Thread by @lilomatic

1/ Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) is a Pan African founded social democratic party believing that Africa and Zimbabwe in particular must come up with solutions that work for their own people without undue influence from any external forces.
#TogetherWeCan

2/ Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans and any foreign proffered solutions should be treated with extreme caution. Lessons from ESAP in Zimbabwe considering its failures abroad can explain the level of hypocrisy by foreigners & any reasonable person must realize that only Zimbabweans...

3/...will bring solutions for the betterment of our country. After going through the Acacia Mining Scandal in Tanzania, Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) realized that creating a favourable business environment must never come at the expense of ordinary citizens...

4/...and or national interests. The purpose of entering into a business deal is for both sides to benefit which is not the case in our current situation in Zimbabwe. We learnt with great regret that we have big well established mining institutions that have for a very long...

5/...time declared losses at the end of their financial years yet they continue to operate exploiting our national resources. This does not & will never benefit the country. Having a whole government presided over by learned people who fail to read in between the lines on such...

6/... issues is very disturbing. LEAD is of the view that Zimbabwe has no reason whatsoever to accolade any unworkable mining agreements and therefore all mining firms must be investigated, audited & renegotiate deals where need be. #TogetherWeCan revive Zimbabwe’s mining sector

7/ These mineral resources must be exploited in full realization of the fact that they should benefit generations to come but if we are to ask what benefits the nation has realized thus far from the mining of minerals like chrome, platinum, diamonds, among others we can agree...

8/...that we have been very unkind to those who will come after us and it is not too late to start correcting our ills. Every Zimbabwean should benefit from the natural resources in this land. Where there is a will there is always a way!!!
#TogetherWeCan