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About 100 youths from the ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Monday agreed to conduct peaceful campaigns ahead of next year’s presidential poll in the best interests of the country, the ‘Daily News’ reported.
At a two-day workshop held in Gutu, 180 km south of Harare organised by the Zimbabwe Civic Education Trust (Zimcet), supporters of the two political parties agreed to bury the hatchet and concentrate on developmental issues, the newspaper said. Zimcet deputy director, Angeline Gwaze was quoted as saying that the workshop enabled the youths to interact despite political differences.
Gwaze said: “We deliberately invited people from the two political parties for them to come up with specific parameters of conflict resolution. They later signed a peace agreement and to us this marks a milestone in trying to promote civic education among Zimbabwean communities.”
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