Opinion / Columnist
Zanu PF will need radical economic transformation, and it can benefit all Zimbabweans
19 Jun 2018 at 11:32hrs | Views
Radical economic transformation is not private corporate, personal, state-captured, family interests propagated in the name of all black people.
South African Communist Party second deputy general secretary, Solly Mapaila.
Radical economic transformation (RET) is very important to Zimbabwe's democratic transition towards the vision of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous society. In 2017 the army supported by mass democratic organisations, and Zimbabweans at large achieved a radical democratic breakthrough dislodging the Mugabe regime and setting the country on a radical economic and political recovery path. Thanks to the operation restore legacy the opposition can hold rallies in Chiredzi and rallies are no longer insulting grounds.
The former regime state machinery was replaced with new state institutions laying the foundation for the development of democracy. Zimbabwe discovered the talent it never new hidden in the army and other sectors. ZANU PF now has a commissariat led by Cde Rugeje which has shown the nation how to campaign with sweat and no blood. Millions of Zimbabweans, especially the historically oppressed, realised an improvement in their conditions of life within six months of ED's rule. This was further enabled by the new dispensation recognising human rights, including workers and socio-economic rights, and massive social redistribution programmes. There is need to support broader democratic social transformation. If we do not vote ED to allow him to take these programmes further it will reach a point where it undermines the expansion of social redistributive programmes. This is the new problem we are facing and we will overcome it by voting ED this coming July.
The Growth, of any economy requires continuity and without it, it dies. It requires long term industrialisation and imports should not be more than the exports. So reality being considered we can not have products processed in six months for export and get results in such a period. A time of gaining momentum is needed. . The neoliberal shock therapy imposed without regard to the necessity of developing national production must be replaced with real production. Manufacturing sectors such as textile, clothing, leather, footwear and household appliances, were almost completely destroyed must be given time to recuperate. The expansion of housing and electricity was not underpinned by industrial strategy to develop local production of household goods. As a result, almost all electronic devices and electrical appliances sold in the country are imported. Zimbabwe needs time to reengage and prosper. This can be achieved by giving ED another chance. Actually it is the first chance.
Corruption was contributing to what was already a crisis level of unemployment. Inequality widened and poverty persisted. The raw materials which we have in abundance must be given time to be put together and exported.
Our agricultural sector has introduced command agriculture which has seen a great progress. Livestock is now booming, all what is needed is patience and the country will progress more.
Radical economic transformation is a democratic programme to restore production surplus to those who socially produce it, to each according to their contribution. This is shared and inclusive growth.
the radical economic growth is meant not private corporate, not personal, not state-captured, family interests propagated in the name of all black people. Corporate capture of strategic levers of power and corruption, all of which ED has been fighting. It is reasonable, based on the experience, to believe that even where the conventional formula is invoked on ownership transformation what is at play in so far as some fellows are concerned is the self, the "me", "my family", hangers-on, corporate capturers, blind loyalists. Constitutional prerogatives must not be used to feed the root of such interests or other private agendas.
Zimbabwe has seen few people benefitting at the expense of the majority, the new Zimbabwe now will have opportunities for all to be better. To enjoy Zimbabwe without limit.
Opposition will always insist on economic growth. But rather than the common good of the people as a whole, they are selfishly interested in increasing the rate of surplus appropriation. There will be no progress without altering this social equation and ultimately turning it on its head!
Zimbabwe needs a democratic programme to restore production surplus to those who socially produce it, to each according to their contribution. This is shared and inclusive growth. It is not radical to transfer ownership to an individual who is interested only in exploitation of the masses.
ED must secure our independence: democratic national sovereignty. Freedom from imperialism is very much part of its core, as it is with, ultimately, freedom from economic exploitation. Zimbabwe must eliminate the colonial character of our economy and its terms of trade.
He must not disturb land redistribution and build democratic control of our mineral resources to develop national production. This requires increased investment in innovation, research and development, and radical improvement in teaching and learning outcomes.
Zimbabwe must be given a chance to see the economic turnaround through. Investors are making a bee line to invest. They have trust in the Leadership of ED.
For a better tomorrow we need to vote ED because Chamisa thinks Zimbabwe is in a lab to experiment on.
vazet2000@yahoo.co.uk
South African Communist Party second deputy general secretary, Solly Mapaila.
Radical economic transformation (RET) is very important to Zimbabwe's democratic transition towards the vision of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous society. In 2017 the army supported by mass democratic organisations, and Zimbabweans at large achieved a radical democratic breakthrough dislodging the Mugabe regime and setting the country on a radical economic and political recovery path. Thanks to the operation restore legacy the opposition can hold rallies in Chiredzi and rallies are no longer insulting grounds.
The former regime state machinery was replaced with new state institutions laying the foundation for the development of democracy. Zimbabwe discovered the talent it never new hidden in the army and other sectors. ZANU PF now has a commissariat led by Cde Rugeje which has shown the nation how to campaign with sweat and no blood. Millions of Zimbabweans, especially the historically oppressed, realised an improvement in their conditions of life within six months of ED's rule. This was further enabled by the new dispensation recognising human rights, including workers and socio-economic rights, and massive social redistribution programmes. There is need to support broader democratic social transformation. If we do not vote ED to allow him to take these programmes further it will reach a point where it undermines the expansion of social redistributive programmes. This is the new problem we are facing and we will overcome it by voting ED this coming July.
The Growth, of any economy requires continuity and without it, it dies. It requires long term industrialisation and imports should not be more than the exports. So reality being considered we can not have products processed in six months for export and get results in such a period. A time of gaining momentum is needed. . The neoliberal shock therapy imposed without regard to the necessity of developing national production must be replaced with real production. Manufacturing sectors such as textile, clothing, leather, footwear and household appliances, were almost completely destroyed must be given time to recuperate. The expansion of housing and electricity was not underpinned by industrial strategy to develop local production of household goods. As a result, almost all electronic devices and electrical appliances sold in the country are imported. Zimbabwe needs time to reengage and prosper. This can be achieved by giving ED another chance. Actually it is the first chance.
Corruption was contributing to what was already a crisis level of unemployment. Inequality widened and poverty persisted. The raw materials which we have in abundance must be given time to be put together and exported.
Our agricultural sector has introduced command agriculture which has seen a great progress. Livestock is now booming, all what is needed is patience and the country will progress more.
Radical economic transformation is a democratic programme to restore production surplus to those who socially produce it, to each according to their contribution. This is shared and inclusive growth.
the radical economic growth is meant not private corporate, not personal, not state-captured, family interests propagated in the name of all black people. Corporate capture of strategic levers of power and corruption, all of which ED has been fighting. It is reasonable, based on the experience, to believe that even where the conventional formula is invoked on ownership transformation what is at play in so far as some fellows are concerned is the self, the "me", "my family", hangers-on, corporate capturers, blind loyalists. Constitutional prerogatives must not be used to feed the root of such interests or other private agendas.
Opposition will always insist on economic growth. But rather than the common good of the people as a whole, they are selfishly interested in increasing the rate of surplus appropriation. There will be no progress without altering this social equation and ultimately turning it on its head!
Zimbabwe needs a democratic programme to restore production surplus to those who socially produce it, to each according to their contribution. This is shared and inclusive growth. It is not radical to transfer ownership to an individual who is interested only in exploitation of the masses.
ED must secure our independence: democratic national sovereignty. Freedom from imperialism is very much part of its core, as it is with, ultimately, freedom from economic exploitation. Zimbabwe must eliminate the colonial character of our economy and its terms of trade.
He must not disturb land redistribution and build democratic control of our mineral resources to develop national production. This requires increased investment in innovation, research and development, and radical improvement in teaching and learning outcomes.
Zimbabwe must be given a chance to see the economic turnaround through. Investors are making a bee line to invest. They have trust in the Leadership of ED.
For a better tomorrow we need to vote ED because Chamisa thinks Zimbabwe is in a lab to experiment on.
vazet2000@yahoo.co.uk
Source - Dr Masimba Mavaza
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