Zimbabwe will emerge as a true beacon of success and overall uplifting of its people in Africa if the country manages to maintain and sustain prevailing peace and stability, a Cabinet minister has said.

Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Zimbabwe has everything it takes to empower its people in the newly found spirit of inclusive government, according to Monday's The Herald.

"Our greatest asset besides our natural resources is an educated and skilled population that needs an environment of stability like we have now to meaningfully contribute to the development of the country," he said.

"Zimbabwe will be unrecognizable in the not too distant future," he added.

The minister said it is a pity that some people do not value how rich the country is and leave that appreciation to outsiders who are now angling for a stake.

Describing the working environment in the inclusive government as "businesslike and focused", Chinamasa said finance is needed to complement natural resources and human capital.

He warned that external threats to the new dispensation remain, calling on parties to the Global Political Agreement to remain vigilant and wary of things that are divisive.

"There are external threats to the inclusive government which need to be jealously guarded against by all parties to the GPA," he said.

He said there is now realization by members from both the Democratic Movement for Change formations that sanctions are real and has a devastating effect on the economy, making any interventions and effort to resuscitate the economy difficult.

This, he said, is shown by the change in attitude and language as reality sets in.

"Ministers from both formations now face up to reality. They now see what they could not see from outside and what we have always said. They were previously academic and now see things in a different light. Our colleagues now see reality as we saw it before the inclusive government," Chinamasa said.

Source: Xinhua