I’m still mentally sound: Tshinga Dube

FORMER Cabinet minister and Zanu PF politburo member, Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube (81) yesterday defended his latest appointment to the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board saying his mind was still fit and stable to add value to the parastatal.

His latest appointment to the NRZ board by Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Felix Mhona has triggered an outcry with some Zimbabweans saying a strategic parastatal such as the NRZ needed serious restructuring and modern technology, and its board should be led by young technocrats.

But Dube (81) yesterday defended his new job on the NRZ board telling NewsDay that while his body might be frail, his mind is very sharp and stable.

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