Mugabe skirts bond notes, bonuses

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday skirted tackling the contentious bond notes, civil servants’ bonuses and the current economic and political crisis when he presented a largely disappointing 2016 State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament.

Mugabe had been expected to touch on the most topical issues, but instead in his 31-minute presentation, he focussed on peripheral matters, in one of his most forgettable speeches.

Instead of addressing the economy and the political issues that have dominated public discourse, Mugabe spoke about an anticipated boom in the tourism and agricultural sectors and successes scored in the implementation of government’s forgotten ZimAsset.

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