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| | Zimbabwe Beefs Up Youth Training Program |
 | | Although it is not compulsory, youths who have undergone the six-month training in the camps get preferential access to government and other public institutions. |
 | | Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo, the chairman of the Solidarity Peace Trust, a human rights non-governmental organization, described the youth training scheme as "a paramilitary training program for Zimbabwe's youth." He said, the clear aim of the program is to, in his words, "inculcate blatantly anti-democratic, racist and xenophobic attitudes". |
 | | Nelson Chamisa, youth secretary for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, says while his party subscribes to the idea of instilling patriotism in Zimbabweans, the government is going about it the wrong way. |
| www.voanews.com /english/archive/2004-12/2004-12-06-voa39.cfm (491 words) |
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