Zimbabwe achieved total independence

Zimbabwean economy is a famous case study on the African continent for being natural, home grown and free from foreign manipulation as is the case with other nation states in the region. It is the only country which achieved both political and economic independence for its people.

Since year 2000 when Zimbabweans took a hyper-active move to fulfill their total emancipations from white imperialists by repossessing land as a way of completing the struggle for independence, the local economy was subjected to assault by our traditional erstwhile enemies. The repossession of land which was expropriated from our ancestors over a century ago inundated the minority beneficiaries that schemed an ugly economic sabotage which still haunts us up to this day.

The western powers, USA and EU fought on the side of our colonisers as they in turn imposed illegal sanctions which failed to receive the backing of the United Nations. This created a turning point for the once flourishing economy into a night mare that precipitated an accelerated a man-made decline.

The unilateral imposition of illegal sanctions is synonymous with economic sabotage as western linked companies closed shop as a way of making the economy to scream. The same was stretched to the humanitarian organizations that worked in the country. They pulled out under the trumped up charges of human rights abuses and bad governance.

One would ask what bad governance is there when a constitutionally elected government is in power. Certainly, such are proponents of subversion which is treasonous and detrimental to the national interest.

The reality was anchored on the fact that the west was frustrated by the active policy shift by the ZANU-PF Government which took land for redistribution to the landless peasant farmers that have awaiting anxiously since the inception of independence. This was the correction of the colonial imbalances which favoured the whites at the expense of the rightful indigenous people that were relegated to the infertile land derogatorily referred to as reserves.

In spite all odds, Zimbabwe managed to adopt sanctions busting measures which enabled the country to survive the trying times up to this day. It was a blessing in disguise as the nation was able to live on its own resources without anymore subsidies from the outside the country.

The traditional philosophy says your enemies will assist you to gain courage which enables you to conquer future challenges. This belief matches our country today.

Some countries in the region rely on up to 40% national budgetary support which is funded by foreign donors. Such a scenario is a perpetuation of the dependency syndrome which is killing economic growth in the region. Zimbabwe is operating at 100% locally funded national budget. This is an indicator of true and total independence and a total shrugging off of neo-colonialism.

However, the general economic decline currently experienced in the country is not confined to Zimbabwe alone, but the generality of the global economies which are staggering owing to turbulence on the global market on which there is a fall in world prices of gold, fuel and platinum among other commodities. Even the Chinese economy is facing the same fate such as ours.

The local economic problem was exacerbated by the El Nino driven drought due to little rains received in the previous farming season. The government is putting every effort possible to procure sufficient maize stocks from outside to cater for the possible food shortages in the whole country. So far numerous metric tonnes of maize have reached the country to rescue the starving populations.

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Sparkleford Masiyambiri <sparklefordmasiyambiri@gmail.com