Mushowe under fire

Youth, Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Minister, Christopher Mushohwe, has come under fire for dragging his feet over the appointment of new boards at the National Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Board (NIEEB) and the Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC).

Information obtained shows that old board members at both NIEEB and ZYC have continued running the affairs of the two organizations, well over a month after their terms of office expired.

The boards have three-year tenures each with the current boards, mainly comprising Zanu-PF functionaries, having been appointed in 2012. The law empowers the minister to handpick board members for appointment.