'Tony Blair should be prosecuted at The Hague,' says Grace Mugabe

ZIMBABWEANS should not heed "stayaway" calls by shadowy groups and Western agents as such acts are targeted at destabilising the country, First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has said.

Grace Mugabe was speaking at the Zanu-PF Harare Province Inter-District Conference yesterday. She also said the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, should be prosecuted at The Hague for conjuring up wars through deception. Further, the First Lady implored the nation to help boost domestic manufacturing capacity by embracing locally-produced goods. Amai Mugabe said Libya and Iraq were prime examples of how Westerners create chaos in weaker nations in order to prey on their resources.

"Let us not be hoodwinked nemadetractors edu nekuti kune dzimwe hurumende dzisingatifarire vachitopa vanhu mari, vachiti endai munoita stayaaway. Ivo vari busy kumanufacture, economy dzavo dzichienderera mberi. Isusu (tikaita) stay-away, zvinhu zvamira. Izvozvi tikagara pasi tikacalculator kuti mari yatakaruza pastay-away yakawanda sei, munotya imi nekuti munenge musingazvizivi kuti zvinhu zvinofamba sei. Ngatiregei kuti vanhu vanouya votikanganisa isu toteera, toita zvinhu tisina kufunga. Tinofara kuti vanhu vakangogara mudzimba dzavo vakanyarara. Ngatiregei kudestroya property. Let's take a cue from zvakaitika kuLibya, kuIraq, kuEgypt nedzimwe nyika."

Turning to economic issues, Grace Mugabe said the recently introduced import restrictions will help build the economy. She said bond notes will help stem the externalisation of money.