‘Matland youths marginalised’

Matabeleland-based Zapu youths have accused the government of sidelining them in the allocation of loans under the Indigenisation ministry’s youth fund.

Zapu youth secretary for information and publicity Mbonisi Gumbo said the CABS Kurera/Ukondla Youth Fund and the Meikles Youth Empowerment facility “discriminated against youths in marginalised areas”.

“In surveys we conducted in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South, we discovered that many youths were disappointed at the low numbers of beneficiaries of the CABS Kurera/Ukondla fund,” he said.

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