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Mphoko meets Botswana envoy
20 May 2016 at 01:25hrs | Views
Zimbabwe has a robust education system despite the economic challenges it is facing and its students are well behaved as compared to other countries, Botswana Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Kenny Kapinga has said.
He made the remarks after bidding farewell to Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko at his Munhumutapa offices in Harare yesterday.
"The other area we talked about is education," Mr Kapinga said. "Zimbabwe has a resilient education system doing well in spite of resource challenges and we are looking at how the two countries can work together in that sector. I have always been encouraging people who want to send their children for education outside Botswana to send them to Zimbabwe because of the good socio-cultural environment that you find here. Children here are more behaved than those in other countries we cannot name."
Mr Kapinga, who leaves the country next week, said the joint investigation by Zimbabwe and Botswana police into the recent murder of Air Zimbabwe public relations executive Mrs Shingai Dhliwayo was a demonstration of the good relations between the two countries and their security services.
Mrs Dhliwayo's body was found tied to a tree about 5km from Plumtree Border Post in a bushy area.
Her hands and legs were tied with a rope in a sitting position, while her mouth was gagged with a cloth and she was bleeding from the nose.
A post-mortem revealed that she died due to strangling.
Said Mr Kapinga: "I also mentioned the close relationship between our security services. They work together, transparently as demonstrated recently in the investigation into the murder of a lady who was working for Air Zimbabwe.
"You know that the Zimbabwe Republic Police crossed into Botswana and did a joint investigation with the Botswana police, demonstrating the close relations between the two and by extension the close relations between the two countries."
Mr Kapinga said the expansion of the Harare International Airport planned by the Zimbabwean Government deserved support for the country to become a regional hub.
"We also talked about the close level of cooperation we have in terms of tourism and aviation and our hope that Harare International Airport with the support of other countries will become a regional hub as an alternative to the other hubs we are using," he said.
"We also spoke about animal disease control, the need to work closely to control foot and mouth and other cross boundary diseases. This is something we have worked together on for several years and would want to strengthen."
He said there were many areas where the two countries could forge new relations.
"There are many areas and mining is one of them," Mr Kapinga said.
"You know Botswana is experienced in terms of diamond mining and we have other minerals we are exploiting and there is need to be together to exchange experiences and technology."
On his stay in his Zimbabwe, Mr Kapinga said: "It was the second time. I have worked here in a diplomatic capacity and it was an opportunity I enjoyed very much."
He made the remarks after bidding farewell to Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko at his Munhumutapa offices in Harare yesterday.
"The other area we talked about is education," Mr Kapinga said. "Zimbabwe has a resilient education system doing well in spite of resource challenges and we are looking at how the two countries can work together in that sector. I have always been encouraging people who want to send their children for education outside Botswana to send them to Zimbabwe because of the good socio-cultural environment that you find here. Children here are more behaved than those in other countries we cannot name."
Mr Kapinga, who leaves the country next week, said the joint investigation by Zimbabwe and Botswana police into the recent murder of Air Zimbabwe public relations executive Mrs Shingai Dhliwayo was a demonstration of the good relations between the two countries and their security services.
Mrs Dhliwayo's body was found tied to a tree about 5km from Plumtree Border Post in a bushy area.
Her hands and legs were tied with a rope in a sitting position, while her mouth was gagged with a cloth and she was bleeding from the nose.
A post-mortem revealed that she died due to strangling.
Said Mr Kapinga: "I also mentioned the close relationship between our security services. They work together, transparently as demonstrated recently in the investigation into the murder of a lady who was working for Air Zimbabwe.
"You know that the Zimbabwe Republic Police crossed into Botswana and did a joint investigation with the Botswana police, demonstrating the close relations between the two and by extension the close relations between the two countries."
Mr Kapinga said the expansion of the Harare International Airport planned by the Zimbabwean Government deserved support for the country to become a regional hub.
"We also talked about the close level of cooperation we have in terms of tourism and aviation and our hope that Harare International Airport with the support of other countries will become a regional hub as an alternative to the other hubs we are using," he said.
"We also spoke about animal disease control, the need to work closely to control foot and mouth and other cross boundary diseases. This is something we have worked together on for several years and would want to strengthen."
He said there were many areas where the two countries could forge new relations.
"There are many areas and mining is one of them," Mr Kapinga said.
"You know Botswana is experienced in terms of diamond mining and we have other minerals we are exploiting and there is need to be together to exchange experiences and technology."
On his stay in his Zimbabwe, Mr Kapinga said: "It was the second time. I have worked here in a diplomatic capacity and it was an opportunity I enjoyed very much."
Source - the herald
