Former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has taken a dig
at some of the policies, which were implemented under former president Robert
Mugabe’s government, describing them as impractical.
Dube, who was expelled from his ministry by Mugabe due to
his alleged links with then vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday told
the Southern News that the new government should do away with such impractical
polices as indigenisation and ZimAsset.
“It’s now time for the new government to boost the economy
which for years has gone down,” Dube said.
“We have a political and economic problem in the country,
unfortunately we can’t separate the two. They go hand in hand just like legs of
men, if the other does not work, then other one also does not work properly,”
he said.
However, to successfully push for a quick economic
recovery, Dube said, there was need for crafting policies that are pro
development.
There is need to implement policies that can promote sound
economic development and do away with policies that are meaningless. For
example, the indigenisation policy and this thing they called ZimAsset, they
have never been proven anywhere in the world that they work.
“They were just experimenting and you don’t expect to build
the economy through experiments. We need proven policies,” Dube said.
Dube added that he had hope and trust that Zimbabwe under
Mnangagwa, will rise from ashes.
“As a new president, he is now a new commander in the
ruling party and government, meaning he now has all the muscles to steer the
ship to success.
“Under Mugabe, he was limited in his operations since he
has his own way of doing things. I can assure you he will do the best,” he
said.
During his inauguration speech as the second executive
president of Zimbabwe in Harare last Friday, Mnangagwa said his
administration’s economic recovery plan would be based on investment.
“Our economic policy will be predicated on our agriculture,
command which is the mainstay and creating conditions for an investment-led
economic recovery that puts a premium on job, job creation,” he said.
Asked about how he wishes to see Mnangagwa carry the nation
forward on the governance front, Dube said all he expected was development that
will unite Zimbabweans.
“I don’t mind having a transitional government, anything
that unites the people of Zimbabwe, I fully support.”
The Makokoba legislator, famed for challenging the once
Zimbabwe’s strongman, Mugabe to name a successor said he felt Mugabe was a
victim of his wife, Grace.
“Mugabe overstayed his welcome and unfortunately he ended
up being controlled by his wife. His wife ruined that old man. As soon as he
married that young wife, that spearheaded his downfall.” Daily News
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