Do all of the above and the country will move out of the dark abyss and dark ages its led itself into.

We need a miracle but miracles are possible and we can make the change. Unite together and unite in our efforts to end all evil.

100% legalize foreign currency – can SA provide enough Rand temporarily? Freeze the zim dollar at whatever ridiculously low value it has and re-denominate all accounts in a new currency pegged to the Rand.

Get the electricity turned back on.

This next one is tough – the “war veterans” sense of entitlement is ridiculous. Their crimes should be punished. Same with crimes committed by the police.

I’m not sure the rest of the world is going to immediately “trust” this new government that still includes Mugabe – and with good reason. The crimes committed by the “war veterans” and the police were incited, I believe in some cases directly by Mugabe. I didn’t read the deal but I’m sure he got immunity from prosecution – the world needs to know what a criminal this man was/is.

Tax holiday on imports from SA especially from returning exiles. Clean house employee-wise in the Customs House.

Pray that it all comes together and that this beleaguered country can return to normalcy as soon as possible.

Zim does not have untold mineral resources – nothing like South Africa – so that will just be a flash in the pan also. Not enough to create a vibrant economy.

There was a bumper sticker “No farmers, no future”. That’s what it comes down to.

Gloomy outlook, but very likely.

Most of the white farmers have left the country, and I don’t think they will come back, ever.

It takes more than dollars to run a large farm in a dry climate, it takes skill and experience too.
Small farms, smallholdings or patches of ground for subsistance farming are not profitable. They simply result in people being stuck forever at peasant level. Developed countries have large farms operated by a small number of people – often just one family.

Climate change may well mean that Zimbabwe will be drier in the future than in the past.

I think it is unlikely that there will be a real recovery of agriculture until a new generation has been trained in agriculture colleges. Are there any teachers still there?

Zimbabwe’s only real resource now is its mines. That is what the Chinese are interested in.

In my more optimistic moments I know the answer…

Cut the b—s—! Get farmers back with funding. It takes only $$$ to get water out of disused pipes, dams, pumps and boreholes. It only takes $$$ to prepare land, and fertilise it. We do not have to rebuild dams, or sink boreholes. Presumably the power lines still exist. The infrastructure is still there – no long term development is required. Gee, just some $$$ in the hands of the people who can deliver – hey presto. No apprentices allowed.

A matter of weeks!

Yes, maybe some help with food – although most people seem to be coping by some miracle. At least 2/3rds of the population would have a job opportunity again & an income – if agriculture got going.

ONE SEASON, 6 months from now – that’s all it takes to get crops off the ground – if there is goodwill, property rights, responsible governance and finance to restart. Loans even, not just handouts. This is a business deal

Every food handout Zim accepts is yet another invisible psychological shackle – although it takes a mature attitude to recognise that. Rather create an incentive to grow only food crops for a couple of seasons – surely that would be more cost effective for donors than PROVIDING FOOD to the whole country for another yr? And after that? What then?

Don’t ever forget that agriculture made Zim, and breaking agriculture broke Zim. Politics cannot fix it alone! Aid won’t! Do-gooders can’t! Neither will industry. All of those are nothing without farming in Zim – the last six years are testament enough!

It is a simple mature decision!

Simultaneously is the key word; there can be no list of priorities -

Whilst aid is being distributed through trusted and established local systems, parliament needs to work closely, day and night with a legal and independent judiciary; to bring to justice, people convicted of human rights abuse; to disband the structures, powers and privileges of the JOC; to set up an initial rescue package for currency and economy; to ban independent criminal militias, eliminating their impunity; to re-open schools and pay teachers a salary that enables them to travel to school and to maintain their own households; to make schooling free for 5-18 year olds, using funding from international aid; to revive and restock local clinics, pharmacies and hospitals; to encourage and acknowledge, local initiatives aimed at re-establising the language and behaviour of unity;to devise a plan to increase sustainable agricultural production for home consumption and export; to begin employment training programmes for 18-25 year old apprentices aimed at developing a sense of responsibility, skills and qualifications, and using experienced members of the workforce.

The U.S. and various European Union governments did everything possible to isolate Zimbabwe economically, nurturing and working with opposition forces such as the MDC to disrupt the economy. These activities caused an acute economic and social crisis inside the country. This, combined with corruption and economic mismanagement by a number of ZANU-PF individuals, meant conditions in the country continued to spiral down

Since 2000, Washington and London have hypocritically accused the Mugabe government of human rights violations and election fraud. Western powers reserve their criticism for those countries that seek a path independent of imperialist domination.

As western imperialist powers ratcheted up attacks on Mugabe, including the imposition of sanctions, the capitalist media (i.e. BBC, CNN, etc) in those countries followed suit.

Get the food and medicine to the people and at the same time tell everyone the news: things are changing, for good. It’s safe for them to say what they really think of Mugabe, or soon will be. Those cowards who beat up villagers and raped grandmothers won’t be seen for dust if they know they’ll be held accountable.

Let ZANU-PF hear what people really think of them: journalists, get out there and do your stuff. Make sure the rank-and-file in the police and military get the message too.

Let everyone know there will never be another rigged election. That smells like a rose to me.

People of Zimbabwe, unite – we have nothing to lose but our fears.

And then on the seventh day Morgan and his team can have a rest! LOL!

From a comment by Don Cox It may be necessary to provide armed escorts in some areas.

I read this and thought YES, that’s how it could work. Then I thought NO!!!!!!!!!!!.

Mugabe’s army escorting the food and JOC deciding where it goes ……???? Thats disaster for sure!