Too early to celebrate

VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made very critical observations about the state of Zimbabwe’s economy during his visit to China and his colleagues in government need to pay heed.

Mnangagwa told Chinese State television broadcaster CCTV the government had to swallow its pride and reverse its hardline policies if Zimbabwe’s economy is to be rehabilitated.

He said the country, described as a jewel by Tanzania’s founding leader Julius Nyerere at independence in 1980, had fallen 20 years behind other African countries in terms of infrastructure development.

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