Simba Makoni's New Year Message To The People Of Zimbabwe
New Year Message from Dr Simba Makoni – Interim President, Mavambo.Kusile.Dawn (MKD) As 2009 has drawn to a close, and we welcome the year 2010, I take this opportunity, on behalf of the National Steering Committee ( NSC ) of our Party, to extend cordial greetings to all the people of Zimbabwe . The year 2009 started on a positive and optimistic footing for all of us, on the back of two landmark occurrences, viz : · the abandonment of the worthless Zimbabwe Dollar, on January 29 2009 , by the then ZANU (PF) regime; and, · the installation of the Inclusive Government, on February 13 2009 . Unfortunately, that optimism quickly faded away, as members of the so-called Inclusive Government wasted no time to settle into their relatively more comfortable positions, and engaged themselves in fierce struggles for power, and bigger shares of the meager national resources. Much to the dismay and disbelief of all of us, the new me...