Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (YARD) leader, Temba Mliswa has met Zambia’s iconic youth grown politician Vernon Mwaanga.
Mwaanga was Zambia’s first youngest ambassador at the age of 21 in the 70s and is a veteran politician in the neighbouring nation.
Mliswa told ZimEye following their Tuesday 3 hour meeting at his home in Lusaka Zambia, he is looking to bring Dr Mwanga to Zimbabwe so he can inspire the youth there.
Dr Mwaanga is veteran politician and writer who served as ambassador to USSR at the age of 21. He served as Director General of Intelligence at 22. He was ambassdor to the UN at 24 and served in Zambian government as MP and Foreign Affairs Minister at 28.
He left active politics in 2011 and currently serves as a Patron to the Youth, and is a lecturer at the University of Copperbelt.
“After a very insightful meeting with him, I extended an invitation to him to come and address the youth in Zimbabwe, an idea that he welcomed.
“Dates will be communicated soon.
This can only be inspirational to our youth more so that he personally served greatly to assist with the liberation struggle of Zimbabwe.
“He generously gave me two of his books of which I will share with all”.
Mliswa, the man who is popular in Mashonaland West, has set his eyes for the parliamentary seat as an independent candidate, ZimEye reveals. As he returned from a series of high-level meetings at the European Parliament in Brussels, Mliswa who then crossed the Chirundu border to meet Zambia’s iconic politician, is now to contest as an independent for the Norton seat, previously occupied by expelled war veteran Chris Mutsvangwa.