One Busy Year for President. . .Commissions 30 Life-Changing Projects
President Mnangagwa and his deputies Dr Constantino Chiwenga (left) and Kembo Mohadi (far right, partly obscured), listen to Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona during the commissioning of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, in July this year.
Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter
Nothing is impossible resonates aptly with President Mnangagwa who has inspired Zimbabweans to believe in their indomitable selves for development that leaves no one and no place behind, and 2023 was another year when the country’s First Citizen led from the front by commissioning no less than 30 life-changing projects. From Zambezi to Limpopo, Beitbridge to Kariba, Victoria Falls to Mutare, President Mnangagwa has been walking the talk in implementing his philosophy “Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo”. Indeed, even against the bane of illegal economic sanctions Zimbabwe has overcome challenges, turning dreams into reality, with President Mnangagwa at the forefront of that crusade to modernise and industralise the nation into an upper-middle-class economy by 2030. Some of the projects that were commissioned by President Mnangagwa include the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Hwange Power Station Units 7 and 8, and two lithium projects worth US$300 million each in Goromonzi and Bikita. In agriculture, President Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart President Alexander Lukashenko commissioned agriculture equipment worth billions — now the heartbeat to the sector. These commissioned life transforming projects have seen many being lifted from abject poverty and into prosperity. The commissioning of the new-look US$153 million Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport set the tone for massive transformation in the aviation and tourism sectors. ReadMore