Livingstone Acting District Commissioner James Zimba has challenged youths to initiate 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.
Investors will soon start shunning Zambia
What employment?????????????
But himself is a politician who is employed by the public,why is he not engaged in entrepreneurship
So how does he expect the youths to create employment without any formal of funding in terms of small business loans, SBAs , training and yet them greedy politician are busy stealing from the power. Zambia will never gonna be rich if they don’t invest in manufacturing, tourism, health and education. Just expecting Chinese people to come and build this damn lazy ass country.