The new parliament building is such a colossal and magnificent national edifice which adds to the infrastructure stock of the country.

Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has set itself a lofty target of transitioning Zimbabwe from a “lower middle-income economy” to a more sophisticated upper middle-income economy by 2030.

To be precise, the World Bank provided a total of US$646 million to Zimbabwe in official grants and loans between 1980 and 1987, while the IMF offered more than US$80 million