Fool's Gold and ZimAsset

Gold or diamonds its all there as promised in Zimbabwe's super economy

If it sounds too good to be true-it is too good to be . The Zimbabwean government is promising economic salvation on the back of Zim Asset. Zim Asset reminds old Zimbabweans of the early 1900s, history surely does repeat itself.

In those olden days, The Chartered Company, or  British South Africa And Company (BSAC), promised everyone Zimbabwe had very large deposits of easily accessible, high quality gold. By 1920, it became obvious Zimbabwe did not have this promised gold. The Chartered Company had over-promised and to preserve its investments BSAC had to move heaven and earth to create a 'bread basket' of Southern Africa.

The so called mineral holdings backing Zim Asset, like the mythical King Solomon's mines also supposedly located in Zimbabwe, do not exist in the promised quantity and quality. Zim Asset is a dream built on the myth of 'mineral wealth'. Such fool's gold economics will not deliver development. As demonstrated in the 1920's, no amount of mineral marketing can save a poorly designed economic strategy.

Missing link

General Park-Economic Leader

Robert Mugabe has met his match. Politically he has a knack to survive. Zimbabwe right now needs someone to direct and lead the economy into the modern age. After over three decades, Robert Mugabe has failed to deliver on every economic promise.

Zimbabwe has a lot of academically trained  people. This is a hindrance, as it lacks practical leadership in government and industry. South Korea got out of its economic hell hole, through practical men like General Park who fought through economic challenge. General Park did not need MBA's and degrees to deliver. What drove him was purpose and a deep desire to get his country out of poverty.

Zimbabwe has to be honest. Propaganda peddled by The Herald  ensures failed administrators stay in control of a failed economic system. Tightly controlling the economy, as government is doing now, but driving it into permanent recession is the ultimate form of misgovernance. Without a free press to effectively educate  'educated' Zimbabweans, this country remains in crisis. The Herald will not call out the missing link to Zimbabwe's development. Right now, Zimbabwe calls out for economic leadership.

False Revolutions

Chimurenga is limited. Zanu, ‘the revolutionary party’, lacks the capacity to transform Zimbabwe’s creaking economy. Revolutionary struggle does not entail blaming third parties for all your problems.  Chimurenga had its time, now is time for progress and the people.

Revolution starts within. Victory is a testament of inward change. Dynamics of revolutionary evolution apply to both the people and organisations. Zanu fails to evolve as it sticks to old methodologies, and limited, plus nonexistent self- examination.

Zimbabwe stares at impending economic collapse. Continual repression inherited from colonialism has become Zanu’s national management strategy. Zanu has hijacked the whole state personal to ensure Zanu’s survival. Progress and the people of Zimbabwe are first casualties of Zanu style economic mismanagement. ‘Only Zanu must survive’ or ‘pamberi neZanu’, is the calling card of one party’s  self preservation agenda. Zimbabwe's development has been confined to the back-burner, for the next 5 years only Zanu matters. All economic indicators will continue a downward spiral.