Promoting stewardship, sustainability and solidarity
Natural resources governance is deeply a theological issue. It has to do with four theological dimensions, stewardship, human dignity, justice and peace. First, stewardship is the responsibility human beings were given at creation. In Genesis Chapter 1, God created human beings and gave them a responsibility to make use and take care of the creation. The human being was tasked to ensure that the creation was made use of in service of the well-being of all people. The human being was also given the responsibility to nurture or take care of the created world so as to allow it to be self-replenishing and self-sustaining. Use of the earth was meant to be done in such moderation as to allow it to give life from generation to generation. Excessive and accumulation is inherently rejected in this theology of stewardship as can be demonstrated by how those who hoarded the manna found it with maggots the following day (Exodus 16vs20). Human beings were given an obligation to leave the earth as good as they had found it at creation. Every day of the creation narrative concluded that “all things were good”. Maintenance of this goodness of the earth must inform human stewardship in the use of the earth and its resources.
Theological-Reflections-on-Natural-Resource-Governance-Rev3-1.pdf
Household economy in fragile state
This household care burden survey commissioned by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) intends to collect quarterly household data on household incomes, expenditures and expenditure patterns, livelihoods options, copying strategies and gender disparities, among others. ZCC plans to carry out this survey on a quarterly basis in order to trace changes in household living standards and how these changes relate to government policies. This is the first time the survey has been carried out hence the findings presented in this report are baseline findings. The findings provide information about the current state of household incomes, livelihoods and expenditure patterns which is crucial for the assessment of changes in living standards in the succeeding quarters. The survey findings suggest the existence of severe livelihoods challenges amongst households in Zimbabwe. Majority of households are living below the poverty datum line of at least $600. Over 50% of the households have average monthly incomes below $250. The formal labour market is depressed hence most households are relying on the informal sector. Informal sector activities with low returns such as cross border trading, vending, artisanal mining and local informal trading are some of the most common livelihoods options available for households. Rural households mainly rely on incomes from agricultural produce while cross border trading and vending are more dominant among urban households. Self-employment is also dominant among both rural and urban households.
ZCC-Research.pdf
2019-2020 Domestic and international appeal for assistance
The Government of Zimbabwe requires a total of USD 3,2bn with effect from February 2019 to March 2020. This is for providing humanitarian assistance in the short to medium term, also taking into account sustainable measures which will assist in the event that the drought prolongs to the 2019/20 agricultural season.
Zimbabwe-2019-2020-appeal-for-assistance.pdf
The EU Copyright Directive and Zimbabwean Content Creators
On Tuesday 26 March 2019 the European Parliament voted in favour of adopting the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Copyright in the Digital Single Market . The EU Copyright Directive seeks to govern the way copyrighted material or media is uploaded and shared on the Internet. This makes it a cause of concern for service providers in the tech industry, content creators and Internet users on a global scale. More so when one considers the Internet’s universal nature and the fact that EU’s digital laws also affect Internet users from other parts of the world including Zimbabwe. Read more
The-EU-Copyright-Directive-and-Zimbabwean-Content-Creators.pdf
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