• About
  • Download Mobile App
  • Get In Touch
Ubumbano Voice
No Result
View All Result
Ubumbano Voice
No Result
View All Result
Home Economic Justice Human rights and responsibilities

Bulawayo City Council urged to revamp youth centers to motivate utilization

By Jane Nkiwane and Providence Moyo

11 November 2022
in Human rights and responsibilities
Bulawayo City Council urged to revamp youth centers to motivate utilization
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

With most youths opting to spend their time idle, abusing drugs and alcohol, most youth centers around Bulawayo have been left idle.

READ ALSO

Women, Stand Up for Freedom

Strikes & Instability continue in Mozambique

Thabeth Moyo (48) a Makokoba resident said youths are shunning these centers because they are outdated in terms of new technology. “Community centers should be revived so that youngsters are kept busy. However they should be equipped with new technology devices like WIFI, computers, and cameras in order to lure young people back,” she said.

Makokoba Ward 7 Councilor, Mr Shadrek Sibanda said youth centers are important as they take young people off the streets and make them productive.” Youth centers keep these young people busy, as a result, they have no time to partake in bad things, those that are idle end up doing drugs, prostitution, and crime.”

Sibanda urged the Bulawayo City Council to upgrade infrastructure as well as supply new equipment needed in the youth centers.

He also urged young people to be responsible enough not to vandalize or steal equipment from the youth centers.

Meanwhile, Bulawayo mentor mothers are worried about the way youths have turned out to abuse antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Some mentor mothers said there are people who go to clinics and collect the medicine, but they then throw it in the streets hence the youths have made it a habit to collect those and use them as drugs. Some of things that Zimbabwean youths have used to get high include used pampers and pads and this is largely attributed to idleness in the midst of the biting socioeconomic crisis.

Related Posts

Women, Stand Up for Freedom
Gender Justice

Women, Stand Up for Freedom

10 December 2024
”We don’t want FRELIMO in Nampula.”
Governance – Political transformation

Strikes & Instability continue in Mozambique

18 November 2024
Mozambique under political tension
Governance – Political transformation

Mozambique under political tension

28 October 2024
Reflecting on the state of education in Zimbabwe: International Literacy Day
Education

Reflecting on the state of education in Zimbabwe: International Literacy Day

9 September 2024
Lack of Transparency worsens Education opportunities in Bulawayo Schools
Economic Justice

Lack of Transparency worsens Education opportunities in Bulawayo Schools

27 June 2024
CSO’s champion young women ‘s leadership development in Bulawayo Schools Debate Rumble 2024.
Education

CSO’s champion young women ‘s leadership development in Bulawayo Schools Debate Rumble 2024.

20 May 2024

LATEST NEWS

Born without penis

Born without penis

2 November 2022
CSO’s champion young women ‘s leadership development in Bulawayo Schools Debate Rumble 2024.

CSO’s champion young women ‘s leadership development in Bulawayo Schools Debate Rumble 2024.

20 May 2024
Secretary of State in Manica encourages ‘premature marital unions’.

Secretary of State in Manica encourages ‘premature marital unions’.

19 March 2024
I AM A QUEER BLACK MAN, ZIMBABWE IS MY HOME

I AM A QUEER BLACK MAN, ZIMBABWE IS MY HOME

5 March 2024

ABOUT ACT UBUMBANO

ACT Ubumbano is a network of Southern African and European organisations working for economic, gender and environmental justice.

LATEST NEWS

  • Women, Stand Up for Freedom
  • Strikes & Instability continue in Mozambique
  • Mozambique under political tension
  • Reflecting on the state of education in Zimbabwe: International Literacy Day

GET IN TOUCH

3rd Floor, Building 2
Brooklyn Bridge Office Park
570 Fehrsen
Pretoria, South Africa

Email: info@actubumbano.org
Tel: + 27 12 433 6304

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer

© 2024 - Ubumbano Voice. All rights reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Economic Justice
  • Gender Justice
  • Environmental Justice

© 2024 - Ubumbano Voice. All rights reserved