanu PF is busy tearing itself apart in factional fights for power to rule the beleaguered country.
Those "peaceful protestors/looters" in Missouri ought to get down on their knees and thank their favorite deity that their ancestors were loaded on slave ships.
Hey young College liberal emptyheaded progressive brainwashed obamazombies this is right down your alley this is what you voted for and what you fainted for, jobs,jobs,jobs!!!!! this is change in all its glory
Within a couple more generations, they’ll be back to the Stone Age.
Maybe we’ll be too.
We’ve got our own ObaMugabe creating the same situation over here. Unemployment may not be 80%, but he has cooked the books to make it appear to be 6%. Anyone who imagines that 94% of the people who can work are actually working, is fooling themself.
It was only recently that I learned why Jamaica and other small countries are so poor. The UN and its world trade fingers force countries to produce certain goods and stop producing things they have grown for years. Jamaica used to grow its own bananas. Now it is forced by the WTO to pay to import them.
Soon they will be telling us what the US has to do and Obeyme will just smile, say yes, and go on another golfing vacation.
If he means by getting out of the way I agree, otherwise I think I see the problem.
"The government says our industries will soon be up and running and many jobs will be created as we revamp our dilapidated industrial infrastructure. I hope we will benefit from the youth empowerment fund," said Kenneth Dirwai (27), an unemployed youth who is still under the care of his parents.
Sounds eerily close to what we hear from 27 yr old "youths" here who voted for Papa O'Dingo.
They still support the land theft program to kick out the productive whites though.
Where?
They have no real economy. Maybe she could get a job in Mozambique or something.
"Low GDP and low investment in Zimbabwe are direct causes of the shrinking jobs in Zimbabwe. Our government should consider reforming its economy to allow more labour-intensive industries to develop," Chiperekwa said. "It is government's responsibility to create a conducive economic environment that promotes employment,"
Welcome to obamanomics. No, dude, it's not the government's responsibility but your responsibility. If Dad is a lowly basket weaver, then get a business degree and grow the family trade into a profitable company. Of course, Dad was doing something right when he was able to pay your college tution.
Moses Mutungwazi (29) who graduated with a Masters’ Degree in Peace and Governance
I think I see his problem right there.
Maybe tuition is free or low cost there?
I didn’t necessarily mean IN Zimbabwe. I don’t know what the quality of her degree is (by Western standards).
In Eton, Cambridge and Oxford; at the Times of London and the BBC; in Parliament and Downing Street they are rubbing their hands together in glee at how well their Rhodesia plan worked out.
I made new friends on my vacation in Zambia... a couple from Zimbabwe. They had their farm seized by the government a few years ago, and now lived in Zambia. He has his own plane and sometimes flies over the old farm, and he reports that it's just sitting there collecting dust... they seized it and then left it idle. The building are starting to fall apart, and it's just a mess.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Exactly. Most of the land now sits idle. Owned by government officials and cronies. Some tiny parcels went to “veterans” and others but not to people who could make productive use of it.
Lol, if a person wants to survive, never mind prosper, in a backward dung hole like Zimbabwe, why in the world would he waste his time getting an advanced degree in "peace and governance???" In fact, why would you do that in a first world country unless you wanted to be a leech your whole life?
That is the crux of the problem, IMO: nobody wants to work. They should learn farming, mining, manufacturing, business, construction, etc., all on the small scale at first. Either that or they should resign themselves to being street vendors and prostitutes forever... Quit whining. Kill your tyrant and get to work on the other.
Hard work and overthrowing a tyrant is how America did it. In fact, even mighty America went into a serious tailspin when its people started studying crap like peace and governance. Zimbabwe can avoid that pitfall. America can't, and now finds itself in need of throwing off its yolk of secular progressivism and all the other little tyrannical things (and people) that come with it.
Oops, yoke!
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