No. 13/2021
Citizens’ Cabinet Weekly Bulletin
05 November 2021
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 leaders committed to climate action. Sadly, as the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres highlighted in his COP26 opening address ‘the six years since the Paris Climate Agreement have been the hottest six years on record.’ In addition, the sea-level rise is double the rate it was 30 years ago with oceans not only hotter than ever before but also getting warmer faster. The situation is so catastrophic that in the last decade nearly 4 billion people have suffered climate-related disasters. Zimbabwe has not been spared the devastation. The most disastrous and fatal of such disasters, Cyclone Idai which decimated parts of Manicaland Province, quickly comes to mind. The seriousness of the global situation has been aptly captured by the UN SG when he lamented that we are fast approaching tipping points that will trigger a global disaster of unprecedented proportions.
Full Text: Citizens Manifesto/Cabinet Releases Statement State of Economic Emergency
The situation in our country has reached another level. As citizens, we are forced today to declare a State of Economic Emergency in the Country given the unbearable pain and suffering that citizens are experiencing. We are already witnessing escalating social unrest...
State of Economic Emergency in the Country
The Citizens’ Cabinet cordially invites you to a press conference on the State of Economic Emergency in the Country on Monday 14 January 2019 at 1000hrs at the Media Center, (2nd Floor Bothwell House, 66 Jason Avenue, cnr First/Jason Moyo). As citizens, we are...
Cultural Analysis Of The 2019 Budget Statement
Introduction Following the 22 November 2018 presentation of the 2019 national budget by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, Citizens' Cabinet Portfolio lead for Art, Culture, Heritage and Tourism, Butholezwe Nyathi, took time...
Citizens’ Cabinet on Capitalk 100.4FM
Tune in to Citizens’ Cabinet on Capitalk 100.4FM this evening 8:15pm - 8:45pm. Tonight we will be speaking about the erosion of salaries and wages amidst skyrocketing prices and the calls by teachers, doctors, and other workers for salaries in US dollars. What...
Citizens’ Cabinet Statement Calling for Urgent Action to Address Health and Social Protection Crisis
The Citizens’ Cabinet is calling for urgent action to address the dire health and social protection crisis in the country. The situation has particularly become critical in the wake of policies adopted by the government as part of the recently announced Transitional...
Citizens’ Cabinet Statement on the Proposal of a Foreign Currency Utilisation Monitoring Mechanism
Statement on the Proposal of a Foreign Currency Utilisation Monitoring Mechanism The Citizens’ Cabinet welcomes the proposal by the Cabinet of Zimbabwe for the establishment of a Foreign Currency Utilisation Monitoring Mechanism (FCUMM) to monitor companies that...
Citizens’ Cabinet Statement on the erosion of Wages, Pensions and Savings and the General impact of the Economic crises on Citizens’ lives – Part 2
As the Citizens’ Cabinet we are advocating for inclusive dialogue between the government and all relevant stakeholders to bring about practical solutions and urgent relief to the unbearable pain and suffering that citizens are going through due to the current state of...
Statement on the Erosion of Wages, Pensions and Savings and the General Impact of the Economic Crisis on Citizens’ Lives
As the Citizens’ Cabinet we are advocating for inclusive dialogue between the government and all relevant stakeholders to bring about practical solutions and urgent relief to the unbearable pain and suffering that citizens are going through due to the current state of...
Announcing the Launch of the Citizens’ Cabinet
Citizens of Zimbabwe The Citizens’ Cabinet is a platform to give unprecedented collective national citizens’ voice on important matters affecting Zimbabwean citizens’ lives and priority concerns for national development with the goal to shape policy from the...