Jacob Zuma, the South African President and SADC appointed mediator, last month admitted that Mugabes delays seemed to prolong the process unnecessarily.
Miles Simango, chief executive of the Manicaland Farmers Development Association said: We are not happy about the implementation of the political agreement. There are many potential commercial farmers who are eagerly waiting to see Roy Bennett being sworn in a deputy minister of agriculture. He is from Manicaland and they want him. They want his advice on farming activities. President Mugabe has not been very clear on why he is not swearing in Bennett.
Simango added: We are worried again by the stripping of ministerial powers.
The powers of ministers are being reduced by one person. We want to know why.
A commercial farmer interviewed by ***The Zimbabwean**** said: Mugabe is stubborn on some terms of the agreements. Why is Bennett not being sworn in? Some of us are very close to him and we want his agricultural advice and assistance.
People have also been looking forward to the change of the governorship.
Tobias Matimati from the Mavambo Movement in Mutare said: We have been with Zanu (PF) governors since 1980 and we want some change.
Service for governors ended on August 22, but Mugabe seems unwilling to implement the agreement on governorship, which is supposed to be shared by the three parties. The MDC (T) would provide five governors, Zanu (PF) four and MDC (M) one.
Timothy Sakarombe, a member of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce, said: We have business people who want to invest and embark on business ventures, but they cannot do that because of the issues of ambassadors and permanent secretaries that has not been resolved.”
Enock Chingaira, a businessman in Mutare, echoed these sentiments.
There are other interested business people in and outside the country who are willing to invest in the country, but they are holding back their business initiatives as a result of the delay in fully implementing the terms of the political agreement, he said.
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