Earlier this month we convened to bring you the 3rd National Citizens Convention, themed #NoneButOurselves : Reimagining The Future We Want Post Covid-19. Today we invite you to join a dialogue platform that will be discussing outcomes of the NCC and how to take those forward into action! Speakers :Briggs Bomba, Convener , Citizens ManifestoMaaianne…
The 3rd National Citizens’ Convention Opened up with messages of inspiration, invocation and invitation. Citizens’ Manifesto Convener, Briggs Bomba’s opening remarks called to the citizens to recognise what time it is and acknowledge the period of grand transition that is ahead. You can read the speech in full here. Solidarity messages poured in from leaders and actors of both local and…
Speech by Briggs Bomba, Convener, Citizens’ Manifesto On the Occasion of the Third National Citizens’ Convention; 4 – 6 November 2020 Dear comrades and friends; fellow citizens; and all those joining us in person and in spirit for this august occasion. I welcome you to this 3rd National Citizens’ Convention organized under the banner of…
HARARE , Zimbabwe – Citizens Manifesto will convene the third National Citizens’ Convention (NCC) from 4-6 November 2020 as a hybrid online and onsite event in line with COVID-19 regulations. This year’s NCC is set to interrogate key questions around Zimbabwe’s ongoing impasse and new abnormalities brought on by the COVID-19 public health crisis. The…
Be a part of the discussions, ideas, solutions and the future in pursuit of a #BetterZimbabweforAll. We have important conversations to have as citizens who want to see the best for this country. No one is solving this conundrum for us…it’s all hands on deck now. Keep watching our social media pages to find out…
As we commemorate this year’s International Day of Peace under the theme “Shaping Peace Together”, the Citizens Manifesto notes with concern the political and socio-economic crisis as well as polarisation in Zimbabwe. We are totally outraged by the massive violations of human rights being recorded in the country.. It is clear that the social contract…
We, the representatives of civil society organisations, social movements and progressive citizens, met under the auspices of the Citizens’ Manifesto convergence platform to deliberate on the current situation in the country, including the impactof the COVID-19 pandemic. The Forum received presentations from Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD), Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU), Zimbabwe National…
As the Citizens’ Manifesto we express our deepest concern over the recent announcement made by the Parliament of Zimbabwe that the Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will hold public hearings on the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No.2 Bill from the 15th to the 19th of June 2020. Our concern lies primarily on the…
On the occasion of Africa day 2020, we must introspect and ask bold questions on the status of the African citizen more than 5 decades since the founding of the Organization of African Unity ( now African Union). Indeed, Africa’s independence is meaningless if it can’t be counted in terms of tangible advancement in the…
We, the representatives of civil society organisations, social movements and progressive citizens, met virtually under the auspices of the Citizens’ Manifesto convergence platform as part of our continuing consultations on the Covid-19 crisis and the general situation in Zimbabwe. We heard detailed narratives from different institutions which included presentations from Organisations of Rural Associations for…