A certain ZAPU member on condition of anonimity yesterday commented that the future of Zimbabwean Economics lies with empowering the youth. The member, who chose to remain anonymous, even to the extent of denying me the permission to mention him by surname (for security reasons) actually rubbished the old policy of compensation adding that at this stage Zimbabwe is not yet ready for compensation as this is likely to manifest itself into corruption.
Thus to him the best way to solve the economic crisis is to employ reason and try to effect an equitable distribution of the Zimbabwean wealth. Some of this member's friends also voiced their concern on the lack of transparency on compensation to the former liberation fighters.
One man for instance actually said that in a week during the liberation struggle his grandmother had lost some thirty chickens to the ZANLA cadres(known as "oPasi") and to the ZIPRA but up to today no-one mentions that. So now, who deserves the lion's share in this whole issue: is it those who were fighting the enemy in the bush face to face or the masses who provided shelter and food to those who were fighting or both?
This actually serves to draw attention of the people to start looking closely at the criteria used for compensation as it is the one that leads to the gruntling of the general populace. Thus according to those ZAPU members, everyone has the right to the Zimbabwean Economic "cake".
For most people, this economic issue has remained "a thorn by the side" due to their exclusion in economics. Thus the best way is to empower youth and to be very clear on the expropriation of resources such as the Marange and Chiadzwa Diamonds. Infact output from here has to be used to rebuild Zimbabwe.
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