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Response to “Corruption era is over, says President” We appreciate this Mr President, but more still needs to be done. For example VID corruption is still there and it derails all your efforts. — @Munyaram. *** Response to “More opportunities for youths, says ED” Hear, hear! I like the President’s pragmatic and mature approach. I am impressed! — @SheillahMupeti. Response to “Thousands greet
President in Mkoba” The crowd says a thousand words! People love their President. What I would say to my fellow countrymen is that we must put the days of endless political campaigns, manoeuvring, plotting and complaining behind us. We must collectively shift our attention to nation rebuilding. From what I can see, Harvest House is going to be a storage unit for rotting manifestos and bullet train plans. That’s democracy for you; unfortunately only one person can be president at a time. — Justice Moyo.
Thank you for Roselyne Sachiti’s thought-provoking article on the merits of universal health cover (UHC). My suggestion is that for sustainability of UHC, the country has to increase substantially household income, especially in the rural areas. That calls for increasing productivity. Zimplats has shown it can be done, when through direct support, it increased peasant farmers’ productivity from one to two tonnes of maize per hectare to an average of seven. This way money for UHC can be harvested from such households. Government, with its Command Agriculture programme, can subsidise the UHC indirectly. Sustainability of UHC, in my humble opinion, can only come from income security. — Tapiwa Nyandoro.
Response to “Multinationals scramble for Zim investments” Let’s just march on with the new political and economic agenda without being distracted by the juvenile politics of mentally-disordered antics of disruptive small parties that are anti-Zimbabwe and anti-people! Chamisa, as it has turned out, is the joke of the year! — Truthhurts.
*** Response to “LIVE: ED @ Youth League Convention, Mkoba
Gweru.” There are a lot of opportunities for youths. In agriculture alone, there are over 10 sectors, from recruitment and administration, management, nutrition, drivers, engineering and mechanics, genetics, land surveyors and estate management, marketing and sales, international trading and purchasing, food processors, agronomy, livestock veterinary, horticulturists, fisheries and so on. So many careers within one sector and more. There were many other careers that were mentioned in mining and architecture. There is also the gas and energy sector, very lucrative sector with many job prospects. Zimbabwe is already boosting its tourism sector through price penetration. The country is focusing on sectors that help to create a unique niche market and create value that will increase revenue to boost new sectors like manufacturing. Zimbabwe is not yet highly-industrialised so can’t compete with countries like China. We have to go for what makes you unique and offer services and products that others can’t avail easily. This is what is called competitive advantage and will allow Zimbabwe to leapfrog faster to development because it will create value. —Shanna6785.