By Elishamai A. Ziumbwa The global race for minerals like lithium, cobalt, and gold is accelerating but at a steep cost to some of Southern Africa’s most vulnerable communities. In an interview with 263chat, social justice advocacy group Southern Africa Trust (Zimbabwe) country manager Janet
Debt and development lobby group the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) says decentralisation of powers from the central government to local authorities remains a myth as the government’s willingness to implement remains uncertain. In a policy digest for July, ZIMCODD said the suspension of
A coalition of civic society groups under the banner of Fight Inequality Alliance Zimbabwe (FIAZimbabwe) has expressed concern over tax administration that it says is prepared to favour of elites. Addressing journalists in Harare, FIAZimbabwe spokesperson Janet Zhou said the tax burden lies heavily on the
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has expressed concern over lack of self- representation by youth in decision making institutions among other grievances in the country. In a statement to commemorate the National Youth Day, Zimcodd said constitutional amendment number 2 does not address
Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube faces war from many fronts as civil society organizations team up with the citizenry to dump the banker’s austerity for posterity measures on the back of further economic collapse with workers earnings having been eroded to the last
Zimbabwe’s recent crisis has subjected its people to the breadline than ever before with the government preaching the ‘tighten your belt’ gospel in a bid to secure resources to bail the nation from the debt abyss. Central to the country’s economic woes is its debt which
Located in the mineral rich area of Penhalonga in Mutare, and in its struggling state, Redwing Mine has turned out to be an eyesore to its employees who some of them have served it for more than 30 years. The problems associated with the presence
The insatiable appetite to secure power through financing the infrastructure of repression dating back to Ian Douglas Smith, Robert Mugabe and now Emmerson Mnangagwa have left the country heaving in a debt crisis the greater part of it being illegitimate, 263CChat can report.
Local civil society groups under the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition have joined hands with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in pushing government to address the biting cash crisis that has seen prices of basic commodities soar. In an interview with 263Chat, Zimbabwe National Students
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