What President Mnangagwa said on development in 2022

Lovemore Chikova Development Dialogue

President entrenched development in Zimbabwe in 2022, which saw vast improvements in various sectors of the economy.

In this article we highlight some of the quotable quotes on development from President Mnangagwa in 2022.

Speaking at national Youth Day, he said: “You as the young people of Zimbabwe must hold firm to our national cause and run steadfastly towards the development and prosperity of our great country as enshrined in Vision 2030.”
Accepting a $15 million dividend from the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa said: “The time has come for parastatals to propel the growth of the economy by meaningfully contributing to the country’s GDP, fiscus and job creation.”
While campaigning for Zanu PF ahead of by-elections held early this year, President Mnangagwa said: “As the Second Republic we will never promise what we cannot deliver. Of course, we have our challenges, but we are solving them.”
Addressing the 65th session of the Politburo, he said: “Our Revolutionary Party, Zanu PF, continues to be driven by the vision to guarantee the independence, freedom, and prosperity of the people of this great country. We have always been about the people. We are the Party that provides real answers; real solutions and real development. Zanu PF has always been about action, and not mere talk!”
Officially opening the Zimbabwe-Rwanda Trade and Investment Conference in Harare, he said: “My Government is moving with speed in domesticating aspects of the African Continental Free Trade Area.”
Speaking at the Young Women for ED Business Convention in Harare, President Mnangagwa said: “Your role in our nation’s quest to modernise, industrialise and realise the sustainable growth of our economy is invaluable.”
Speaking at a State banquet hosted in his honour by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi in Maputo following the upgrading of relations between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, President Mnangagwa said: “Our partnership has transformed into a vibrant bilateral relationship founded on the common socio-economic aspirations of our two peoples.”
In an interview with French publication, La Tribune, President Mnangagwa said: “Our priority (in 2023) will then be on the modernisation of our agriculture because Zimbabwe is endowed with fertile land which is being undermined by climate change. We will also have to modernise our production apparatus, particularly in the mining sector. We will also focus on education.”
Speaking at the 361st session of the Politburo, President Mnangagwa said: “Our national vision for our beloved motherland Zimbabwe, as well as the policies and the development strides we have realised to date, must be explained to our people in both rural and urban areas.”
Speaking at the 2022 first session of the Central Committee, President Mnangagwa said: “We must keep our people informed and mobilised, focused and working harder towards improved production and productivity across all sectors of the economy, at every level.”
Speaking at the handover of a state of the art clinic constructed in partnership with a British company, NMS Infrastructure Limited in Harare, President Mnangagwa said: “My Government is unwavering in its commitment to accelerate the provision of adequate social infrastructure for new settlements which have been established around our cities, as a result of urban expansion.”
In his message on Africa Day, President Mnangagwa said: “Greater efforts must be made for Africa to increase agricultural productivity, upscale the value addition of agriculture products while addressing agriculture infrastructure gaps.”
In his opening address during a workshop at the World Economic Forum, President Mnangagwa said: “Everything is now digital hence it is important that in particular, developing countries like ourselves in Africa have to put more focus now in our institutions of higher learning, our universities, in order to develop a digital economy for the future.”
Officially opening of the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe Annual Conference in Victoria Falls, President Mnangagwa said: “Gone are the days of exporting products in their raw form. Focus should now be on unlocking value from our rich mineral resource base for sustainable socio-economic development.”
In his address to the Zanu PF Politburo in Harare, President Mnangagwa said: “As the Second Republic, we are leaving no one and no place behind. We will, thus, continue to roll out our programmes that ensure that all our people benefit.”
Addressing thousands of people who thronged the National Heroes Acre to witness the burial of the late Major General (RTD) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi, President Mnangagwa said: “The spirit of commitment to our country and hard work that runs through the life of our heroes and heroines such as Major General (Rtd) Nyathi should galvanise us to work for the prosperity of Zimbabwe. This is more pertinent and urgent as the National Development Strategy lays the sound roadmap for the accelerated attainment of an upper-middle-income society status by 2030.”
Officiating at the ground breaking ceremony of the US$200 million Bikita Minerals Spodumene, President Mnangagwa said: “It is my expectation that the development of the lithium mining sector in Zimbabwe will lead to the growth of value chain linkages in the manufacturing industry.”
Speaking in Gweru where he was assessing the revival of industries, President Mnangagwa said: “I exhort industry to continuously adapt through innovative and responsive strategies for increased production, productivity and profitability within the sector.”
Speaking at the 7th National Congress of the Zanu PF Women’s League in Harare, President Mnangagwa said: “When women are present at the national decision making table, our development is accelerated. Indeed, when women thrive, we all thrive, the nation thrives.”
Officially opening the 364th Ordinary Session of the Zanu-PF Politburo, President Mnangagwa said: “It is only through hard work, production and productivity that we can lift more of our people out of poverty and to enjoy an improved quality of life.”
Addressing the business community during a meeting in Kwekwe, President Mnangagwa said: “Whatever we eat, we must produce ourselves. If it’s the comfort we want, we must make it. With that philosophy we must say we must be patriotic. No one has a duty to develop, modernise and industrialise our country, but ourselves.”
Addressing thousands of ruling Zanu PF party supporters during a rally at Nhedziwa High School in Chimanimani, President Mnangagwa said: “Britons build Britain, Americans build America and Germans build Germany, so how do you expect foreigners to develop your own country.”
In his keynote address at the burial of national hero, Brigadier General (Retired) Benjamin Mabenge, President Mnangagwa said: “Under my leadership and watch, Zimbabweans shall forever be masters of their own destiny, in charge of their rich God given natural resource endowments. ‘Tisu vene venyika ino. Nyika inotongwa, inovakwa nevene vayo.”
Opening the second Local Authorities’ Councillors and Staff Indaba in Harare, President Mnangagwa said: “There must be greater collaboration and synergies which promote the ongoing rural development and industrialisation agenda.”
Addressing the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Mnangagwa said: “Zimbabwe is modernising and industrialising based on our local resources and human capital base.

“Inspired by the historic monument, Great Zimbabwe, from which our country’s name is derived, we are building our country brick by brick, stone upon stone, with the support of our friends and partners.”

Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony at Dinson Iron and Steel company’s multi-billion dollar steel plant in Manhize, President Mnangagwa said: “It is envisaged to leap-frog us to emerge as a dynamic industrial hub, churning out a broad range of value added, ‘Made in Zimbabwe’ iron and steel products, for both local and international markets.”
Speaking after commissioning an innovative hub, female students hotels, and an engineering complex at the Bindura University of Science Education, President Mnangagwa said: “You have a role to play, leveraging on innovations to help lift our people from poverty into prosperity.”
Addressing the 366th Session of the Zanu-PF Politburo, President Mnangagwa said: “In spite of the deleterious impact of sanctions, the Zanu PF Government is moving ahead in delivering the promises we made to leapfrog the development of our beloved motherland, Zimbabwe.”
Addressing outgoing Zanu PF Central Committee members, President Mnangagwa said: “In unity, brick by brick, stone upon stone and step by step, we are surely building a prosperous Zimbabwe that leaves no one and no place behind.”