Opinion / Columnist
My son, eating vegetables and building a better Zimbabwe
15 Oct 2018 at 02:16hrs | Views
My son, like most other kids, does not like to eat his vegetables. He also doesn't like to brush his teeth nor to take medicine when he is sick. He is a bright child, a good learner, and brings a lot of joy to the whole family. Yet, there are some things that I know to be good for him that he just doesn't understand yet. I am sure that in a few years' time, when he looks back as a healthy man with a wide and beautiful smile, he will be grateful that I made him eat his vegetables and never let him go to bed without brushing his teeth.
However, all his friends think like him. If he listened to them instead of his parents, he wouldn't do any of these things.
In this way, the tendencies of some Zimbabweans reminds me of my son.
They were swept away by a panic created by fellow citizens, started to buy in bulk because of rumours on Twitter and became experts on the macro-economy overnight.
Maybe they should have listened to the professionals. Instead of feeding the frenzy, our Minister of Finance met with important institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank in order to set up a framework for Zimbabwe to return to full cooperation with these institutions. His tireless work generated immediate benefits, with a fresh governmental guarantee of the parity of the Bond note, stopping the speculation and trade on the black market at once.
I expect things will now further stabilise, and begin to improve. Not because I know, I'm not an economist, but because I trust our world renowned Finance Minister.
Returning a national economy to its glory takes time, and I don't expect to wake up tomorrow to a country with full employment and ample Forex reserves. Yet, step by step, we will continue building Zimbabwe, and one day, looking back, we will understand that the sometimes harsh decisions this government took were to the benefit of all.
However, all his friends think like him. If he listened to them instead of his parents, he wouldn't do any of these things.
In this way, the tendencies of some Zimbabweans reminds me of my son.
They were swept away by a panic created by fellow citizens, started to buy in bulk because of rumours on Twitter and became experts on the macro-economy overnight.
Maybe they should have listened to the professionals. Instead of feeding the frenzy, our Minister of Finance met with important institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank in order to set up a framework for Zimbabwe to return to full cooperation with these institutions. His tireless work generated immediate benefits, with a fresh governmental guarantee of the parity of the Bond note, stopping the speculation and trade on the black market at once.
I expect things will now further stabilise, and begin to improve. Not because I know, I'm not an economist, but because I trust our world renowned Finance Minister.
Returning a national economy to its glory takes time, and I don't expect to wake up tomorrow to a country with full employment and ample Forex reserves. Yet, step by step, we will continue building Zimbabwe, and one day, looking back, we will understand that the sometimes harsh decisions this government took were to the benefit of all.
Source - Knowledge Moyo
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