By Margaret Kamba 

ZANU PF Secretary General Cde Obert Mpofu says the lithium sector is becoming a fledging giant of Zimbabwe's economic transformation.

His remarks were made during the Opening remarks of the Policy and Coordinating meeting held at the Party headquarters in Harare. 

A lot of investment has gone into the lithium sector with giants among them Kamativi Mining Company thanks to the engagement and re-engagement stance by the Second Republic led by His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.

"Our economy has continued to stabilize and has shown potential for growth under His Excellency, President and First Secretary Cde Dr ED Mnangagwa's watchful eye. He has initiated economic reform on a massive scale that has not been witnessed in this country before, to the effect of rapid industrial growth, increased employment creation, mining sector growth and massive infrastructural development. For the first time in over four decades of independence, our currency is now gold backed as under his watch, we have been rapidly stockpiling our gold reserves," Cde Mpofu said.

"This is owed to the massive liberalisation of the small-scale mining sector which has become a key sector of our economy. The lithium sector has become a fledging giant of our economic transformation which will see Zimbabwe contributing to the global energy sector which has become the most important sector in our daily lives, with lithium at the centre of energy generation and modern-day technology. 

"This on its own entails the extent to which our His Excellency, President and First Secretary Cde Dr E.D Mnangagwa is ensuring prosperity as we march towards vision 2030. It is on this basis and conviction that the masses continue to see an economic genius in our President and that is why they once again voted for him as he is a leader who stays true to his promises."