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Govt fights road carnage through arts

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GOVERNMENT through the Primary and Secondary Education ministry and Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) on Friday held a Road Safety Arts Festival in a bid to fight road carnage in the country at St Annes Goto Mission in Wedza.

GOVERNMENT through the Primary and Secondary Education ministry and Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) on Friday held a Road Safety Arts Festival in a bid to fight road carnage in the country at St Annes Goto Mission in Wedza.

BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA

A road in Mabvuku.
A road in Mabvuku.

The festival held under the theme: Catch Them Young, saw pupils from more than 20 schools drawn from Wedza South participating in various artistic disciplines such as poetry, theatre and music.

Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of the festival, TSCZ managing director Obio Chinyere said the main objective of the festival was to equip young people with the necessary information on road safety to avoid loss of lives.

“We have been to Masvingo, Midlands and now in Mashonaland East where we are touring the rural areas educating young people on road safety issues. The theme tells the story of equipping the youths who are the future drivers, motorists or road users on how to behave on roads,” said Chinyere.

“We are advising them on obeying traffic rules, on the dangers of using a cell phone while driving among other things. We had to hold an arts festival, all to address the problem. The young people love arts and hence the massive attendance.”

A number of pupils who performed well during the festival walked away with prizes that included school uniforms, stationery and T-shirts.

Addressing the gathering, Transport and Infrastructure Development deputy minister Michael Madanha, who was the guest of honour hailed the event and said it would go a long way in reducing road accidents in the country.

“I am happy that the TSCZ and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education are making frantic efforts to ensure they cascade road safety education in an educating and entertaining manner. You have all seen how poetry, drama and music can be used as effective tools of road safety reduction,” he said.