Zimbabwe has potential to stop foreign aid dependency
2 April 2012
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Harare(ZimEye) – United Kingdom Aid Head of the Department for International Development in Zimbabwe Dave Fish says continued reliance on foreign aid by Zimbabwe is caused by natural resources abuse.
“It is clear to anyone visiting this country that this country has three areas of massive potential relief. One of them is agriculture, the land issue needs to be addressed and the land needs to become productive to the interest of all Zimbabweans. The second is minerals; Zimbabwe is lucky to be endowed with all range of minerals and if they are extracted and used transparently to the interest of all Zimbabweans, investment in health, education and water supply by government will be greatly increased. The third area is tourism, and if visitors see this country as a safe destination they can freely visit and invest, the country will quickly take off,” United Kingdom Aid Head of the Department for International Development in Zimbabwe Dave Fish said in an exclusive interview at the weekend in Harare.
Concerns have been raised by the public over corruption and lack of transparency in the way government was and continues to managing natural resources.
The public is pointing at the mining sector as to where transparency is lacking and corruption is rampant.
As a result of such complaints and pressure government at the end of the week was forced to establish mining revenue oversight group called Zimbabwe Mining Revenue Transparency (ZMRT).
According to Finance Minister Tendai Biti Zimbabwe needs at least $14 billion to revive the economy following a decade-long downturn.
The country is also struggling to settle its $9.1 billion foreign debt it defaulted far back as 1999.
The country’s economy is however showing signs of recovery since the formation of a power-sharing government three years ago by long-time political rivals President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.(ZimEye, Zimbabwe)

10 Replies to “Zimbabwe has potential to stop foreign aid dependency”

  1. I believe this would be a very good initiative but i am not sure if it will deprive people from using dubious accounts.
    I think another feature you can also add is making sure that if a user name has been used no one can still use the same name. we have people who are posting message using other people’s user names.
    and you should also include a facility that will validate the email that you register when you are posting the message.

  2. I believe this would be a very good initiative but i am not sure if it will deprive people from using dubious accounts.
    I think another feature you can also add is making sure that if a user name has been used no one can still use the same name. we have people who are posting message using other people’s user names.
    and you should also include a facility that will validate the email that you register when you are posting the message.

  3. I believe this would be a very good initiative but i am not sure if it will deprive people from using dubious accounts.
    I think another feature you can also add is making sure that if a user name has been used no one can still use the same name. we have people who are posting message using other people’s user names.
    and you should also include a facility that will validate the email that you register when you are posting the message.

  4. Hw is that going to happen when we have leaders who only look after themselves haaa.

  5. Yes cde Chando these boys are fools, why cnt they tel Biti 2 go get the 500mill that was given 2 the gvnmnt. Do u knw the reason , ‘we might mis-use it and fail 2 pay bek…ahh p.l.i.z. So that the west say here z a gud finance manager yet pple r suffering and u say its Mugabe. 40% of any african nation economy z aid.

  6. Chando where advocate Biti get the money from since u guys are blockng the diamonds? Nxa!

  7. If only the mdc minister of finance could seriously support agrarian reforms, allow the country to freely sell the diamonds and total removal of sanctions then Zimbabwe would be very far by now.

  8. Dave Fish is living in a dream world if he believes that Zim will be able to sustain itself. It will never happen because corruption will never end. Even the aid money is stolen by those theiving murderous things.

  9. If aid is stopped who is going to feed all these machona refugees at Methodist church n in other areas where they have taken refugee ah! Shame no more free soup n stale bread, more cases of malnutrition n more skinny machona like nehanda n kaguvi

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