LOCALS, and not foreigners, are the only ones who can help
to grow the economy and achieve a relatively prosperous society in the next
decade as envisioned by President Mnangagwa’s Vision 2030, LEAD president Mrs
Linda Masarira-Kaingidze has said.
She said it was time Zimbabweans join forces to recover the
country’s breadbasket status. Government plans to grow agriculture into a US$8,2
billion sector by 2025.
“We all need each other in our diversity. It is time to fix
Zimbabwe and make our country an economic giant (again). We cannot do that if
we are always running to the West or East asking them to intervene on issues we
can resolve amicably as brothers and sisters,” said Mrs Masarira-Kaingidze.
Unity of purpose, she added, was key in resuscitating the
country’s economy.
The politician said she had advised some of the organisers
of the July 31 demonstrations to seek dialogue rather than be confrontational.
“I had advised Jacob Ngarivhume to make the protests
apolitical. There is no one who is not being affected by corruption; corruption
is now engrained in almost every Zimbabwean and we need to have a more robust
campaign that is inclusive and sincere.”
Zimbabweans that are trashing their country on social media
have an “identity crisis and lack of patriotism”, she said.
“Trashing Zimbabwe on social media by Zimbabweans shows an
aspect of identity crisis, lack of patriotism and also exhibits how some of our
people are damaged.
“Zimbabwe is not the only country in the world that has
socio-economic and political challenges.
“Some countries are in a worse off situation but you never
see their citizens insulting their country on social media like that.” Sunday
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