COVID-19 Response & Social Protection Fund We note the spiraling rate of COVID-19 infections in the country and appreciate the need for the government of Zimbabwe to come up with measures to curb it. However, in doing so, the government must be innovative, and people centered. In this regard, we reiterate our demand for an…
COVID-19 Intensified Lockdown, the Education Sector and Finding Lasting Solutions The third wave is upon us with national statistics showing a worrying upward trend in the infection rate. In the past week confirmed cases shot up to 47 284 with 842 on Monday 28 June, representing over a 100 percent increase from the previous Monday’s…
Citizen Safety and Security: A National State of Emergency The Citizens’ Cabinet notes, with great concern, the fast deteriorating security situation in the country. This has worryingly bred an unprecedented general sense of insecurity and fear among the citizenry following a spate of violent crimes throughout the country, and especially in the major cities of…
The Citizens’ Cabinet deliberated on the recently announced Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 which seeks to penalize businesses that abuse and manipulate foreign currency obtained through the foreign currency auction system. We commend the Zimbabwean government for finally stepping up to this challenge, and we urge the authorities to go beyond just naming and shaming…
The Government of Zimbabwe, through Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Hon. Rtd General Constantine Chiwenga, promulgated revised Covid-19 lockdown regulations on 12 June 2021. While we, as Citizens’ Manifesto, acknowledge the rise of the COVID- 19 statistics and the urgent need to contain the pandemic, we are deeply concerned about the…
Today Citizens’ Manifesto celebrates the brave, hardworking and inspirational women across the entire globe, cementing the 2021 United Nations (UN) International Women’s Day (IWD) Theme, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” This theme finds its relevance in the manner and rate which women are excluded in fundamental decision-making processes as well as…
Art has for time immemorial been a way to grieve, a way to rejoice, a way to brainstorm and a way to unify. We celebrate artists who are courageous enough to publicly reveal that they still trust in the dream. #NoneButOurselves #ThrowBackThursday #3rdNCCThrowBack #ItsUsAndItsNow #CommunityIsTheAnswer
The 3rd National Citizens Convention (NCC) was co-convened by 22 civic organizations over three days from 4-6 November 2020 under the banner of the Citizens’ Manifesto with the theme: None but Ourselves: Reimagining the Future We Want Post Covid 19. The event adopted a hybrid model of online and onsite processes allowing the decentralized participation…
Background to this Policy Brief Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus of 2019) around the world which started in December 2019 in China, a number of measures have been put in place by different governments. In Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the COVID-19 crisis a “national disaster” on Friday, March 27, 2020 and proclaimed…
#YearOfThePeople#GoreReVanhu#UmnyakaWaBantu As we enter the year 2021, Citizens’ Manifesto declares it #YearOfThePeople #GoreReVanhu #UmnyakaWaBantu as we continue to put citizens at the center of our focus and urge the leaders of our people in the various spheres of our society to do the same. These are not just hashtags. Nor should they be mantras or hollow words. We…