Zanu PF UK challenges Zim to be careful of its investment policies

Zanu PF United Kingdom Chapter has warned Zimbabwe's authorities which include the Zanu PF government to be careful of its policies which do not entitle the foreign investors to their benefits tas much as would locals would want to.

"Entitlement is an illness that has to be excised from the Zimbabwean psyche. We borrow, we don't repay," said the chapter. "Somehow we feel we are entitled. We ask people to come and invest with us (this includes our own families) and we have no intention of having them benefit from their own investment. We look at the diaspora investor as a "donor" instead of someone who is expecting a return on their money."

The chapter said this has promoted mediocrity among the people.

"For how can one be an achiever when one takes an investor's money and pay private school fees for their own children?," said Zanu PF UK. "How can a country progress when a nation borrows and doesn't repay? How can the economy grow when people get tractors and pumps and then turn to the tax payer and say, "you pay for it"?"

Zanu PF UK said the problem with entitlement is that it is addictive and infectious.

"Zimbabwe can only perform better when we as a nation fight this evil spirit, when we don't shy away from saying the truth if it helps the nation. If there is any entitlement that must be promoted, it is that "Zimbabwe is for everyone and not for a few so everyone is entitled to a piece of the cake," the chapter said.