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Source: Minister urges youths to use skills for nation building . . . as 788 Graduate at IYF Academy – herald

Youth Interactive Writer

National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Professor Paul Mavima, has urged young people to use the skills they acquire to uplift communities and contribute towards national development.

Speaking at the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) Free Weekend Academy Season Three graduation ceremony held at Churchill Boys High School in Harare, Prof Mavima said education should go beyond certificates and become a tool for transformation.

“Do not put aside the skills you have received. Practise them, improve them and use them to serve others. Education multiplies when those who have been taught go on to teach, encourage and uplift others,” he said.

The graduation ceremonies, held on May 2 and 3, saw 788 graduands completing a three-month programme focused on practical skills, personal development and character building.

Prof Mavima applauded IYF for empowering communities through accessible education and mindset transformation.

“The graduation we witness today is not merely a ceremony of certificates. It is a celebration of commitment, sacrifice, discipline, growth and hope,” he said.

He added that true national development depends on empowered citizens.

“True national development is not built only through roads, buildings and infrastructure. It is built through skilled, disciplined and hopeful citizens who believe they can learn, grow and contribute meaningfully to society,” he said.

The Academy offered 13 subjects aimed at equipping participants with confidence, practical skills and a positive mindset. Since its launch, the programme has produced close to 1 122 graduands from Season One to Season Three.

IYF Chairman Prof Pastor Shim also encouraged graduands to seek inner transformation and hope.

He shared a testimony about travelling from Korea to Zimbabwe in 2017 and discovering a fly inside his bag, saying the insect could never have made the journey alone.

Using the story, he explained how his own life changed after finding faith and hope.

Graduands praised the programme for changing their lives and boosting their confidence.

Mike Kambanje said the story of the koi fish, which grows according to its environment, inspired him to believe in personal growth and transformation.

Public Speaking graduand Rudo Muyengwa said the Academy helped her overcome fear and become more confident.

“The Academy helped me develop a focused mindset and confidence to speak before others. I learnt that anything is possible if you persevere and never give up,” she said.

IYF also announced that Season Four of the Free Weekend Academy will begin on May 16, with the programme expanding from 13 to 20 subjects.

The initiative continues to grow as one of the community-driven programmes aimed at empowering Zimbabwean youths through free practical education and mentorship.

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Source: Minister urges youths to use skills for nation building . . . as 788 Graduate at IYF Academy – herald

Youth Interactive Writer

National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Professor Paul Mavima, has urged young people to use the skills they acquire to uplift communities and contribute towards national development.

Speaking at the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) Free Weekend Academy Season Three graduation ceremony held at Churchill Boys High School in Harare, Prof Mavima said education should go beyond certificates and become a tool for transformation.

“Do not put aside the skills you have received. Practise them, improve them and use them to serve others. Education multiplies when those who have been taught go on to teach, encourage and uplift others,” he said.

The graduation ceremonies, held on May 2 and 3, saw 788 graduands completing a three-month programme focused on practical skills, personal development and character building.

Prof Mavima applauded IYF for empowering communities through accessible education and mindset transformation.

“The graduation we witness today is not merely a ceremony of certificates. It is a celebration of commitment, sacrifice, discipline, growth and hope,” he said.

He added that true national development depends on empowered citizens.

“True national development is not built only through roads, buildings and infrastructure. It is built through skilled, disciplined and hopeful citizens who believe they can learn, grow and contribute meaningfully to society,” he said.

The Academy offered 13 subjects aimed at equipping participants with confidence, practical skills and a positive mindset. Since its launch, the programme has produced close to 1 122 graduands from Season One to Season Three.

IYF Chairman Prof Pastor Shim also encouraged graduands to seek inner transformation and hope.

He shared a testimony about travelling from Korea to Zimbabwe in 2017 and discovering a fly inside his bag, saying the insect could never have made the journey alone.

Using the story, he explained how his own life changed after finding faith and hope.

Graduands praised the programme for changing their lives and boosting their confidence.

Mike Kambanje said the story of the koi fish, which grows according to its environment, inspired him to believe in personal growth and transformation.

Public Speaking graduand Rudo Muyengwa said the Academy helped her overcome fear and become more confident.

“The Academy helped me develop a focused mindset and confidence to speak before others. I learnt that anything is possible if you persevere and never give up,” she said.

IYF also announced that Season Four of the Free Weekend Academy will begin on May 16, with the programme expanding from 13 to 20 subjects.

The initiative continues to grow as one of the community-driven programmes aimed at empowering Zimbabwean youths through free practical education and mentorship.

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Source: President delivers last batch of vehicles for youths – herald

Zvamaida Murwira

Senior Reporter

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday fulfilled his commitment to distribute equipment for young people under the US$2 million Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme Revolving Fund aimed at fostering economic development in the country, in line with the Second Republic’s thrust of leaving no one and no place behind.

Yesterday, Zanu PF youths drawn from four provinces took delivery of trucks at State House in Harare, which are the last batch of vehicles that have been handed over to young people.

Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Martin Rushwaya, represented President Mnangagwa in handing over the remaining trucks.

In an interview soon after cutting a ribbon to mark the official distribution of the vehicles, Dr Rushwaya said President Mnangagwa expected the youths to work hard in their different income-generating projects.

“Indeed, the President launched the facility and delivered cars to all provinces of the Youth League. When he initially distributed the equipment, there were not enough at that time.

“So today His Excellency the President is fulfilling his commitment and the youths are taking delivery of the remaining equipment. So we are happy that all the vehicles are there now and ready for delivery,” said Dr Rushwaya.

Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training Minister Tino Machakaire commended President Mnangagwa for his visionary leadership that empowered every person, in line with his thrust of leaving no one and no place behind.

“Let me appreciate the President for coming up with an impressive initiative to ensure we empower our youths. Remember, we are facing a challenge of drug and substance abuse; this is the solution,” said Minister Machakaire.

“By launching this initiative, it can capacitate them to become employers and entrepreneurs, to create jobs for those looking for jobs in their provinces. This is the way to go. We want to promise the President that we will deliver. Whatever the proceeds that come out of the provinces, we will make sure we have created a revolving fund amongst the provinces as guided by the President.”

Minister Machakaire said a revolving fund will be created through the proceeds of the project to cater for individual provinces.

“These youths have created companies within their provinces, so we will create a revolving fund within the provinces so that they can give loans to other youths who are doing well in their businesses,” he said.

Minister Machakaire, who is also the Zanu PF Secretary for Youth Affairs, challenged the youths to take heed of President Mnangagwa’s zero tolerance to corruption and abuse of availed facilities.

He said President Mnangagwa was the brains behind the Youth Fund’s model of not giving provinces and individuals cash, but empowering them through the provision of equipment and the availability of other facilities to curb corruption.

Zanu PF Youth League Deputy Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Midlands Province, Mr Vusa Manjonjo, hailed the facility, saying it will transform several lives among young people.

“We have already registered companies and some of the equipment that we took in the initial distribution exercise has been put to good use,” said Mr Manjonjo.

Zanu PF Youth League Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Mr Freedom Murechu, said they would put the equipment to good use.

“As Bulawayo Province, we got three trucks, but we had collected two trucks, and today we were taking delivery of the third one. We are very happy with that facility because the trucks will go a long way in empowering young people,” said Mr Murechu.

Yesterday’s event marked a milestone initiated last year and included supplying tipper trucks, front-end loaders and agricultural equipment to youth-led projects across all provinces.

The equipment is intended for mining, transportation and agricultural projects to empower young entrepreneurs to be producers rather than consumers.

The fund is structured as a revolving facility to ensure sustainability and viability.

The programme seeks to boost youth participation in the economy, create employment and support infrastructure development.

In his address during the launch of the facility last year, President Mnangagwa said there was a symbiotic relationship that existed between the ruling party’s Youth League and the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Skills Training.

He said the two were working together for a mutually beneficial objective of serving one constituency, the youth. Yesterday’s event was attended by Zanu PF Deputy Secretary for the Youth League, Cde John Paradza.

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Source: Hero’s son skips court, warrant issued -Newsday Zimbabwe

A HARARE magistrate has issued a warrant of arrest for Tinashe Pswarayi, son of late freedom fighter and medical doctor Edward Munatsireyi Pswarayi, and his associate Tauya Masunda after they failed to appear in court for judgment on charges of misappropriating over US$52 000 in rental income from the deceased’s estate.

Magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai issued the warrant after the pair, which is a trustee of the late Pswarayi’s estate, skipped court.

The complainant and executor of the estate, senior lawyer Caleb Mucheche, testified alongside the deceased’s UK-based daughter, Chenayimoyo Pswarayi, detailing what they called “rampant theft” of estate rentals.

The alleged misappropriation occurred between June and November 2014, before Mucheche was appointed executor.

Mucheche told the court that Masunda and Tinashe unlawfully created two bogus trusts as part of a web of fraud and theft, using them to siphon

US$52 235 from the estate in violation of section 42 of the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01].

The case was initiated by Takunda Pswarayi, a sibling and beneficiary of the estate who is based in the United Kingdom.

In 2009, Pswarayi registered his properties under two trusts: Tondori 1, which comprises Munatsireyi Service Station and a commercial building at Machipisa shopping centre, Harare.

The other is Tondori 2, covering two residential stands in Borrowdale Brooke, a supermarket in Kambuzuma, a residential stand in Kambuzuma and a 51% shareholding in Tondori Farm (Private) Limited in Beatrice.

After the passing away of Pswarayi on June 8, 2014, all properties remained under the two trusts, with Tinashe and Masunda as trustees.

According to prosecutor Polite Chikiwa, the accused collected rental income from the estate’s properties that same month. In June 2014, they allegedly received US$9 835 in rentals.

Between August and November 2014, they collected a further US$42 400.

Instead of remitting the funds to the executor or reporting transactions to the Master of the High Court — as required by law — they allegedly kept the money and they did not distribute any to beneficiaries.

Takunda,  who was allegedly entitled to 10% of the rental income, reportedly received nothing during that period.

It was only in December 2014, after Mucheche was appointed executor dative by the Master of the High Court, that the alleged misconduct came to light.

Prosecutors argued that the accused violated legal obligations requiring anyone in possession of a deceased person’s assets to surrender them to the executor or report to the Master of the High Court.

To date, US$52 235 has been recovered.

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Source: Major gas drilling campaign ignites Zimbabwe energy hopes – herald

Oliver Kazunga

Senior Reporter

ZIMBABWE has moved closer to a potentially historic energy breakthrough after Invictus Energy began preparations for a drilling campaign in the second half at the high-impact Musuma-1 exploration well in the Cabora Bassa Basin.

The Australian firm, which is scouring the ground for petroleum deposits in Mbire and Muzarabani districts (Mashonaland Central province) north of Zimbabwe, has invested about US$100 million since 2022 in exploration of the Cabora Bassa Basin.

In 2023, Invictus confirmed a significant natural gas and oil discovery in within the Mukuyu structure, one of its prospective areas.

The Mukuyu discovery, from the Lower and Upper Angwa formations, was ranked the second-largest oil and gas find in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, with an estimated 230 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) or 1,3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas from just two wells drilled in a 200-square-kilometre structure.

The drilling campaign is expected to test one of the basin’s most promising gas prospects following the earlier Mukuyu gas-condensate discovery, which renewed interest in Zimbabwe’s untapped hydrocarbon potential.

If commercially viable gas reserves are ultimately confirmed, analysts say the discovery could help reshape Zimbabwe’s energy landscape by reducing dependence on imported fuel and supporting electricity generation, fertiliser production and industrial growth.

Invictus managing director Mr Scott Macmillan said preparations for Musuma-1 marked an important operational milestone.

“Musuma-1 is a compelling prospect with material scale and the potential to build on the success of the Mukuyu gas-condensate discovery.

“The prospect is supported by seismic amplitude anomalies and structural definition identified on the CB23 seismic survey, and is considered one of the key follow-up exploration opportunities in the Basin,” he said.

He said the prospect is supported by seismic data gathered during the CB23 seismic survey, which identified encouraging structural formations and amplitude anomalies believed to indicate hydrocarbon potential.

Early site works and rig planning activities are now underway as the company intensifies its engagements with contractors, Government authorities, and local stakeholders ahead of drilling operations.

The latest developments are expected to further elevate Zimbabwe’s profile as an emerging frontier energy destination at a time global investors are increasingly seeking new gas opportunities outside traditional producing regions.

It is believed that a successful commercial gas industry could have far-reaching implications for Zimbabwe’s economy.

Apart from easing pressure on electricity imports, domestic gas resources could support thermal power generation, reduce industrial energy costs and provide feedstock for fertiliser and petrochemical industries.

The development could also stimulate infrastructure investment in roads, pipelines, processing facilities and support industries in the northern parts of the country, particularly in Muzarabani and surrounding districts.

The Government has previously described the Cabora Bassa project as strategically important to Zimbabwe’s long-term energy security and industrialisation ambitions.

The Musuma-1 campaign comes as regional competition for energy investment intensifies, with southern Africa increasingly attracting global interest following major gas discoveries in neighbouring Mozambique and offshore developments across the continent.

While exploration risks remain and commercial quantities have yet to be confirmed, the commencement of operational preparations is likely to heighten expectations that Zimbabwe could be edging closer to establishing its first significant domestic gas-producing industry.

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