Successes include primary education for all and secondary education for half the age group.

The 1980s elections were rapidly followed by Independence, education, health and clean water supply.

There is urgent need to increase the private sector by incorporating Africans into some of these companies, or starting new companies nationally, regionally or internationally.

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s long draft budget statement is a faithful repetition of the past. Yet it is clear that Zimbabwe will not get far by repeating the past.