Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised new Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube to join the ruling Zanu-PF party in order to get political clout. He also advised him not to announce his plans until they have been approved by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF. Writing on Twitter, Moyo said,
1/5 Since @MthuliNcube is finance minister as an outsider, it may please him to note these key tidbits about ZanuPF & its govt:
First, don't announce any major initiative, like phasing out bondnotes, before it's been approved by the president, politburo & cabinet, in that order! pic.twitter.com/P5LbZTRb6A
— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) September 10, 2018
3/5 A minister of finance is not a technocrat but a politician. You will need political clout that comes from being a ZanuPF member, an MP and, crucially, a central committee & politburo member. If you are not these things, it's a disaster & if you are, your technocratic CV dies!
— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) September 10, 2018
5/5 The Ministry of Finance does not have the high-end skills necessary for an economic ministry in a country with Zimbabwe's intractable socioeconomic problems; compounded by political malaise. There's no craft-competence from the permanent secretary, down to the shop floor!
— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) September 10, 2018
I think ED asati apa munhu basa akatomboitwa orientation yekuti basa rinoitwa sei uye matongero arikuitwa naED asiyana nea Mugabe saka Moyo should just shut up kwaari ikoko and allow Finance minister ashande mashandiro aakanzi aite na boss wake
Jonathan’s head is full of Mugabeism and G40’s corrupt modus operandi, this is a new dawn government with new faces zvatochinja kana Mdc yaifunga kuti ndiyo chete inokwanisa kuchinjisa zvinhu muZimbabwe, yakati nonokei Ed pfeeeeeee
Don’t join Zanu PF. MTHULI, you are employed by Zimbabweans. Do your job and don’t listen to all the crap.
Thus your own thoughts Jonso but thus not on the ground. If ED wanted a ZANU PF candidate whom they can control they should have simply choose from the party. Choosing Mthuli Ncube it means the president is really in need of his expertise, so no one will disturb him to execute his duties.