The scale of such corruption is staggering when you view it against our economy and the general quality of life that our people enjoy.

Our State-owned power utility is generating half of the power we consumed 20 years ago

We rehabilitated the railway line, replaced the old wooden sleepers with steel ones.

An undervalued currency made labour cheaper than it might have been, it also inhibited the cost of basic supplies and services that had a domestic origin.

We need to rebuild agriculture from the ground upwards. First, farmers have to have bankable security of tenure.

Its nationalism remains a problem which is currently expressed in the war with Ukraine which can only end badly for Russia.

Power demand is now growing faster than at any other time in our history.

The digitalisation of the global economy has just made things worse, we live in a divided world where the “haves” get richer and the rest continuously slide into poverty.

If we gave away our cloaks to those who did not have. If we shared, there would be no hunger in the world. War would have no place in human history.

Today, Zimbabwe is virtually the only African State that does not have a functioning national market for hard currency.

When Zimbabwe became independent in 1980, we were a significant but small gold producer with several hundreds of mines located across the country.

Communication is now instantaneous and almost universal. Not long ago, governments could control what their populations read and watched or listened to on the radio, but not anymore.

The national infrastructure, built up over 100 years back was ageing and not getting the attention it needed.