ANDILE KHUMALO: May economic liberation rain down on Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has to urgently find a way to grow the economy, and reduce debt. But how?
The events in Zimbabwe over the past few weeks have been nothing short of ground-breaking. Our neighbours showed the whole world how a modern coup is done. In a matter of weeks, Zanu-PF managed to get rid of Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace and take their political party back, all the while keeping political control and even earning sympathy, admiration and envy from the rest of the world. I have never seen a coup d'etat so celebrated in my life. For a moment it felt like Zanu-PF had liberated the country from an oppressive regime. Wait, they did. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in and election talk has started. I am certain there will be elections and I am hopeful they will be free and fair, allowing Zimbabweans to chart their own way forward. Once a case study on how African states could reinvent themselves after liberation, Zimbabwe sits on the precipice of reclaiming its past glory. However, while this political reform is important, it is just as critical that our ne...
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