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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Unhappy With White Professional Hunters, Over 1000 Zanu-PF Youths to Be Trained

PRESIDENT Mugabe is unhappy that professional hunting remains in the hands of white people hence Zanu PF aims to train over 1000 youths in that area, politburo secretary for youth Pupurai Togarepi has said.

Togarepi said this to youths undergoing professional hunting training in Harare, Wednesday. He said the program will see some youths sent to Kenya for further training.

"President Mugabe bemoaned the fact that professional hunting remains in the hands of white people who are affluent. He said why don't we go in, look after our animals and if we have to hunt them for financial resources, why don't we do it as Zimbabweans.

"Many of the conservation activities that are done in Africa are sponsored from Europe and America. How can they tell us to conserve our animals and yet if you look closely they do not have animals except in the zoo," said Togarepi.

"So, why don't we trade ourselves and then professionally look after our animals and then productively get resources that can improve our economy ourselves."


Togarepi claimed that white people who control the industry had priced most Zimbabweans out by pegging training at a staggering $30, 000.

"This is an empowerment drive, why can't we empower the youths. This is the first stage and you will move through different stages.

"We hope as you get into this trade you are not going to be corrupt like those who connived with the white man from America (Lion Cecil killer Walter Palmer).

"We are not training criminals here; we are training contributors to our economy, so we expect that after this course, you should be principled, professional and informed about conservations of wildlife," the Zanu PF youth leader said.

Thousands of Zanu PF activists are known to have invaded most of the country's world acclaimed wild-life sanctuaries turning them into desolate jungles after hunting down almost all the animals.

Togarepi said youths should be grateful to Mugabe and must stay away from Zanu PF factional fights and succession wars.

"If anyone says follow my orders because I was appointed by the President don't listen. Within our revolution, there are people who are there to destroy the revolution and if you are not careful you will miss the point by following the pretenders.

"As youths, don't be involved in squabbles, it doesn't bring a future for you. Never belong to anybody, you belong to the revolution, the revolution is led by one person and the person in charge of our revolution today is President Mugabe," Togarepi said.

Senior Zanu PF leaders are locked in a bitter war for control of the former guerrilla movement as 91-year-old Mugabe nears his political sunset.

Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly leading one faction of the ruling party against another of young hawks that includes political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere and Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo known as G40 (Generation 40).

The G40 are reportedly luring First Lady Grace to lead them.

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Originally posted by Kathi:
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Togarepi said this to youths undergoing professional hunting training in Harare, Wednesday. He said the program will see some youths sent to Kenya for further training.

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Harare sounds like a good place to train to be a PH. Who needs the bush.

Can learn a lot about being a PH in Kenya.

Think Zimbabwe finally figured this whole white PH monopoly out.

Another disaster waiting to happen.

Words fail to describe how idiotic this idea is.

Final reason to go to Zimbabwe will not be eliminated.

Perry

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"President Mugabe bemoaned the fact that professional hunting remains in the hands of white people who are affluent. He said why don't we go in, look after our animals and if we have to hunt them for financial resources, why don't we do it as Zimbabweans.

Obviously, Mugabe does not consider white people in Zimbabwe as "Zimbabweans."

Mugabe is a racist of the highest magnitude.

AS in all things regarding the most base individuals like Mugabe, their mother should have swallowed. How wonderful life would be.

Sadly proving over and over again there is no depth to which the corrupt won't fall.

Like Kenya knows about training PH's and wildlife conservation?

stupid is as stupid does. and these people are definitely STUPID!

The only Zimbabweans in his book are Shona
Look at his record

Man am I glad I went when I did--and people laughed at me when I said it looked like now or never--

just can't say too much about how bad Mugabe is.

Good news for the rest of the hunting portions of Africa.

I'm certaimly not going there to be PHed by one of his.

Seems like every time he reaches rock-bottom he starts to dig.

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I'm certaimly not going there to be PHed by one of his.

+1 X1,000,000

What I cant understand from these idiots is that although I AM WHITE IA AM ALSO AFRICAN MY FAMILY HAVE BEEING AFRICAN FOR 250 YEARS!!! I am getting sick of this anti white thing from the African Governments sick of it!!!! If you say anything a bout a black man you are a racist however they can say what they want!!

Good luck finding clients for those new PHs My queues is theY will all be Chinese and will not be on a trophy hunt.... we all know what they are after!!! So sad what is becoming of this lovely place called AFRICA!!!

Well, there goes Zim as a hunting destination........

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Originally posted by pagosawingnut:
Well, there goes Zim as a hunting destination........

it doesn't mean you have to hunt with one of the 1000 new PHs to be.....

What will most likely happen is in order to retain your PH License, you will have to have a Black Partner PH. Not that big of a stretch...

Phillip, I feel for you and your reaction. If I had the funds, I'd hunt with you.

Mugabe is a madman. I can't believe how much harm he has caused Zimbabwe.

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Originally posted by INTREPID SAFARIS:
What I cant understand from these idiots is that although I AM WHITE IA AM ALSO AFRICAN MY FAMILY HAVE BEEING AFRICAN FOR 250 YEARS!!! I am getting sick of this anti white thing from the African Governments sick of it!!!! If you say anything a bout a black man you are a racist however they can say what they want!!

Good luck finding clients for those new PHs My queues is theY will all be Chinese and will not be on a trophy hunt.... we all know what they are after!!! So sad what is becoming of this lovely place called AFRICA!!!

Unfortunately, I have to concur.

Just imagine being defended in a full charge by someone shooting a 9mm gangsta style...

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Originally posted by INTREPID SAFARIS:
What I cant understand from these idiots is that although I AM WHITE IA AM ALSO AFRICAN MY FAMILY HAVE BEEING AFRICAN FOR 250 YEARS!!! I am getting sick of this anti white thing from the African Governments sick of it!!!! If you say anything a bout a black man you are a racist however they can say what they want!!

Good luck finding clients for those new PHs My queues is theY will all be Chinese and will not be on a trophy hunt.... we all know what they are after!!! So sad what is becoming of this lovely place called AFRICA!!!

You can thank the bloody British and the likes of Jimmy Carter handing it back to them.

They make these noises periodically to gain kudos in the local press. They fail to understand how the system works, but by next week they will be whining about something else.

The reason most PHs in Zim (and increasingly in neighboring countries) are white is this is the only viable profession not denied them. Many of today's PHs would have gone into farming or the military had the government not blocked those options. That is not to say there are no black PHs in Zim and elsewhere. $30000 to become a PH? I don't think so. None of the PHs I have met that went through apprenticeships have $3000 to their name. Most struggle to buy a rifle. They have to "invest" a lot of years at little or no pay to qualify. That right there narrows the field a lot.

The fact that 95% of clients are white also has something to do with it, like it or not. Birds of a feather ...

The statement that most conservation organizations are led by whites (and foreign ones at that) is false. This statement ignores the fact that almost all of the parks staff are black, and that right there is the main "conservation" organization in Zim. I don't think I have ever met a serving parks ranger or district manager that is not black. I have met several whites who used to be Parks employees though. Including the late Don Heath I believe. And many were "retired" because their skin was the wrong color.

I wonder how Mugabe's plan is going to deal with the legal requirement that these indigenous PHs all have to apprentice and pass qualification before they are licenced? I expect that operators will be required to hire them, and that they will pass one way or the other.

"So, why don't we trade ourselves and then professionally look after our animals and then productively get resources that can improve our economy ourselves." This gentlemen, is the $64000 question in Africa and it applies to all fields of endeavor, not just commercial hunting.

Ledvm, don't forget Andrew Young as Carter's lackey who wanted to take credit for the capitulation and abandonment.