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When A State Turns Against Its Citizens

Comrades the decision by the Harare City Council (HCC) working in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works to wantonly demolish Informal Traders' vending stalls in Mbare and Machipisa should be condemned with the utmost contempt that its deserves. The local authority's reckless and senseless actions done under the guise of  “renovating Small … Continue reading When A State Turns Against Its Citizens →

A Place Where Neighbours Don’t Speak To Each Other!

Comrades death is cruel. So cruel that it neither respects age nor status when it strikes! The Holy book itself through Apostle John, in that complicated and so revelatory book of Revelation actually condems death by declaring "Oooh death where is thine stinging self?" I cant wait for that glorious day when death is finally … Continue reading A Place Where Neighbours Don’t Speak To Each Other! →

The Scourge of Inequality in Mutare’s Hobhouse Suburb

ZIMCODD's avatarZimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development

As the entire world under the progressive
banner of the Fight Inequality Alliance commemorated and shared lived
experiences across the globe as to how inequality threatens the very survival
of human civilization, on Friday 25 January 2019, the residents of Hobhouse, one
of Mutare’s poor high density suburbs, organised themselves under the guidance
of the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and
Development (ZIMCODD) to discuss and develop strategies to escalate the
struggle and fight against inequality.

Picture: Hobhouse meeting on inequality

From poor service delivery to joblessness,
hopelessness and permanent state of despair, Hobhouse residents narrated how
terrible their lives are due to the effects of excessive inequality exacerbated
by a neo-liberal economic system wherein there is absence of welfare state that
cater for the socially vulnerable and the economically marginalised and
disadvantaged.

When one gets into Hobhouse, one is greeted by
a grotesque picture of uncollected refuse, bumpy and…

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Zimbabwe`s Growing DEBT Crisis: A Developmental State Hindrance

Comrades the Zimbabwean economy remains characterised by huge budget deficits, a growing debt stock, and a declining economy which negatively impacts on citizens` livelihoods. 2018 statistics from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as well as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe indicate serious economic and debt crises. The country's budget deficit is US$1.3 Billion … Continue reading Zimbabwe`s Growing DEBT Crisis: A Developmental State Hindrance →

Against All Odds: The Significance and Importance of ZINASU`s Electoral Triumph at the just ended NUST SRC Elections

The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) yesterday held one of the most fiercely contested Student Representative Council (SRC) elections in the history of the university since the death of the founding ZINASU President Learnmore Judah Jongwe. Against all odds the ZINASU Presidential candidate cde President Dennis Mwashita gannered 686 votes with a certain … Continue reading Against All Odds: The Significance and Importance of ZINASU`s Electoral Triumph at the just ended NUST SRC Elections →