COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES CHARTER (ZIMBABWE) SUBMISSIONS TO THE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT ON THE PENDING 2012 ANNUAL BUDGET PRESENTATION BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE THEME: A New Social Democratic and Social Welfarist Deal for Zimbabwe. SUBMITTED TO: The Ministry of Finance, Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2011 Cc: The Prime Minister’s Office,…
Don’t Rush to ‘Unbundle’ the National Railways of Zimbabwe. By Takura Zhangazha. There is a lot of media and political attention over state parastatals and their performance of late. It is fair to say that this sort of attention being given to state enterprises is important and necessary in order for them to be reformed…
This October should be Zimbabwe’s Samora Machel Month. By Takura Zhangazha. We all cried on October 19, 1986. I was nine, my brother was eleven and my sisters were seven and three years old. It had just been announced that Samora Moises Machel, President of the Republic of Mozambique, had died in an aeroplane crash…
The Inclusive Government’s Disconnect with the People. In travelling across the greater parts of Zimbabwe, one is struck by the ‘life goes on’ way of existence of many of the country’s citizens. From the small rural shopping center (Birchenough Bridge), to the still sleepy iron ore mining city (Kwekwe) and the welcoming second largest city…
