Mnangagwa says it’s time to get back to work

The President said Zimbabwe must once again be open and its people must enjoy the freedoms promised when he came to power.

“The freedoms we promised at the outset of the new dispensation must once again be felt across the whole of our society.

• Freedom of assembly.
• Freedoms of speech and religion.
• Freedom to vote in free and open elections.
• Freedom to flourish.

“Likewise, the creation of jobs, the commitment to new opportunities for our talented youth, must once again be driven to the top of our agenda.

“We cannot and will not allow the period of COVID-19 to appear in our history books as anything more than a mere hurdle which we jumped over along the path to prosperity.

“As your President, I commit that we will work twice as hard, work with promise and purpose, to improve your lives, and to give your children a better future. It is time to accelerate our development. From the pains of the pandemic, we must now find new impetus in rebuilding.

“The liberalisation of our economy must continue in earnest. This includes the privatisation of bloated state industries which must now be expedited.

“Investment commitments must now be turned into tangible jobs. Our creative people must be allowed to grow and prosper.

“Reforms, stuck in the wheels of bureaucracy, must be unleashed, catalysed and implemented. The time for action is now. However, as the workforce is slowly released from a painful lockdown, let us remember that we are not returning to the old normal, but to a very NEW normal which must cause each and every one of us to rethink our lives.

“How we communicate, how we do business, how we meet and greet, and how we protect the health of our neighbours, our family, and indeed ourselves.

“In this new normal, we must be vigilant. We must not rest. The virus is still with us. It has neither disappeared nor been destroyed. It has neither vanished nor been vanquished.”

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