‘SADC States Keen To Emulate 2nd Republic’

President Mnangagwa speaks during the 2023 last Zanu PF Politburo meeting in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Justin Mutenda

Political Editor

POLICIES adopted by the Second Republic that have seen the country’s economy growing exponentially albeit under difficult circumstances have piqued the interest of SADC member States that are keen to emulate Zimbabwe’s success story. This includes accompanying infrastructure development projects. President Mnangagwa yesterday told the Zanu PF Politburo that the country’s achievements in attaining food security and the construction boom without external lines of credit has become a case study of the region. “The developmental and growth milestones we are realising across all sectors of the economy, attest to the sound policies of our party and Government as well as the resilience and hard honest work ethic of the people of our great motherland, Zimbabwe. We have every reason to be proud of ourselves as a nation. “The initiatives we are undertaking, in spite of the illegal economic sanctions, are ground breaking. Our Pfumvudza/Intwasa Agriculture Model is gaining regional, continental and global acclaim. Similarly, the ongoing infrastructure development model, through our own local resources, provides a useful case study for others to emulate towards accelerated development in our SADC region and on the continent,” the President said. For decades Zimbabwe has been under illegal Western economic sanctions that were imposed as punishment for the land reform programme, but the Second Republic has since turned adversity into opportunity through embracing science and technology as anchors to the country’s development towards Vision 2030, to become an upper-middle-class economy. ReadMore