Online Reporter
Walter Nyamukondiwa
Mashonaland West Bureau Chief
PUBLIC servants should embrace innovation, digitalisation and excellence to accelerate Zimbabwe’s socio-economic transformation and attainment of Vision 2030 and the African Union’s Agenda 2063 goals, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Mercy Dinha has said.
Dep Minister Dinha said public servants were the driving force behind the country’s transformation.
Speaking during the national commemorations of Africa Public Service Day at Chinhoyi University of Technology on Tuesday, Dep Minister Dinha hailed public servants as the backbone of national development and challenged them to continuously reinvent themselves to meet emerging demands in service delivery.
“We gather not simply to mark a date on the calendar, but to celebrate you —the public servant, the unsung engine of our nation’s progress.
“Public servants are the drivers of our economy and the architects of our national development.”
The commemorations were held under the national theme, “Enhancing Public Sector Institutions and Empowering Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Achieve Universal Water Availability and Safe Sanitation by 2063,” in line with the African Union theme focusing on sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems.
She said access to clean and safe water remained a fundamental human right and a critical enabler of health, agriculture, industry and economic growth.
The Government, said Dep Minister Dinha, had already made strides through major water infrastructure projects, including dam construction across all provinces and the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme.
“The Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme is an inclusive initiative delivering clean water, boosting agriculture and enhancing livelihoods. This is our living mantra: leaving no one and no place behind,” she said.
