By Stanslous Roy Ruvengo.
Chivi. (News of The South)-Villagers in Chivi district are not happy about being forced to contribute towards the hosting of Heroes day celebrations, News of the South has learnt.
Some of the villagers who spoke to News of the South said they were not happy about the development saying donations should be voluntary.
“We are forced to pay money for Heroes celebrations failure of which we are labelled sell-outs and other political parties activists one is even forced to borrow money to pay for the celebrations even if his/her family is starving for fear of being left out of government initiated programs such as Food for Work and other related schemes” said Warren Mhazo from Nhapata village in Chivi.
His sentiments were echoed by Brian Muchiro who said “People are struggling, but then someone just comes into the village and orders us to pay for a one day event it was far much better if people were contributing voluntarily ”
Villagers also complained that this was not the first time that they were forced to pay money for ZANU-PF activities in the district saying everyone including civil servants were not spared either.
One teacher who spoke on condition of anonymity said” We are forced to pay money for celebrations despite that we won’t be at the district as schools will be closed we will be on holiday but all the same we comply with the order since we are afraid of branded opposition parties sympathizers”
There has been a letter circulating to all school heads from the District Staffing Office er(DSO) requesting them to tell all their staff to contribute towards Heroes day celebrations.
No comments could be obtained from the district officials by the time of writing.
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