• About
  • Download Mobile App
  • Get In Touch
Ubumbano Voice
No Result
View All Result
Ubumbano Voice
No Result
View All Result
Home Gender Justice Income generation

Bulawayo youths squeal over public debt in Zimbabwe

By Yollander Millin

2 Nov 2022
in Income generation
Give students more life skills- Zim learning institutions challenged.
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The youth in Bulawayo have expressed concerns over the effects of increasing public debt on their social and economic welfare, and have called on both local and national authorities to put their views on this into consideration.

In an event organized by Youth Innovation Trust, in partnership with Action aid Zimbabwe, Activista and ZIMCODD Social and economic justice ambassadors, the youth submitted to representatives from the Bulawayo City council and the Ministry of youth, a position paper in which they had compiled economic concerns as a result of debt.

READ ALSO

CSOs urged to continue lobbying for an audit of Zimbabwe’s debt

Let the people speak out freely during budget consultations

In the position paper, the youth outlined lived challenges in health, education, food security, rising unemployment and concerns over the findings of the Auditor Generals report, which outlined gross violations of public finances in public institutions. They gave recommendations and had “asks” that included the need for a public debt audit .

The event was running under the theme ” debt is slavery of the free”, and saw an impressive number of youth coming together in solidarity against debt, using art and music to raise awareness on debt and debt distress.

Zimbabwe was declared by International Monetary Fund to be in debt distress, meaning it has unsustainable debts, some of which dating as back as pre-independence and most likely some of the debts being odious.

There is need for the youth to position themselves in matters of debt contraction seeing they have the obligation, and carry the burden of servicing the debts, and the youths in Bulawayo have taken the initiative to talk about public debt.

In other related initiatives, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD), under their #HowFar campaign that seeks to demand transparency and accountability from duty bearers, is pushing for a debt audit and has scheduled engagements with multiple stakeholders in efforts to bring meaning to Zimbabwe’s debt management.

Related Posts

CSOs urged to continue lobbying for an audit of Zimbabwe’s debt
Human rights and responsibilities

CSOs urged to continue lobbying for an audit of Zimbabwe’s debt

3 Nov 2022
Let the people speak out freely during budget consultations
Income generation

Let the people speak out freely during budget consultations

3 Nov 2022
Hunger strikes as children resort to selling.
Food security

Hunger strikes as children resort to selling.

4 Nov 2022
Unscrupulous businesses charge exorbitant prices as demand for masks rises in downtown Maputo
Income generation

Unscrupulous businesses charge exorbitant prices as demand for masks rises in downtown Maputo

9 Nov 2022

LATEST NEWS

A ground breaking workshop on early and forced marriages held in Chibuto District

A ground breaking workshop on early and forced marriages held in Chibuto District

11 Nov 2022
Banning of the school feeding programme in Eswatini not a welcome move

Banning of the school feeding programme in Eswatini not a welcome move

7 Nov 2022
A gang of young people terrorizing the Mgazini community.

A gang of young people terrorizing the Mgazini community.

2 Nov 2022
A campaign against human trafficking in Eswatini a welcome move

A campaign against human trafficking in Eswatini a welcome move

2 Nov 2022

ABOUT ACT UBUMBANO

ACT Ubumbano is a network of Southern African and European organisations working for economic, gender and environmental justice.

LATEST NEWS

  • Residents of Magwegwe go for three weeks with no water
  • Poor refuse management poses health hazard for Harare residents
  • Procurement gaps in Gweru, Zimbabwe exposing motorists
  • A ground breaking workshop on early and forced marriages held in Chibuto District

GET IN TOUCH

3rd Floor, Building 2
Brooklyn Bridge Office Park
570 Fehrsen
Pretoria, South Africa

Email: info@actubumbano.org
Tel: + 27 12 433 6304

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer

© 2023 - Ubumbano Voice. All rights reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Economic Justice
  • Gender Justice
  • Environmental Justice

© 2023 - Ubumbano Voice. All rights reserved