Mugabe says protests don’t pay

Comrade and friends; Government values the contribution of civil servants in the public sector, and as such, will implement programmes to improve their welfare and conditions of service. Measures to avoid delays in payment of salaries for civil servants are being developed.

In international relations, Government has been vigorously strengthening bilateral relations within Sadc, the AU and the Brics countries. Zimbabwe also stands ready to renew economic and political relations with the International Finance Institutions and other bilateral relations.

Ladies and gentlemen, when all is said and done, what is important is, in our circumstances, we have peace, law and order. And we praise our security forces for that. We praise them for the calm there has been, the peace there has been. But we praise them also for fulfilling international obligations by subscribing members to both regional and international peace support operations.

Tine vanhu vanobva muchiuto, vanobva muchipurisa vanenge vachidiwa kunyika dzirikubatsirwa neUnited Nations kune maforces eUnited Nations. Kunojoina ikoko, saka tinopa International peace operations support under Sadc, the African Union and the United Nations also.

And in this way they continue to raise the Flag of Zimbabwe very high, makorokoto.

Fellow Zimbabweans, comrades and friends; as we commemorate our Heroes’ Day, it is incumbent upon us all, to remain steadfast in our efforts to promote the image of our country in the region and beyond. So, we call for peace.

I call for peace and unity among Zimbabweans. Let us remain united in defence of our sovereignty, in defence of what our national heroes fought for. We should remain united, remain cognisant of the fact that without unity we cannot make much progress. There will be divisions, quarrelling, fighting, violence and that is why things like protests don’t pay. Because usually they end up being violent protests.

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