adminAbigail Mawonde Herald Correspondent
A Zimbabwean pupil, Primrose Thandeka Tshuma of John Tallach High School in Matabeleland North, raised the country’s flag high when she scooped the second prize in the Sadc Essay Competition that took place in Windhoek, Namibia, last week.
The 18-year-old Form Six pupil also went away with President Mnangagwa’s scarf.
The essay was titled, “The role of the private sector in developing industries and regional value chains in the Sadc region”.
In an interview with The Herald at a hotel in Harare yesterday, Primrose said: “My teacher always encouraged me to write essays, but I always had this lazy attitude towards it. This time I just told myself I had to do it.
“The competition was really tough as it was marked at district level and provincially before it reached the head office where we competed nationally. After that, it went regional where we competed as Sadc countries’ representatives. My parents are teachers and in our family we have always had this reading culture.”
It was the first time for Primrose to fly and what made her more happy was that she was in the same plane with President Mnangagwa.
“It was the first time travelling out of the country and I really had an exciting experience, especially since I had been awarded the opportunity to travel in a Presidential charter plane,” she said. “It was so unbelievable.”
Primrose won $1 000, a Samsung Galaxy phone, a laptop bag and flash disc and a Huawei key holder.
She spoke about President Mnangagwa’s scarf.
“I made a request for the scarf and it was so unbelievable when I got it,” she said.
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