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Obert Gutu backs Mnangagwa says the country is going to prosper

Mnangagwa was in China when most of the prices rocketed.

“Zimbabwe is going to prosper, make no mistake about that! Naysayers and doomsday prophets will wish all sorts of evil and bad things to happen to the Zimbabwean economy but they will be shamed!” Gutu said.

“This great and wonderful country will emerge as an economic powerhouse very soon.

“If the Zimbabwean economy tanks, it’s the ordinary people who bear the brunt of the suffering, definitely NOT the political elites. No patriotic Zimbabwean can celebrate the implosion of the national economy.”

Gutu said there was no substitute for hard work if people wanted to prosper.

“If you think you can get rich through stealing, fraud and wheeler-dealing, then you’re kidding yourself. You  have got to get your hands dirty and work very hard. The world over, there’s no substitute for hard work.

“There’s absolutely no free lunch. If we don’t work very hard for ourselves, we will swim in poverty. It ‘s as simple as a,b,c. Let’s get down to some very serious, honest, hard work.”

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