The Zimbabwe UNWTO Candidate for Secretary of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Eng. Walter Mzembi, landed an AfricanUnion (AU) Leadership position in Lome, Togo on 17 March 2017.
African Tourism, Energy and Infrastructure Ministers in Togo for the AU STC Meetings reaffirm their faith in Zimbabwe leadership in Tourism and elected the Hon. Eng. Walter Mzembi, Tourism & Hospitality Industry Government of Zimbabwe, as their Vice Chair of the Bureau of the AU-STC.
This is seen as another important step to accept the Zimbabwe minister to lead UNWTO starting 2018.
Igqiza laseZimbabwe kwiSeshoni yokuQala yeSiqhelo yeKomiti yobuGcisa yeMbumba ye-Afrika (i-AU) (i-STC) yezoThutho, iziSeko ezinguNdoqo eziMazwekazi kunye naMazwe ngaMazwe, aMandla kunye noKhenketho, likhokelwa nguSekela Mphathiswa wezoKhenketho noShishino loBundwendwe, oHloniphekileyo. U-Anastancia Ndhlovu (MP), wenze iZimbabwe yanebhongo emva kokuba isizwe esiseMazantsi e-Afrika sonyulwe ngamxhelo mnye kwisikhundla sokuba nguSekela-Sihlalo. I-AU-STC yadibana ngomhla we-17 kweyoKwindla yowama-2017 eLome, eTogo yaza yonyula iQumrhu ngokusekelwe kuMthetho onguNombolo we-16 weMithetho yeNkqubo phantsi kweKomishoni yeManyano ye-Afrika yeZiseko zoPhuhliso naMandla.
Eli Qumrhu lenziwe nguSihlalo, ooSekela-Sihlalo aba-3, kunye nonoNdwendwe. IZimbabwe yonyulwa njengoSekela Sihlalo wesibini, emele icandelo lezoKhenketho kunye nommandla oseMazantsi eAfrika kwiAU-STC kwiminyaka emibini ezayo, kude kube ngu-2. Amanye amalungu eBureau azakudibana kanye ngonyaka yiTogo -Chairperson (emele icandelo lezoThutho kunye nommandla waseNtshona Afrika), i-Mauritania-uSekela-Sihlalo woku-2019 (omele icandelo lezaMandla kunye nommandla waseMntla Afrika), uSekela-Sihlalo wesiThathu wase-Ethiopia (omele icandelo lezaMandla kunye nommandla oseMpuma Afrika) kunye neCongo -Repporteur (emele Icandelo lezothutho kunye nommandla waseMbindi Afrika). Eli Qumrhu liZiko labaPhathiswa eliLawulayo elijongene neZiseko zoPhuhliso, aMandla, ezoThutho kunye namacandelo oKhenketho anikwe umsebenzi wokubonelela ngomgaqo-nkqubo kunye nendima yobunkokeli yokongamela kwiiNkqubo zeMisebenzi yeKhomishini yeManyano ye-Afrika yeZiseko zoPhuhliso naMandla, kunye neKomiti yobuGcisa eYodwa yeeNgcali.
Ulonyulo lweZimbabwe kwiBurena leKhomishini yeManyano ye-Afrika yeZiseko ezinguNdoqo kunye nezaMandla alufikanga kunyaka olandelayo emva kokuba iZimbabwe ibe nguSihlalo we-AU ngoHloniphekileyo uMongameli, Cde RG Mugabe, ukusuka kweyoMqungu ngowama-2015 ukuya kweyoMqungu ngowama-2016. kolu lonyulo, uSekela Mphathiswa ochulumancile uHloniphekileyo. U-Anastancia Ndhlovu uthe, “Olu lonyulo kukuvunywa kunye nokuvuma umsebenzi omkhulu owenziwe ngoyena nyana mkhulu wase-Afrika, oHloniphekileyo, uMongameli u-RG Mugabe, xa wayekhokela iNgqungquthela ye-AU ekwamkelweni okubalulekileyo kwe-Ajenda ka-2063, eyayizinziswe ngowama-2030. IiNjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo. Oku kuchulumancisa ngokwenene kwaye kungqina kuphela ilifa lobunkokheli obungenakuthelekiswa nanto boHloniphekileyo, uMongameli”.
The election of Zimbabwe to lead the Southern Region of Africa in the Bureau of the African Union Commission on Infrastructure and Energy representing the Tourism sector, is happening when the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Hon. Dr. Walter Mzembi has successfully submitted his application to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), for the next 4 years, from 2018 to 2021, to the Headquarters of the Madrid-based global tourism organization. Hon. Dr Walter Mzembi is currently continuing with his world-wide outreach effort to garner international support for the countrys bid represented by him to secure the top job at the UNWTO. Elections for the next Secretary General will take place at the UNWTO Headquarters in Madrid, Spain from 11 to 12 May 2017, during the course of the 105th session of the Organisations 33 member Executive Council meeting.
Asked what the election into AU-STC Bureau means to Zimbabwe’s bid for the top UNWTO post, Deputy Minister Anastancia Ndhlovu had this to say, “I can confirm that the election of Zimbabwe further re-affirms the visionary leadership qualities of Hon. Minister Mzembi, as the current Chairperson of the UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) and the African Union-endorsed candidate for the UNWTO post, who has been very articulate on Zimbabwe’s and African tourism issues at a global scale. Therefore, this election will definitely be a boost to Hon. Minister Mzembi’s election bid, since the policy issues we pushed through to the apex of the African Union Commission on Infrastructure and Energy today reflect his vision for Africa’s tourism and the global tourism industry”.
Ulonyulo ngamxhelo mnye lweZimbabwe lokukhokela i-AU-STC Bureau kwindawo yezoKhenketho luze emva kwengxoxo ethathe ixesha elide kwiindibano ze-STC ezathi iZimbabwe yathatha inyathelo lokuthatha inxaxheba kunye nokumiselwa kokhenketho kwi-Ajenda ka-2063 ye-AU. kunye nezakhiwo zayo, ngokulandelelanayo. Ukuboniswa okugqwesileyo kunye nokucaciswa kwale miba yomgaqo-nkqubo yiZimbabwe kube nengeniso xa iKomishoni yeManyano ye-Afrika yeZiseko zoPhuhliso kunye naMandla ivumile ukuseka iCandelo okanye iYunithi yezoKhenketho kumacandelo oMbutho ngoDisemba ka-2018, ukuze kubonelelwe ngenkxaso yomgaqo-nkqubo kunye nolungelelwaniso lwe. uMbutho wezoKhenketho waseAfrika ocetywayo. Okwangoku, akukho bukho bokhenketho ngokwasemzimbeni kuwo onke amacandelo e-AUC, ngaphandle kokubhiyozelwa kwecandelo njengomsebenzi wesithathu wezoqoqosho emva kwamafutha kunye neekhemikhali, kwinqanaba lehlabathi.
The UNWTO 2016 Report indicates that global tourism grew by 4.6% in the year 2015 while Africa declined by 3% in the same year, the trend Zimbabwe is fighting to reverse for the benefit of all African countries and other developing tourist destinations of the world.
