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Chicken Slice employs Shonas, ditches Ndebele job-seekers
21 Mar 2015 at 17:17hrs | Views
BULAWAYO - A Bulawayo civic youth organisation, Bulawayo Unemployment Youth Agenda (BUYA) has vowed to engage fast food chain Chicken Slice over its employing of people who are exclusively from outside Matebeleland.
Speaking at a press conference held in Bulawayo Thursday, BUYA Chairperson, Zenzo Nyoni said time has come for people of Matebeleland to benefit from resources within their region.
"We want to engage Chicken Slice because we have realised that the majority of its employees are Shona. Our youths are not afforded the opportunity to work and we feel something needs to be done," said Nyoni.
He also said his organisation will engage different sectors to ensure that youths in Bulawayo are given fair employment opportunities like what is happening to youths from other different regions of the country.
"Youths from Matebeleland are looking for job opportunities in South Africa and Botswana. It is high time devolution is put into practise for the benefit of the youths and the region at large," he added.
Nyoni also took the event to congratulate people from Maleme community for defending their land against foreigners who wanted to benefit from resources without putting into cognisance the community surrounding them.
He said it is that kind of courage which is needed to arrest the marginalisation and under-development of the Matebeleland region.
Musavengana Hove is a youth activist based in Bulawayo. Email soldierjournalist@gmail.com for feedback.
Speaking at a press conference held in Bulawayo Thursday, BUYA Chairperson, Zenzo Nyoni said time has come for people of Matebeleland to benefit from resources within their region.
"We want to engage Chicken Slice because we have realised that the majority of its employees are Shona. Our youths are not afforded the opportunity to work and we feel something needs to be done," said Nyoni.
He also said his organisation will engage different sectors to ensure that youths in Bulawayo are given fair employment opportunities like what is happening to youths from other different regions of the country.
"Youths from Matebeleland are looking for job opportunities in South Africa and Botswana. It is high time devolution is put into practise for the benefit of the youths and the region at large," he added.
Nyoni also took the event to congratulate people from Maleme community for defending their land against foreigners who wanted to benefit from resources without putting into cognisance the community surrounding them.
He said it is that kind of courage which is needed to arrest the marginalisation and under-development of the Matebeleland region.
Musavengana Hove is a youth activist based in Bulawayo. Email soldierjournalist@gmail.com for feedback.
Source - Musavengana Hove
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