Philip Valerio Sibanda

“The Ministry should support youths through programmes like Command Agriculture and should think of banks that do not require collateral in an effort to fully implement the government’s vision 2030 thrust”

“To the Ministry of Agriculture, lets aggregate our youths into groups and create an enabling environment towards value addition and beneficiation”

“I don’t worship Rhodes but where we need to use him as an inspiration then let’s do so”

“Most of our young people have lost their sense of patriotism and direction. Our people have also lost their sense of patriotism”

“You should nature good entrepreneurial skills and commitment such as those possessed by Cecil John Rhodes, who while in his 20s and 30s, incorporated the British South Africa Company (BSAC) and its subsidiaries that structured the trade of major commodities for international markets”

“I would also urge our members to remain peaceful before and after elections. We do not condone any acts of violence”

“Where these occur, swift justice must be served to show each and all that crime and other acts of economic sabotage can only guarantee ruin to perpetrators”

“As we focus on recovering our economy, we must shed misbehaviours and acts of indiscipline which have characterised the past, acts of corruption must stop forthwith”

“We all have a responsibility to ensure that Zimbabwe attains an upper-middle-income status which will translate into improvement of the welfare of citizens and ourselves as members of the ZDF”

“It is, therefore, incumbent on us, as serving officers and members and indeed all Zimbabweans, to ensure that her good deeds and hard work were not in vain”

“The late officer ran her race well and has now passed the baton to those surviving to continue the race”