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Call to reintroduce National Youth Service sinister, premature

I enjoy reading Reason Wafawarova on Thursdays. While many find him partisan and reducible or too angry to give the reader any meaningful nuances or shifts, I have found an interesting transformation in his judgement and analysis of issues. This transformation if I may call it, however has been somewhat cautious in terms of not going too far in his criticism of the current ZANU PF government. His transformation has seen him denouncing corruption especially within government or lack of competencies which continue to manifest itself within some elements in government. For a writer who writes for the Herald, I think due credit especially on being objective must be given to him. His latest instalment last Thursday titled, “A case for national youth service programme”, saw him make confidential revelations concerning the dreaded National Youth Service (NYS). He chronicles events from the NYS inception right up to its debacle in 2006.He passionately outlines that the NYS service was centre