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Post-2015 Development Agenda: Zimbabwe hasn’t taken off

The Real Agenda For Youth Transformation Trust is concerned deeply by the Zimbabwean government on the perpetual silence and inactivity on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Post 2015 Development Agenda is a process led by the United Nations aiming to help define the future global development framework  that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals.  Other nations have taken a gigantic step since the onset of the launch by the United Nations. The wake of the Post-2015 Development Agenda took the majority of the world as wave to introspect on the MDGs. Over a decade the world development process has been prescribed by the MDGs which despite having participatory flaws can never go uncelebrated. This paper rather is not concerned with the past but with the future as we are in the final months of the MDGs.   We are heavily worried by the status Zimbabwe has taken on the process of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. We acknowledge a few steps towards generating dialogue by inst

Knowledge is power: Give it to Youths

This phrase "Knowledge is power" has been relevant since biblical times as the people perish due to lack of knowledge.   Knowledge is linked to awareness, familiarity, facts and comprehending information. This essay looks at the paramount importance of knowledge to the Zimbabwean youthful populace. Zimbabwe has been on the development agenda track since independence, however that information scarcely finds its way to youths. Sadly this is the majority of the Zimbabwean population constituting 67%. It is a right for youths to access information as promulgated by the Constitution and enshrined in the universal declaration of human rights. Enlightenment theorist in the likes of Jeremy Bentham questions the legality of a government and the answer is having the happiest people. Gazing from the perspective, knowledge on development policies is critical such that small victories can be celebrated as the nation moves policy to fruition.   In any case, the happiness is more