Yesterday Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko officially opened a classroom block at Majiji High School in Bubi District. Mphoko told pupils at this school to focus on their studies and shun the habit of illegally travelling to South Africa, saying there was nothing for them there but death in the neighbouring country.
Mphoko, a Zimbabwe’s former ambassador to South Africa, donated 300 books worth $7,000 to Majiji High School,saying
“I’ve come to talk to the children. I want you to know one thing. Don’t think there’s life for you across the border. In these books is where your life is, there’s nothing for you in South Africa.
Concentrate on your education and not crossing to South Africa illegally,” said the Vice President.
The Vice President said he was speaking from experience as he had come across cases of young boys and girls who left school and ended up being exploited to become sex slaves and homosexuals.
VP Mphoko showed the pupils pictures of people who were attacked in South Africa during xenophobic violence. One of the pictures was that of a foreigner who was burnt after a tyre was put around his neck and set alight.
The VP said youths should set their sights on opportunities in the country after completing school.
He had another picture of amagumaguma (people who help others skip the border) carrying a child after the mother fled the police while crossing the Limpopo River illegally into the neighbouring country.
“What do you think this umagumaguma did to this child after the mother had fled? Obviously he threw the child into the water. You pay omalayitsha between R1,000 to R1,500 to cross illegally. Those who don’t have the money, if you’re a girl, omalayitsha — upon reaching South Africa — will detain you at their house and tell their friends that they’ve a young girl.
“They’ll hire you to their friends and by the time they recoup their money, you would have fallen sick and come back home in a coffin carrying flowers on your chest. The boys on the other hand would be hired to homosexuals.
“There’s no better place than home. Don’t rush to South Africa, there’s death there.”
VP Mphoko toured the school and officially opened an A-Level classroom block.
Majiji High School is the third school in Bubi district that has received books from the Vice President and the sixth in Matabeleland North province.
VP Mphoko has 11 tonnes of books that he will be distributing to schools around the country. He will soon visit Matabeleland South and Bulawayo.
Majiji High School head, Fisani Dube, said the school faced a number of challenges among them water problems and classroom shortages due to overwhelming enrolment.
“Honourable Vice President, we face a number of challenges particularly in the rainy season as some pupils are forced to stay for weeks or a month from school as River Mbembesi would be flooded and they cannot cross. We’re appealing for assistance to construct a bridge because this affects pupils’ performance,” said Dube.
The school with an enrolment of 513 pupils recorded a 100 percent pass rate in last year’s Advanced Level examinations.
VP Mphoko donated a personalised diary to Lower Sixth pupil Qaphela Nyathi, who was honoured as the best pupil at the school.
Speaking at the same occasion, Bubi legislator Clifford Sibanda thanked the VP for the gesture. -chronicle
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Zimbabwe has suffered enough because of this Mugabe habit of surrounding himself with the mental dead so he outshines them!
Zimbabwe has suffered enough because of this Mugabe habit of surrounding himself with the mental dead so he outshines them!
Unfortunately he is toothless bootlicker like all of them….does nothing and accumulate pounds…… he will need a whellchair soon
Unfortunately he is toothless bootlicker like all of them….does nothing and accumulate pounds…… he will need a whellchair soon
It is true that many Zimbabweans have gone to SA only to end up as sex slaves or worse but the fact that Zimbabweans are still trying their lucky shows just how desperate the are. The VP would do better by doing something to end the mismanagement and corruption the two big causes behind the country’s economic meltdown. People are risking everything because they are desperate given them a future and hope and they will not go to SA.
Given the level of Zanu PF incompetence the only hope to revive the Zimbabwe economy is for Zanu PF to step down.
It is true that many Zimbabweans have gone to SA only to end up as sex slaves or worse but the fact that Zimbabweans are still trying their lucky shows just how desperate the are. The VP would do better by doing something to end the mismanagement and corruption the two big causes behind the country’s economic meltdown. People are risking everything because they are desperate given them a future and hope and they will not go to SA.
Given the level of Zanu PF incompetence the only hope to revive the Zimbabwe economy is for Zanu PF to step down.
nhai Mphoko- hausi president iwe. Uonda vagrire chii. Unoda vangoyeva uchidya nekuchinjanisa dzimba iwe vachitambura? Ndiani angandipawo pfuti nditangeo chimurenga chinonzi operation madhara bvisa-omb in short
nhai Mphoko- hausi president iwe. Uonda vagrire chii. Unoda vangoyeva uchidya nekuchinjanisa dzimba iwe vachitambura? Ndiani angandipawo pfuti nditangeo chimurenga chinonzi operation madhara bvisa-omb in short
Dai ndisina kuuya kuno kuSouth Africa ndiri mboko chaiyo yemunhu. Kumusha ndave nedzimba nhatu, kuno ndine mbiri. Pandinodzokerawo kumusha ndinowana kurarama. Zvese izvi ndazviita mumakore ave kuda kukwana gumi. Kumusha ndakaseenza makore makumi maviri ndiri mushandi wehurumende. Hapana kana chimwe chandakagona kuita. Pandakazobva ndanga ndotadza kutenga neunderwear chaiyo. Mwari makaita henyu mukandipa mukana wekuti ndiuye kuno kuSouth Africa. My suggestion to young Zimbabweans ndeyekuti fundai chaizvo muwane ruzivo runoita kuti murarame either MuZimbabwe imomo kana kunze kwenyika. Kana mukana waonekwa ubatisisei chaizvo, hazvinei kuti uri kupi. Kuno kuSouth Africa kune maZimbabweans who have succeeded very very much in their careers. Kune vari kutamburawo chaizvo. It just depends kuti wakamira sei. Munhu anogara mune imwe imba yangu kuno anoshandira a fellow Zimbabwean ane a chain of businesses which include farming, real estate, construction and hotels.
Dai ndisina kuuya kuno kuSouth Africa ndiri mboko chaiyo yemunhu. Kumusha ndave nedzimba nhatu, kuno ndine mbiri. Pandinodzokerawo kumusha ndinowana kurarama. Zvese izvi ndazviita mumakore ave kuda kukwana gumi. Kumusha ndakaseenza makore makumi maviri ndiri mushandi wehurumende. Hapana kana chimwe chandakagona kuita. Pandakazobva ndanga ndotadza kutenga neunderwear chaiyo. Mwari makaita henyu mukandipa mukana wekuti ndiuye kuno kuSouth Africa. My suggestion to young Zimbabweans ndeyekuti fundai chaizvo muwane ruzivo runoita kuti murarame either MuZimbabwe imomo kana kunze kwenyika. Kana mukana waonekwa ubatisisei chaizvo, hazvinei kuti uri kupi. Kuno kuSouth Africa kune maZimbabweans who have succeeded very very much in their careers. Kune vari kutamburawo chaizvo. It just depends kuti wakamira sei. Munhu anogara mune imwe imba yangu kuno anoshandira a fellow Zimbabwean ane a chain of businesses which include farming, real estate, construction and hotels.
Mboko stop lying to those young and vulnerable minds by feeding horror into their heads. If there is nothing outside borders, how did Zimbabwe generate billions in inflows of foreign currency over the years? Did you also remember to remind them not to try and exercise their democratic freedom of expressing themselves as they could disappear just like Itai Dzamara. Did you warn them that their president does not care over their disappearances and that he does not want to let go of the presidency? Did you tell those students that the hardships that cause their brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers to cross into South Africa illegally are a result of Mugabe’s incompetence which has grounded the economy? YOU OF ALL PEOPLE MUST KNOW THAT WHAT YOU DID (SHOWING HORROR PICTURES) IS LEGALLY NOT PERMISIABLE AS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA IN THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN. YOU MUST KNOW THAT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BIRTHING XENOPHOBIC TENDENCIES AT AN EARLY STAGE. What kind of an example is that coming from a Vice President of a country children are supposed to emulate?. Hindava uchifarira humboko iwe mudhara? Pathetic!!!
Mboko stop lying to those young and vulnerable minds by feeding horror into their heads. If there is nothing outside borders, how did Zimbabwe generate billions in inflows of foreign currency over the years? Did you also remember to remind them not to try and exercise their democratic freedom of expressing themselves as they could disappear just like Itai Dzamara. Did you warn them that their president does not care over their disappearances and that he does not want to let go of the presidency? Did you tell those students that the hardships that cause their brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers to cross into South Africa illegally are a result of Mugabe’s incompetence which has grounded the economy? YOU OF ALL PEOPLE MUST KNOW THAT WHAT YOU DID (SHOWING HORROR PICTURES) IS LEGALLY NOT PERMISIABLE AS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA IN THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN. YOU MUST KNOW THAT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BIRTHING XENOPHOBIC TENDENCIES AT AN EARLY STAGE. What kind of an example is that coming from a Vice President of a country children are supposed to emulate?. Hindava uchifarira humboko iwe mudhara? Pathetic!!!