So anyone who tells you, you must not get tenders is foolish.
You must actually strive to get a tender from government.
Those who are saying these ones are tendreprenerus are jealous because they don’t get the tenders.
Because if you have the tender you will not say you are a tenderpreneur.
In fact I would rather be called a tenderpreneur.
Let me tell you this…do you know a gentlemen by the name Elon Musk? … Elon Musk the richest man in the world is a tendepreneur.
Because his biggest contracts are with the American government.
So he won those contracts…That coining of that word was done by white people to discourage black people from gaining access to business from government…”
I will end the quote there for the purposes of brevity.
And besides the full video clip has already gone viral on Zimbabwe’s favourite social media platforms (crosscheck X, Facebook and Whatsapp).
The term tenderpreneur as he outlines in his speech and also as originating from South African political lingo refers to businessmen who are positioned to provide services to the state or government.
It is not necessarily a positively considered term as it comes with allegations of either corruptly awarded tenders or complicity between government officials and businessmen in feeding off what should be national wealth.
With the added arrogance of opulent displays of what the public may consider their suspiciously acquired wealth.
Or in the case of Tagwirei, quite arrogantly giving his audience the impression that this is normal business practice.
Even by making reference to Elon Musk and his contracts with the USA government as an example of the normalcy of pursuing this line of acquiring wealth and interacting with the state for more opulence.
And like the example he citied with Musk, he is closely associated with our own Zimbabwean government both economically and politically.
On the economic side of things he is in charge of a large state investment fund (Mutapa Holdings) and a new land tenure commission that is in charge of new title deeds after the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP).
While on the political side of things he is now a member of the ruling Zanu Pf’s central committee and has been going around the country donating vehicles to same party’s provincial leaders.
Among other things such as being closely associated with its youth league.
He has however also publicly denied any ambitions to be president stating that there is no vacancy until 2030 in the Zanu Pf presidency. 🔗 Read Full Article
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