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Look forward, not backwards
Zimbabwe has a US$10 billion economy, while the global economy is pegged at US$700 trillion; a speck of dust on a megalith. Economically, Zimbabwe lags behind most countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Mozambique. If Zimbabwe puts all its ducks in a row, it will overtake Mozambique’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2015, that of Botswana by 2018, Zambia by 2022, Tanzania by 2026 and that of Angola by 2040.
Report by Nevanji Madanhire
Zimbabwe needn’t be where it is; it should be closer to Angola than Mozambique, GDP-wise. It is this realisation that should have sobered us as we celebrated 33 years of independence. More than at any other time, this sad fact must have awakened us to the reality that we should face forward rather than backward.
