‘Skills, Natural Resources, To Anchor Growth’

President Mnangagwa

Mashudu Netsianda Bulawayo Bureau

ZIMBABWE’s destiny is structured on economic growth leveraging on its vast natural resources, skills and competencies, President Mnangagwa has said. He said while everyone was welcome to work with Government to achieve economic growth, they could not impose their own programmes on Zimbabwe. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has listed Zimbabwe as one of the fastest growing economies in SADC on the back of unprecedented development and economic milestones, as the country registered a gross domestic product growth rate of 6,2 percent in 2022. Since the coming into power of the Second Republic in November 2017 under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe has achieved significant milestones in key economic sectors such as mining, agriculture, infrastructure and tourism. According to official figures from Treasury, Zimbabwe has been on a sustained economic growth trajectory, recording Gross Domestic Product growth rates of 8,5 percent in 2021 and 6,5 percent in 2022. Speaking during the fourth interface with chiefs from the Matabeleland region at State House in Bulawayo on Friday, President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe’s economy has recovered and the country is now on a growth trajectory despite being saddled with sanctions for over two decades. “Currently, in SADC, in spite of these sanctions which have been slapped on us for the past 23 years, the last four years, Zimbabwe has enjoyed the fastest economic growth in the region. Those who would want to assist us to prosper should join our programmes and not bring their programmes to us to prosper, I say no!” he said. ReadMore