Experience the best teacher - Mnangagwa takes first step to journey of a thousand miles

Social media is abuzz with mixed reactions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stance that his pay-cheque should be deposited in his bank account instead of being handed to him in hard currency.  

The fact that the President prefers to wait in the queue to access his salary with the rest of the people does not in any way suggest that he is further from addressing the country's cash crisis, instead it shows that he is in solidarity with the people and will not accept any preferential treatment that puts him above the rest of the people of Zimbabwe.  Experience, they say is the best teacher and in order to address the issues that are pertinent in people's lives, one has to walk in their shoes, and President Mnangagwa has taken the first steps to a journey of a thousand miles in the people's shoes.
      
It is easier to throw accusations all over the place without proof. However, wisdom demands that people naturally evaluate the actions and statements by the President to the advantage of the general population.  In ancient times, kings were the ones to lead a regiment into a war. They never stayed behind feasting on delicacies while the soldiers went to face the enemy on their own. True leaders find themselves at the front of every problem with their people.  This gives them a better and more efficient way to lead the nation to victory, in social, economic, physical and cultural issues. True leaders have wisdom bestowed on them through experience; being told that your people are suffering does not have much impact as compared to experiencing it personally.

President Mnangagwa is a realist and a man of action. He does not thrive on stepping on or lying to the people for his own advancement.  He believes in realistic goals and he achieves and delivers on his promises.  What is crazy is the issue of promising non-attainable targets such as bullet trains.  It rather baffles the mind that people could actually applaud such promises as enunciated by Nelson Chamisa.  This is one but many of Chamisa insane promises which just shows he is disconnected from the issues that affect the people on the ground and a total lack of appreciation and research from someone who seeks to lead this nation.   

A survey in all of Africa has shown that not many countries have bullet trains, even some of the mineral rich countries such as Botswana cannot speak of bullet trains.  How does a bullet train from Bulawayo to Harare benefit citizens from other provinces in the peripherals?  This does not solve a national crisis and is a luxury that can be addressed after real bread and butter issues are addressed.  President Mnangagwa on the other hand has made progress in improving the rail transport system through signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Botswana for the construction of a railway system that will stretch from Botswana to Mozambique right through Zimbabwe. This will be able to improve trade among the three countries, a situation that will create jobs, cheaper transportation of goods and people, among others.

It against this backdrop that people should read between the lines of the statements given by President Mnangagwa and the young and naive Chamisa and deduce who of the two has lasting and dependable solutions.  If the President was shocked that his paycheque was being delivered in hard currency, it rings true, because the predecessor was a man who loved to manipulate the system and kept his lieutenants in the dark.  Dr Joice Mujuru testified to Mugabe's dictatorial tendencies and his modus operandi of keeping his deputies in the dark and under check.  It is very much possible that Mnangagwa never knew of Mugabe's shenanigans.  He did not want to empower anyone with information that they can use to topple him. As such, his corrupt activities he kept close to his chest.  People should not blame the President for not prying in his boss's personal life, in any case a paycheque is always indicated as private and confidential.

Finally Zimbabweans should understand that the use of plastic money guards them from pick pockets and conman and for those who travel with large sums of money from armed robbers.  Plastic money has served even such businesses as fuel stations and shops from being targets, because the use of plastic money actually means the money is automatically transferred to the bank for safe keeping.  It is about time that people adopted this method and stopped fussing about seeing their wallets fat with money.
 
The people of Zimbabwe should work hand in hand with Government to rebuild this great nation of ours.