Why The World Is Shunning Zimbabwe's Business

Human rights abuse has been cited as the leading cause for why the world is shunning Zimbabwean businesses.  2 reports that have been published by The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum one on 23 August and one on 15 June 2019, showed that human rights situation in Zimbabwe was worsening under the current administration.

The Standard penned:

Hardly a week after deploying scarce resources to cause violence against defenceless people, President Emmerson Mnangagwa carried on the national begging bowel to the International Conference on African Development which took place from August 28-30 2019 where he met a Japanese delegation in a meeting which The Herald of August 25, 2019 had described as “a major engagement set to unlock mutually beneficial opportunities between Harare and Tokyo”

After the meeting, the Japanese Foreign Affairs ministry issued a statement and shared with the world the minutes of the engagement. The statement stated:“Prime Minister Abe mentioned the importance of institutional reforms for promoting business, as discussed at the Ticad7, and stated that, “We hope that reform will be promoted and democratisation will be advanced in Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa.” (See full statement here)

This statement tells us that civilised governments are not keen on doing business with those who violate human rights. Where the situation may seem like, they are eager to let the world know that they are not in that business.

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The truth is that, without investing in human rights protection and promotion, no civilised government or business will be interested in investing in our country because such investment is seen as investing in the repression of the people. This would call into question issues of morality. Why should any business or government, unless they were intrinsically evil themselves, trust a business partner who shows no regard for the sanctity of life. If they can kill and abduct their own people, why would anyone trust them with money? It takes a special kind of idiocy to ignore these truths

The President has, however, according to The Herald, come back from TICAD with his hands full as he bagged so many mega deals promises from the Japanese government despite their call for the implementation of reforms and democratization of beleaguered Zimbabwe.

More: The Standard.