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ZCTU statement on fiscal policy review

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is seriously concerned with negative effect of the 2019 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget Statement presented by the Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on 1 August 2019. The supplementary budget, instead of giving hard pressed Zimbabweans some room to breathe, proposes a host of tarrif hikes that will further improverish Zimbabweans. In particular increases such as ZESA tarrifs by over 273%; tollgates fees by 500%, Public service Vehicle Operations’ licences; Route Authorisation fees and ZINARA services will simply mean that these costs will be passed on to consumers. Read more in the PDF below

Press-Release-Mid-Term-Fiscal-Policy-Review.pdf

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State led contract farming in maize production and farmers’ lived experiences

The dynamics of contract farming are different between food crops and cash crops with experiences, perceptions and outlook between these schemes entirely different. The government of Zimbabwe implemented a Special Maize Programme for Import Substitution from the 2016/17 agricultural season also known as command agriculture which is a state led contract farming scheme for maize. While the impacts, challenges and structure of contract farming have been documented (e.g. Mazwi and Muchetu, 2015, Moyo 2013), much of the focus of these studies have been on contract farming for cash crops. The objectives of these case stories are, therefore, to document farmers' production and market experiences in state-led contract farming for maize as a food crop and mirror their perceptions and reﬂection of contract farming for food crops across production gradients, gender and varied production capacities. Click below for the rest of the paper.

Maize_Case_Stories_Final.pdf

Beyond a click: Regional assessment on state of digital right

Digital age has brought many opportunities and challenges. The key challenges are: how to harness the opportunities while enjoying and protecting human rights; and, how to translate ‘traditional’5 offline rights into online rights. The key question is ‘how to guarantee and protect human rights online? The nature of digital age and globalization has broken geographical boundaries, legal territories and jurisdictions. Africa and specifically Southern Africa as part of the global digital village has not been spared by the dilemma of technology and human rights. Digital rights are an extension of ‘human rights in the offline’ world as recognised, protected and promoted by international laws and conventions6. These include the right to freedom of expression, the right to privacy, and the right to freedom from censorship and online surveillance, to name a few7. These rights are in line with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)8. The UN Human Rights Council has affirmed in a number of resolutions that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.” Read more by clicking the link below

Beyond-a-Click-Assessment-of-digital-rights-in-Southern-Africa.pdf

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Activism and AIDS: Protect civil society’s space to end the epidemic

As of 2018, 37.9 million people globally were living with HIV. 74.9 million people had become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic and 32 million people had died from AIDS-related illnesses. In 2018 alone, 770,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses, while 1.7 million people became newly infected with HIV. Reductions in new infections are stalling and progress is significantly off track from the goal of only 500,000 people newly infected with HIV by 2020. Civil society efforts have been critical to overcoming many of the major challenges in the AIDS response. Networks of people living with HIV and AIDS deliver life-changing services to those most affected and provide support for adherence to treatment, prevention and other essential health services. The involvement of civil society has also been crucial in successfully advocating for sustainable financial resources, improving HIV and AIDS programming, and advancing human rights, as seen in countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda, according to the International Centre for Notfor-Profit Law.2 But these achievements are at risk. Globally, we are witnessing the harmful effects of rising populism and ultra-conservatism on civil society space, especially for organisations and networks led by stigmatised and marginalised communities.

Activism-and-AIDS-Protect-civil-societys-space-to-end-the-epidemic-Report.pdf

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