Livingstone Acting District Commissioner James Zimba has challenged youths to go into entrepreneurship instead of idling.
Mr. Zimba says youths should desist from citing high unemployment levels in the country as a challenge but instead focus on contributing to the country’s growth through self-employment.
He said by engaging in entrepreneurship most of the youths would become key players in the national economy and eventual national growth.
He said the country would only develop and sustain its growth if youths in the county stopped using excuses such high unemployment levels and disability to remain idle.
ZANIS reports that the Acting District Commissioner said this at the burial of 77 year old Newspaper Vendor Daniel Mundungani at Nakatindi Graveyard iin Livingstone.
The late Mr. Mundungani was born deaf and had speech impairment.
The Acting District Commissioner noted that despite his disability and being uneducated, Mr. Mundungani was entrepreneurial in nature with good communication and mathematical skills.
Mr. Zimba said Mr. Mundungani who was the longest serving newspaper vendor in Livingstone had proved that disability was not a barrier.
“Mr. Mundungani has taught us a lesson. You cannot be a beggar due to a disability; find something to do and develop the economy using local resources,” he said.
Speaking earlier, Times of Zambia Bureau Chief for the South-West Region Brian Hatyoka urged the mourners to emulate Mr. Mundungani and his spirit of hard work which could not be suppressed by his limited abilities.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mundungani’s nephew Msusa Matengu said the family was grateful for the support rendered by government, the private sector and the Livingstone City Council to give the deceased a dignified burial.
Mr. Mundungani sold newspapers on behalf of Times of Zambia, Zambia Daily Mail, The Mast and Daily Nation.
He died of Acute Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney failure on 27 May 2017 at the Livingstone Central Hospital.
Zambia’s backslide is worrying because it demonstrates how swiftly fragile democratic gains that took decades to cement can be destroyed.
Youths must be cautioned not to do business the HH way, he has not been honest with his acquisition of wealthy, although its mostly cattles.
Teach them to be as smart as EL, who has won twice presidential elections for the first time and only times.
HH is yet to lose the case.
You promised youths jobs, but now you tell them to sell newspapers. Which newspapers can they The Post is closed.
You are not sleeping over HH
You have to provide incentives for the the Youths. One can not wakeup one morning and begin to be an entrepreneur. You have to provide resources for them. Every responsible government does that.
Munone as you are obviously in the inner circle of the pf no doubt ypu and his excellency will be prepared to announce to the 78% of pipo in poverty how ECL has managed to amass his wealth in under 12 months since he has been the president. You make statemenrs but never respond with credible explanations. , here js your opportunity. When was the last time NE ECL lodged a tax return. Did his bar pay tax or was it a cash bar