Biti said this during a virtual discussion programme hosted
by Zimbabwe Live titled State of the Economy.
He said government was made up of “roving bandits”. The
platform sought to discuss challenges faced by the Zimbabwean economy.
“There is a narrative that government is trying to sell out
there, and it is that the economy is on a path to recovery,” Biti said.
“This narrative collides violently with the reality on the
ground. When (Finance minister) Mthuli Ncube and his bosses speak of growth, it
has no relation to the ordinary people, it’s academic and meaningless.”
He added: “When they boast of surplus, it has no
relationship whatsoever with the ordinary man and woman on the ground, who have
been ravished and assaulted by the total mismanagement of the foreign currency.
“It’s a myth of recovery, more of a post-war economy that
is characterised by a head of State and Cabinet that think and behaves like
illegal gold panners. They think like dealers who are only interested in ways
to quickly make money.”
Biti said the country was suffering from a crisis of
leaders which are extractive in nature.
“We can’t move on with Zanu PF, we can’t move on with ED,
Zanu has to go,” he said.
Ncube has, of late, been preaching a narrative of surplus
and that the country is moving on a positive economic trajectory despite that
the country has been characterised by unending looting, corruption and high
inflation rates.
Biti said the Zimbabwean masses should converge for change
despite their many backgrounds as the bottom line is that Zimbabweans were
suffering.
He said Zimbabwe’s natural resources had been looted as
well as over US$89 million in COVID-19 funds. Newsday
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