Zimbabwe’s Foreign Currency Quagmire And The Plight Of The Citizen In our Bulletin 11/2021 titled, “Fall in RTGS Value and the Decimation of Livelihoods”, we highlighted how the fall in RTGs value continued to threaten the livelihoods of the vulnerable sections of our population. Because of decades of economic hardships, this section of our population…
COP26: FAILURE IS A DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUMANITY A few days ago, world leaders converged in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The world leaders and other stakeholders were meeting six years after the Paris Climate Agreement where world…
In Solidarity With The People Of Sudan And Eswatini Sudan The Sudanese military, under General Abdel Fattah Burhan, on Monday 25 October 2021 announced the dissolution of civilian rule in Sudan. The announcement was followed by the detention of the country’s civilian Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, his wife and members of his Cabinet. This unilateral…
FALL IN RTGS VALUE AND THE DECIMATION OF LIVELIHOODS Upon his appointment to take charge of the Treasury on 7 September 2018 Professor Mthuli Ncube’s immediate task was to stabilize the country’s currency among other interventions to ensure economic recovery. According to his boss, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the target was ‘to grow, modernize and mechanize…
Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations And A Break-Down In Law And Order #ZRPWeCantBreathe On September 29, 2021 members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police threw teargas canisters into a Beitbridge-bound Mulaudzi bus filled with citizens. The mayhem that ensued was aptly captured in a sad video circulating on social media platforms. The video captures sad and…
PVO AMENDMENT BILL AND THE EROSION OF THE CIVIC SPACE We note with the gravest concern the approval by the Zimbabwean Cabinet of the proposed amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations Act (Chapter 17:05). The amendments to the Act have been approved ostensibly to conform to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which seeks to…
EXTENSION OF LEVEL 4 LOCKDOWN AND LACK OF CONSULTATION IN GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO COVID We note with serious concern the continued lack of consultation in the government’s response to Covid-19. Stakeholders from across the board, inclusive of business, education sector and the church have called on the government to consult and include sector representatives in…
The Worsening Covid-19 Pandemic We note with deep concern the worrying surge in Covid-19 infections and regret the accompanying loss of lives. According to the Ministry of Health, confirmed cases jumped nearly 300% from the previous week’s statistics. The number of fatalities are also increasing with daily deaths reaching 61. This is a dire situation…
Our duty is to the voiceless, the poor and marginalized. The Citizens’ Cabinet is committed to consistently championing the voice of ordinary citizens, in particular the poor and marginalized who are often ignored by policy makers. Over the past few weeks we condemned the hike in ZUPCO fares and called for a reduction of the…
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…
