Severe food shortages continue in almost all parts of the country. Whilst acknowledging the food crisis, and making statements that `no Zimbabwean will die of hunger’, the Government has yet to unveil concrete plans to save lives.
Worse still, there are no plans to revive agricultural production, from the current season, into the future.
The industrial sector continues to bleed, with a growing number of companies ceasing operations. As with agriculture, there are no plans to arrest the heamorrage, let alone restore growth.
Job losses in the formal sectors of the economy continue unabated.
The delayed National Budget was presented on December 19 2013. What a let-down it turned out to be. In spite of all the rhetoric about it being `policy driven’, there are no rational, viable, coherent policies that can guide citizens, especially players in the economy, to plan for the future with clarity and confidence.
The new Minister of Finance triumphantly declared `the birth of a new, and the death of the old economy’. He announced that informal traders, small scale miners and small scale farmers are the anchor of the new economy. This new economy is characterised by market stalls in every open space in the urban areas, and small, crammed and darkly lit shops; selling vegetables, trinkets, used clothes and other wares. The country is one big supermarket for products from other countries.
Power and water supplies are worse than they were twelve months ago. Two national referral hospitals were reported to have run for weeks without piped water. In the last quarter of 2013, headlines screamed warnings of typhoid and other disease outbreaks; signaling further collapse of health and sanitation services.
Corruption remains endemic in all spheres of life. We hear loud declarations of `Zero Tolerance’ of it, by the highest public officer, and a coterie of others in high offices. In spite of threats of tough action against its perpetrators, nothing is being done to demonstrate the zero tolerance. On the contrary, everything that’s done shows maximum tolerance, if not active encouragement, of corruption.
The country was forced into a farce of a general election in July 2013. Even though they claim a `resounding victory’, ZANU-PF and its government are completely lost over how to take the people of Zimbabwe out of poverty, fear and insecurity.
Into 2014, we shall continue our efforts to work with those in Government, and others in politics, business, the professions and civil society; to find ways to alleviate the many hardships confronting the people every day.
In this regard, we commend and thank players in civil society, and the international community, for their sterling efforts to stem the humanitarian crises caused by food shortages, HIV/AIDS and other diseases, domestic and gender-based violence, crime and corruption, and state ineptitude and heartlessness.
At the same time, we shall strive to invigorate Mavambo.Kusile.Dawn (M.K.D) into the PARTY OF CHOICE, so that we can generate hope among the people, that they can create a better future for themselves. We remain convinced that our vision, values and principles form a solid foundation for the economic, social, cultural and moral recovery of our nation, and future progress for all our people. We are committed to creating a Grand Coalition of likeminded citizens, to lead our country out of crisis.
I wish all Zimbabweans, inside and outside the country, commitment, perseverance and resolve to contribute to the re-birth of a Great Zimbabwe in 2014.
Let’s Get Zimbabwe Working Again.
KaOne!
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Simba Makoni is one of if not the greatest minds of Zimbabwe, unfortunately Zimbabwe is not ready for smart leadership at this time in our history, Zimbabwe is only ready for barbarism and uncivilised leadership in the form of zpf. Mr Makoni it is a pity your best years have been wasted attempting to work with dull minds, Zimbabweans have been cheated of a bright future from 1980 because those who have gripped the reins of power rather see the country reduced to a scavenger society than pass the baton on to people who may have better ideas to lead Zimbabwe out darkness into light. That re-birth you hope for will remain elusive as long as zpf continues holding the nation to ransom and remains on the path of staying in power at all costs. We can look forward to yet another bleak year and prolonged suffering.
yes Makoni you did contribute to this chaotic governance, it did not start yesterday it started on the 18th of April,1980, and now you are washing your bloody hands. Can you publish the names of where your donor funding is coming from?? DD is also trying his hands into donor funds, just go back to ZANU and change them within, why not?
Couldn’t be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!