Dr Grace Mugabe's tours breathes hope

Dr Grace Mugabe's whirlwind working tours that saw her rock the country's ten provinces within a fortnight has left an indelible mark in the lives of women and youths yearning for economic fortunes to touch their lives.

In all her speeches Dr Mugabe spoke strongly about the revival of the economy decrying factionalism as the evil barricading development in the country besides the illegal sanctions.

Dr Mugabe spoke passionately about how she and her husband His Excellency President Mugabe would love to see the electoral pledges made in the run up to the July 31, 2013 fulfilled. She rallied heads of Ministries to religiously live up to the expectations of the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zimasset).

In a rare move alien to the revolutionary party Dr Mugabe took a swipe at under achievers in the ruling party and government hinting that time had come for leaders to be appointed on merit with perennial failures running the risk of facing the chop.

Dr Mugabe also advised the masses against taking to the streets for demonstrations as called for by the MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The First Lady said President Mugabe was committed to winning the economic war for the people and deserved an opportunity to prove that.
Economy
On the economic front Dr Mugabe said even though the sanctions were hurting most economic activities in the country she was highly hopeful that the deals President Robert Mugabe signed in China during his working visit was to mark the positive turnaround of the economy.

Empowerment
In gold mining regions, the First Lady assured women and youths groups that she was going to assist in the funding of syndicates as a tool of empowerment. She said she was ready to engage family friends who were keen on assisting Zimbabweans.

Dr Mugabe said Matabeleland South province should up cattle breeding with a view of eying the Asian market which she said has a ready market for beef products. She said through the Ministry of Agriculture she would ensure that breeding of cattle is prioritised in the region with a bias towards women and youths emancipation. She proposed the establishment of a canning factory in that part of the country.
The First Lady expressed her dismay over the continuous harassment of vendors by both municipal police and the Zimbabwe Republic Police. She called for the policing authorities to seek other humane ways of dealing with issues of hawkers without disfranchising the vendors or leaving them poorer. She also called for the vendors to observe the city by laws.

Land
 The First Lady spoke strongly on the full utilisation of land if the nation was to recover its status as the bread basket of the region.

Health
Dr Mugabe announced that the Ministry of Health had acquired state of the art modern equipment to be installed at all government institutions in a bid to improve on service delivery on the health front. She bemoaned the unavailability of running water at some maternity wards countrywide calling for the quick address of the situation.

Housing
The First Lady denounced the current acts of demolishing of houses by local authorities as being works of factionalism. She said it was inhumane for anyone to demolish the housing units without proffering alternative accommodation. She called upon the local authorities obsessed with the demolishing of houses to build new houses for the victims first.

Family Unit
Speaking on the importance of family unit and societal cohesion Dr Mugabe becried the alarming rates of child abuse, rape cases, domestic violence and early marriages.

Dr Mugabe said the "isms" ghost haunting the party could only be exorcised if the spirit of the Holy Ghost that led to the signing of the 1987 Unity Accord is re-awakened within the ranks and file of the ruling party. Without unity and peace Dr Mugabe said development would continue to be evasive and the protest vote won't go.