Story by Panashe Nagoli
THE private sector has been rallied to play its part in a 12-step road map towards achieving the National Development Agenda under Vision 2030.
This came out at a book launch by the Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking in Harare Thursday evening.
The event attracted captains of industry, government officials and local government with two books titled ‘Power: Legitimacy and Social Contract’, as well as ‘Navigating The Terrain To The Future’, being launched.
Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking Chief Executive Officer, Dr Tinashe Muzamhindo, noted the importance of the private sector in achieving Vision 2030.
“When the academia looks at Vision 2030, we do not see a political project but a national agenda. Malawi and Kenya also have Vision 2030. When I wrote the book, I saw it necessary to put down 12 steps to achieving the vision, which include completion of projects and the role of the private sector.”
The Minister of Skills Audit and Development, Dr Jenfan Muswere, who was the Guest of Honour, highlighted that the publication of ideas dovetails with Government’s agenda of re-skilling and up-skilling the citizenry to make Zimbabwe an upper-middle-income society.
“Vision 2030 is a collective responsibility and everyone has a role to play and this includes authors who generate ideas because there is a need to have a balance of trade and stop the importation of Skills.”
Speaking on the sidelines of the event, Harare Mayor, Councillor Jacob Mafume, also applauded Dr Muzamhindo’s publication, emphasising the role of the local authority in navigating the terrain to the future.
“Harare City Council is in active engagement with Government because we recognise the importance of collaboration between central government and the local authority, which is something the book highlights.”
The books are a result of extensive research to map a feasible path to Vision 2030, which fundamentally seeks to make the country attain an upper-middle-income society.
