Linda Masarira’s Letter to Mnangagwa
7 August 2020
1/Mr President let me start by conveying my hearty greetings to you and your comrades. It has been over two-and-a-half years since you came into power and the citizens of Zimbabwe feel economically and socially worse off under your leadership.
2/ Zimbabweans feel they were deceived into accepting a faux revolution, as it’s the same old guard led by a new face. Mr Mnangagwa, you have failed to deliver on your 2018 election promises. Where you have promised economic recovery, there has been extensive poverty.
3/ Where you have promised jobs, there has been job losses and where you promised an improved health care system citizens have been appalled by the condition of state health institutions. Not every Zimbabwean can fly to a first world nation seeking healthcare, like you and…
4/…your comrades, which you, yourself have mentioned previously. In April 2020, Finance Minister @MthuliNcube wrote to International Finance Institutions in Washington. The Finance Minister stated that ‘government takes responsibility for the recent policy missteps during …
5/…late 2019’, and furthermore mentioned that ‘government and the economy is near collapse’. The Finance Minister also mentioned that the economy is expected to shrink by 15-20% this year and 8.5 million citizens will become food insecure.
6/ It is evident that our nation is struggling, which is why I call on you to implement the independently funded proposed humanitarian solutions that were handed to you directly. The solutions focused on nuclear energy, economic development and the eradication of poverty.
7/ A few weeks ago, Minister @fortunechasi hinted about the possibility of Nuclear Energy being introduced in Zimbabwe, a plan from 2013 when the previous President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe stated that by 2020 Zimbabwe will have Nuclear Energy.
8/ Since October 2018, 30 African countries have been considering Nuclear Power. Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Nigeria have already assessed their readiness to embark on a nuclear energy program. Construction has already begun in Egypt. Morocco, …
9/…Algeria, Nigeria and Kenya are developing plans and Namibia, Tunisia, Zambia and Tanzania are still considering the possibility. Looking at the countries interested in Nuclear Energy Deals, I personally think it is beneficial for Zimbabwe to pursue the Energy Deal because…
10/…not only will Zimbabwe be able to supply the country with sufficient power, but Zimbabwe will also be able supply other nations, as there are more than 600 million citizens in Africa without electricity and countries are looking for solutions.