Zanu-PF Goes Against Mthuli Ncube, Resolves To Train More "Green Bombers"

Zanu PF party resolved to resuscitate the national youth service programme.

The development comes after Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube resolved to retrench youth officers with the Public Service Commission (PSC) issuing a statement saying they have already started the retrenchment process. The resolution to resuscitate the national youth service was made at Zanu-PF’s 17th annual conference which ended on Saturday. The party resolved to have the National Youth Service Programme resumed in the first quarter of 2019.

Zanu-PF has been accused of using national youth service graduates also known as Green Bombers, as a militia. The national youth service was discontinued during the Government of National Unity that brought together Zanu PF and the opposition MDCs following an inconclusive election in 2008.