Zimbabweans’ dependency syndrome blasted

ECONOMIST Godfrey Kanyenze yesterday railed against Zimbabweans’ growing propensity for food handouts and called for increased productivity on farms and other sectors of the economy to break the poverty cycle.

Addressing parliamentarians at a post-budget seminar in Harare, Kanyenze said the foodstuff doled out by First Lady Grace Mugabe at her campaign rallies will not reduce the poverty levels.

“The 2016 National Budget speaks to the need of breaking bad habits and the culture of dependence, where government gives everyone seed and fertiliser and where we major on minors,” he said.

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