IN light of the colossal endorsements that the ZANU PF Government has been receiving from the globe in recent weeks, the question that boggles the mind is, did Britain play the wrong card in its anti-Zimbabwe policy?
Progressive minds in the world can rarely resist giving an ardent ‘yes’ as the answer to the question above.
This is because Zimbabwe has hit the mark with an impressive precision and a golden touch once again charming the world that had for more than a decade been accosted and bamboozled by the peeved British.
Harare, contrary to a decade long and lone message from the West, is the place to be.
Even the British themselves appear to have been mesmerised by Zimbabwe’s charm offensive.
Two high-powered business delegations in a space of just three months speak volumes on the class and sheer brilliance that Zimbabwe is.
To add flavour to that, the British Secretary for the Department for International Development (DFID) Mark Lowcock on Wednesday met Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa where modalities for the resumption of aid to Zimbabwe topped discussions.
On top of that, the Belgians are coming and so are the Germans.
Presently, a high powered International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is in the country to discuss procedures for the country’s debt relief programme.
Last week a 10-member delegation of the African Development Bank (ADB) also met President Mugabe and described the local economy as promising. 
The delegation, comprising ADB Board of Executive Directors, was accompanied by Minister Chinamasa to meet President Mugabe.
“Seeing is believing, we have seen first-hand how Zimbabwe is utilising funds availed by the AfDB. The outlook for Zimbabwean economy looks promising,” said leader of the delegation, Alieu Momodou Ngum.
The bank has earmarked US$107 million to help in water and sanitation programmes in Zimbabwe this year alone.
The Chinese and Russians are already here, doing business with Harare.
A Chinese company, Tian Ze has contracting arrangements with over 300 farms mostly in the new resettlement areas.
Small holder farmers who gained land through the Land Reform Programme are now the major producers of such cash crops and contribute significantly to the national economy.
Last year, Zimbabwe and China signed mega deals worth more than US$10 billion in infrastructure, energy and agriculture while over US$3 billion deal signed by the Russians concentrated on the extraction of platinum.
The European Union (EU) member states, Denmark and Switzerland indicated their intentions to restore normal ties with Zimbabwe in 2014 and they too are coming.
Elsewhere, the European Investment Bank has already started making moves towards resumption of lending to the private sector.
Last week, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa indicated that the reopening of giant steelmaker New Zimsteel formerly, Zisco Steel was imminent.
Last week, the EU resumed direct aid to Government to the tune of US$270 million after a 12-year long hiatus.
That announcement was ostensibly a reward for Zimbabwe’s adoption of a progressive new constitution and an attempt to encourage further change, Britain’s flagship publication, The Guardian said in an opinion piece over the weekend.
“But it also marked the latest step towards normalising relations and working with Mugabe rather than against him,” reads The Guardian report in part.
The paper quoted a top Western diplomat acknowledging that its policy on Zimbabwe had failed to produce the desired results.
“After 12 years of sanctions, we have realised it is not going to work,” the source told the paper.
“We do not have enough leverage to induce reform.
“Let’s try another way by engaging with the Government in a more positive way rather than standing on the sidelines.”
And Zimbabwe will wrap the year 2015 with a high profile visit by a global power leader, the Chinese President Jinping.
Before that, things will have taken shape in one classical fashion to mark Zimbabwe’s return as a hub of economic development in the Sub-Saharan region.
Those of us privileged with the gifts of hope are already cocooned in that ‘Promised Land’.
But how has Zimbabwe managed to return to its former glory?
Zimbabwe has simply done what should be done; setting its priorities right, standing up to abuse from global powers and showcasing its potential to the world.
Crucially, a widely approbated July 31 2013 harmonised election won resoundingly by President Robert Mugabe set the tone for this spectacular return to the top.
The result has been what we have seen over the past year.
During this period, President Mugabe, the driver of the Zimbabwe agenda has notched two prestigious honours through his appointments as Chairman of Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU).
But it wasn’t always this way.
Britain was the dominant figure in the Zimbabwean economy.
Its obfuscation of the real issue with regards to Zimbabwe was one of the many careless acts that have returned to haunt them.
Its project to isolate Harare has failed dismally, costing them market share and economic influence.
As London Mayor, Boris Johnson noted, in concurrence with President Mugabe’s oft repeated exploration of the Zimbabwe and Britain relations, it was London, in particular the nonconformist Tony Blair who messed things up.
Boris’ arrogant laden admission is contained in a terse article published by The Daily Telegraph that Britain’s tenacious repudiation to honour its Lancaster House Agreement led to the curdling of relations with Zimbabwe.
According to Boris, the Blair government’s decision was, “that betrayal of Lancaster House that gave Mugabe his pretext to launch his pogroms against the whites.
“This Mugabe tyranny is no accident-and Britain played a shameful part in the disaster.
“Readers will remember the 1979 Lancaster House Agreement, by which Margaret Thatcher granted independence to Rhodesia.
“We turned our backs on the very people who were actually indispensable to the economic well-being of Zimbabwe, and Labour essentially allowed Mugabe to launch a racist tyranny.”
With Zimbabwe well on course for an unprecedented economic boon, it’s high time we see more leading British figures come out in the open and concede the mistakes they made.
Perhaps an apology would do.
Let those with ears listen.