ZCTU describe Sadc summit in Zim as just hot air

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has described the Sadc summit being held in Zimbabwe this year as just hot air considering the fact that Zimbabwe has continued to face serious political and economic crisis in the presence of the bloc for too long.

 ZCTU secretary general Japhet Moyo said SADC Summit Is Nothing But Hot Air And A Waste Of Taxpayers' Money.

"The ZCTU notes with concern that once again, bureaucrats from the Sadc are meeting this time in Harare ostensibly to deliberate on the region's industrialisation strategy, yet such gatherings in the past have produced nothing but hot air," he said.

"These talk shows have only managed to draw taxpayers' money with nothing to show for it except for leaders to pat themselves at the back. Presently, Zimbabwe is facing serious economic problems, including a severe drought, that the money being used for such gatherings could be best used elsewhere."

Moyo said if the leaders are serious, they could use such platforms to deliberate on the current wave of xenophobia in South Africa, which appeared to be tacitly supported by some in government, as well as human rights abuses in the region.

"The current chairperson of SADC, President Robert Mugabe, who is well known for silencing dissent has one of his critics, Itai Dzamara missing and should be made to account for that," said Moyo.

"This is in addition to a spate of political motivated violence that has erupted in the country. Therefore this gathering is one of the many SADC gatherings which have not brought anything positive to the region"