Monday, June 5, 2023
  • Login
Upgrade
The Southern African Times
  • Home
  • Southern Africa
  • Business
    • African Start ups
    • African Continental Free Trade Area
  • Tech
    • Lifestyle
      • Health
      • Culture
      • Food and Drink
      • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Events
  • SAT Jobs
  • About Us
    • Advertise with Us
    • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Southern Africa
  • Business
    • African Start ups
    • African Continental Free Trade Area
  • Tech
    • Lifestyle
      • Health
      • Culture
      • Food and Drink
      • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Events
  • SAT Jobs
  • About Us
    • Advertise with Us
    • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
The Southern African Times
No Result
View All Result
Home in Southern Africa

The Ukraine crisis an opportunity for Zimbabwe – MP Mnangagwa

by SAT Reporter
March 22, 2022
in in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
0
The Ukraine crisis an opportunity for Zimbabwe – MP Mnangagwa
0
VIEWS

HARARE, (The Southern African Times) – February 2022 marked a turning point in global affairs as Russia moved into Ukraine to conduct what President Putin calls a special military operation. While acknowledging various entwined events leading to this critical page in human history it is important to realise that during all the chaos, uncertainty, and losses a new era is being ushered in. The critical question is what this means for Africa and precisely here at home in Zimbabwe? 

What started of as purely military has turned into economic warfare dressed in a heavy garment made of ever-increasing sanctions on Russia and almost everything Russian. It is not surprising that the West is using sanctions to cement their global hegemony. Zimbabwe relates well to the issue of sanctions as they have for over two decades hindered economic growth and triggered political unrests. It is therefore significant for us as Zimbabweans to take lessons from Russia and how they have sought to create an almost sanction proof economy. 

The Russian economy has its strength on Energy, Grains, Gold among other minerals.  The west depends on Russian oil and gas to such an extent that the European Union is still divided on the issue of sanctioning Russian oil and gas, countries such as Germany have been hesitant on this matter arguing that this will have a great impact on the German economy. Russia has been able to leverage their position as a major energy player to put this into the Zimbabwean context we are blessed with sunlight enabling us to work towards full solarisation for us to become less dependent on electricity imports, fortunately the government has been working on various huge solar projects. Zimbabwe has significant Lithium deposits testified by the recent Arcadia deal. Going forward the leadership needs to put much more effort in protecting this precious commodity as it is the driving force towards electric vehicles hence less dependency on oil. There is a need for progressive policy enhancement so that the country maybe able to leverage this for economy growth, employment and import substitution.

Russia is a major producer of grains such as wheat, it is already feared that the world will face severe wheat shortages leading to increased bread prices because of the current impasse. This is a wake-up call for every Zimbabwean and a reminder that we can return to our African breadbasket status. Fortunately, we have critical programmes such as Pfumvudza and Command Agriculture but for these to achieve their intended goals we all need to have unity of purpose.

As the third largest producer of Gold Moscow is at an economic advantage as they are currently benefiting from increasing gold prices. This can be emulated for Zimbabwe as we have decent gold deposits which can be used to create significant reserves to allow us to be well positioned for the new era of global politics and economics. 

As the nation is headed for elections in 2023 it is critical for Zimbabweans to be able to realise that the economy will only be built by its citizens and that there is need to protect our resources from foreign interference. Zimbabweans must stand together in condemning sanctions and corruption so that we can position ourselves to be the SADC economic powerhouse. 

Tongai Mafidi Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean Member of Parliament for Harare South Constituency

Previous Post

World ‘sleepwalking’ to climate catastrophe: UN chief

Next Post

IFC, multilateral partners launch alliance to spur growth of African start-ups

SAT Reporter

Related Posts

Namibia Seeks Minority Stakes in Mining and Petroleum Producers to Maximise  Resource Value
Namibia

Namibia Seeks Minority Stakes in Mining and Petroleum Producers to Maximise Resource Value

by SAT Reporter
May 31, 2023
Tanzania Seeks Competent Global Investor for Dar es Salaam Port
Tanzania

Tanzania Seeks Competent Global Investor for Dar es Salaam Port

by SAT Reporter
May 25, 2023
Angolan President Acknowledges Chinese-Built Hydropower Station’s Socioeconomic Potential
Angola

Angolan President Acknowledges Chinese-Built Hydropower Station’s Socioeconomic Potential

by SAT Reporter
May 22, 2023
Zambia Aims to Attract Chinese Investment at China-Africa Expo
Zambia

Zambia Aims to Attract Chinese Investment at China-Africa Expo

by SAT Reporter
May 17, 2023
Zambia Celebrates Labor Day with Call for Economic Growth
Zambia

Zambia Celebrates Labor Day with Call for Economic Growth

by SAT Reporter
May 2, 2023
Next Post
IFC, multilateral partners launch alliance to spur growth of African start-ups

IFC, multilateral partners launch alliance to spur growth of African start-ups

Browse by Category

  • African Continental Free Trade Area
  • African Debt
  • African Start ups
  • Algeria
  • Analysis
  • Angola
  • Asia
  • Botswana
  • BOTSWANA
  • BRICS
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Business
  • Business
  • Cameroon
  • Central Africa
  • China
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Changev
  • Congo Republic
  • COVID 19
  • Culture
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Eastern Africa
  • Education
  • Egypt
  • Energy
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Ethiopia
  • Europe
  • Fashion
  • Feature
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Food and Drink
  • Foods
  • Ghana
  • Global
  • Guinea
  • Health
  • Immigration
  • in Southern Africa
  • International news
  • Just In
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Libya
  • Life Style
  • Lifestyle
  • Malawi
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Markets
  • Middle East
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • North Africa
  • North-Eastern Africa
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Racism
  • Rwanda
  • SAT Jobs
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sports
  • Startup Africa
  • STOCK EXCHANGE
  • Sustainablity
  • Tanzania
  • Tech
  • Togo
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Uncategorized
  • West Africa
  • World
  • World
  • ZAMBIA
  • Zambia
  • ZIMBABWE
  • Zimbabwe

Browse by Tags

africa African business news Africa News african footballer African investments African news African start-up Agriculture banking Business China Classic Climate change Content currency economy Explore Bali Finance football Health Investment Kenya Life Style Markets Market Stories Nigeria oil and gas Opinion Pandemic Politics Premium Russia South Africa Southern African News sports Stay Home technology Travel United Kingdom United Stated Vaccine Work From Home Wuhan Zambia Zimbabwe

WHO WE ARE

The Southern African Times is a regional bloc digital newspaper that covers Southern African and the world news. The paper also gives a nuanced analysis on news and covers a wide range of reporting which include sports, entertainment, foreign affairs, arts and culture.

Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Rss

Copyright © 2022 The Southern African Times | Powered by The Southern African Times

Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions

  • Home
  • Southern Africa
  • Business
    • African Start ups
    • African Continental Free Trade Area
  • Tech
    • Lifestyle
      • Health
      • Culture
      • Food and Drink
      • Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Events
  • SAT Jobs
  • About Us
    • Advertise with Us
    • Contact Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?