High Potential in Mining Development says Comrade Mpofu

"We have a total of over 60 minerals in the country and (I) am sure that if these are properly exploited they can help spearhead Government’s economic revival programme. Even our detractors are aware of this and all this noise is because these people were benefiting from these minerals without us knowing,” 

 Comrade Mpofu Herald.co.zw online march 7-8. 2010

Mining can spearhead the economic development

Reflections over the content of a recent article in The Herald on economic development by Jan Freidun Taravosh

Comrade Mpofu on the ministry of Mining development in the republic of Zimbabwe, recently did speak to the people of the Republic on the matter of the Governments progressive economic revival programme

For those unfamiliar to the subject, let it just be noted in a very few words that aside from working to strenghten political stability and broad unity in the nation the Goverment also is spearheading a new economic plan to counter the effects of th illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by it’s former colonial master an her allies.

 

 

As a minister of mining Comrade Mpofu spoke with clarity on the subject that Zimbabwe as a nation was very rich in minerals and that a mining boom is to expect in the near future. Not only is 60 minerals under the control of the state, but apart from these there are good prospects for a new impetus as far as investments and fair trade are concered.

 

This can be concluded not only from Comrade Mpofu speech but also from the recent successes of the Empowerment law, which was passed in the parliament recently.

 To sum it all up.

 Now if we couple this together with the reality of the ever so positive look east policy, that even though it takes time provides investment on a fair trade basis with no strings attached, and then take a look  at the goverments self reliance approach and all in all you can see a mining boom in the making especially for those who thouruoghly has studied the new economic plan STERP, which can be download on various places on the web. See link: http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/wp-content/uploads/STERP.pdf

 Also Worth noting is what Comrade Joice Mujuru the Vice President said at a UN meeting last year signified the need of political economy to always remain pragmatic and to remain with the aims at adjusting social injustices as a main goal in the face of a world economic crisis. Comrade Joice Mujuru expressed this in the following words:  in the recent past, driven by blind faith in the virtues of the market, the role of the state in the regulation of the economy was reduced. Reality has now dawned on many that the role of government is more pertinent, than ever in regulating financial systems, both at national and international levels. It is therefore important that developing countries be given the freedom to choose the best mix of policies to offset this crisis given their unique and individual social, political, economic and environmental conditions." 

Vice President Comrade Joice Mujuru at 
CONFERENCE ON THE WORLD FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT NEW YORK 24 JUNE 2009

What Comrade Mpofu suggested above is in line with the same reasoning, social justice remains at heart of the people centered politics, as does the question of independence and  self reliance. At the same time the government remains sober and pragmatic when it comes to the role that investment can play in the economic development, but naturally investment is subordinated to the importance of over all empowerment, and no  foreign investment is never pursuited without taking fair trade and mutual cooperation into account, this meassure is a clever move as it gaurds the revolutionary government from falling into the trap that is neo colonialism.