Zimbabwe: Chidhakwa Spot On, but ...

WE read with a mixture of sadness and pleasant surprise comments made by acting Finance and Economic Development Minister, Walter Chidhakwa, two weeks ago. Speaking at a World Bank sponsored workshop for heads of parastatals, Chidhakwa fired a broadside at free falling parastatals' chairpersons for making politically-motivated decisions instead of executing their professional mandates.

It is really pleasing to note that the message appears to be now sinking into the heads of some in the seemingly impervious Executive that political muscle-flexing in the affairs of State-run firms has inflicted irreparable damage to these enterprises. Sadly, Chidhakwa was speaking to the converted.

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