By Eunice Chipachini & Simba Chikanza | In Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official words, below is a list of business investments that are not safe in Zimbabwe as the country loses more than USD41 billion in revenue this year. There are at least six of them. They are:
1. Law firms.
2. Medical Practice.
3. Mining business.
4. Railway Construction.
5. Road Construction.
6. Various businesses cited in Motlanthe Commission report.
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1. Law firms. This industry is a large income generator, and in the tiny island nation of the UK for instance, it brings more than £25 billion into the country annually. Zimbabwe’s economy by value is a paltry USD 10 billion. Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier in February 2019 while threatening to shorten the lives of demonstrators, addressing a crowd in Mwenezi, said any lawyer who accepts consultancy business for a perceived protester, suffers the wrath of the state security. (See video). The total value of legal services to the UK economy is £25.7 billion annually.
2. Medical Practice.
This industry is also a major income generator. Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier in February 2019 while addressing the same crowd in Mwenezi, said, any doctor who treats a perceived protester, suffers the wrath of the state security. (watch video below).
3. Mining business.
In an undated video, Emmerson Mnangagwa says anyone who does mining in the country has to report to his party and must first of all respect it. He said, “We (Zanu PF) must be respected, we are the majority, the people, the government, the army, the airforce, the police & everything you can think of. We determine who can do mining, construct a railway line or build a road in Zimbabwe. No other party can do so, ” added Mnangagwa.
Mnangagwa says ZANU PF is everything in Zimbabwe and must be respected. We are the police the army….we are everything in this country pic.twitter.com/HrRFrSGUoh
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) May 7, 2019
4. Railway Construction. In the same video recorded address(above), Mnangagwa said all railway construction business is done by people who “respect” his political party, meaning when one is found or deemed to fall short of mere “respect” for his party, they will loose the business opportunity. There is no qualification as to when that can happen, meaning it can happen at any time.
5. Road Construction.
6. Various businesses cited in Motlanthe Commission report.
According to the Motlanthe Commission report, the country lost over USD16 billion dollars last year August alone, when the military opened fire on innocent civilians in an effort to change election results so they would favour Emmerson Mnangagwa “we shall work hard with the ZDF….with a margin greater than the one we did in 1980,” as officially announced by Mnangagwa’s advisor, Christopher Mutsvangwa in his presence on the 15th Dec 2017.