EDITORIAL: ZANU-PF Govt: Well done is better than well said

04 Aug, 2015 - 16:08 0 Views
EDITORIAL: ZANU-PF Govt: Well done is better than well said In 2015, President Mugabe introduced the 10-Point Plan for Economic Growth which includes “pursuing an anti-corruption thrust”.

The Sunday Mail

When President Mugabe presented the State of the Nation Address last week, he did not mention the word sanctions in his address leaving pseudo political and economic analysts going on a wild goose chase saying he had omitted the word because he knew people were tired of the rhetoric.

What rank madness considering that the President was presenting a 10-Point Growth Plan, and not a 10-Point Blame Plan, where the country had to be forward looking instead of focussing on negatives that have impeded economic growth.

The move by the President should not be mistaken to mean that Zimbabweans have forgotten about the illegal sanctions, but is a clear sign that the time has come for the country to stop being drawn back by the negatives.

One writer once wrote that; “Sometimes people never get what they deserve because they’re too busy holding on to things they’re supposed to let go.”

For years, the country has wasted lots of financial and human resources focusing on the illegal sanctions and this hasn’t taken Zimbabwe anywhere.

It was encouraging to note that soon after the presentation of the forward-looking 10-Point Growth Plan, Vice President Mnangagwa came out in a wide-ranging interview with New African magazine speaking in ways that show that Government is done with moaning over sanctions.

“… we have now experienced 15 years of sanctions and this has taught us that we can actually grow our economy depending on ourselves. It is at a slow pace but it is solid.

“We will hand to our children in 10 or 15 years to come a solid economy. I have no doubt about it, in fact I am being conservative when I say in 10 or 15 years time, but I believe that in five years to come we may have to find ways of restricting people from coming here.

“All our people in the diaspora will come back and this country will be booming, because everything that we need to grow our economy is here. What we don’t have at the moment is enough cash resources to do what we want to do …” said VP Mnangagwa.

The confidence and the conviction is clear from the statement. This is the spirit that is lacking in Zimbabwe at the moment. Its like we are the leading country in Africa with the highest literacy in moaning.

The private media is fighting neck and neck with the opposition in trying to collapse the economy.

“Zim on brink of total collapse,” one of the puppet dailies is now in the sickening habit of screaming.

Zimbabweans are supposed to panic, but then since the year 2000, they have been bombarded with such screaming headlines and as such they now know that the country’s economy remains on the “brink of collapse” only in the newsrooms of the private media.

The opposition and its mouthpieces can keep dreaming of returning to the 2008 hardships, since hardships are the manure that gives them growth, but the country’s economy has gone past the stage of collapsing.

Just like VP Mnangagwa rightly said, what the country doesn’t have at the moment is the cash to oil the economy, but despite the bad financial situation, what can only happen is slow economic growth as was said by the President.

All responsible ministries and departments in Government should put their heads together to ensure that the 10-Point Growth Plan is implemented.

Just like the Government has gotten over moaning over sanctions, Zimbabweans expect the Finance Minister Cde Patrick Chinamasa to stop preaching about the unavailability of funds and find a solution that will take the country forward.

The time for countless excuses is over and money has to be found to put the wheels of Zim Asset in real motion. There is a popular Arabian proverb which says; “A promise is a cloud; fulfilment is rain.” Zimbabweans have seen the clouds for too long, they are now waiting for the rain.

The Zanu-PF Government will be judged by its actions and not its intentions. Zimbabweans have known the intentions for too long, they are now waiting for action.

For a country that has a history such as ours, its unthinkable to get notes from an American but lets give the devil his dues. Benjamin Franklin, America’s founding father, put it aptly when he said; “Well done is better than well said.”

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