Even today little credit is given for this and I would just highlight the following achievements in the two and half years that the TSP ran:
Massive problems remain, our public health and education systems are a mess. Salaries are too low to retain key staff and standards have declined. The only solution to these problems is more money and here we face numerous problems. We have to grow our economy – we have laid the foundations for growth in the past two years but remain isolated politically and diplomatically and the financial sanctions on us under ZIDERA (the US system) limits our ability to tap into the global financial system and to borrow on lines of credit for our private sector. A growing economy needs much more money than a shrinking one. This was not an issue before, now it is critical.
Even though the international Community has committed itself to the provision of health care to the poor and the principle of universal education for children, we receive virtually nothing from international agencies or the so called ‘Development Partners.’ In fact, the IMF even denied us aid to deal with the Covid crisis.
This highlights the final issue that is on the table. When will the changes engendered by the post November 2017 Government receive sufficient recognition for the international Community to start treating us like any other developing State? The recent imposition of ‘sanctions’ on four military Officers here simply demonstrates the ignorance of the Foreign Office in London regarding the very real changes that have taken place here and the total failure of policy by the same Department in respect to Myanmar. It shows no understanding of our complexities or fundamentals and is a largely cosmetic decision which will not influence affairs here but will continue to needlessly label the Government of Zimbabwe as somehow a rogue State. We deserve better.
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