ZIMBABWE IS A COUNTRY IN CRISIS!
Within the context of the broad parameters of this multi-faceted crisis there is an urgent need to forge a new political culture based on a progressive policy agenda that contains the innovative and practical solutions necessary to build a sustainable, socially cohesive and prosperous Zimbabwe once a new democratic dispensation has been established.
It is on the basis of the need to shape and develop the progressive policy
agenda, and to build consensus around social democratic principles, that the
Zimbabwe Institute has been established.
The ZI was formally launched at a press conference in Johannesburg on Thursday 26 February 2004.
Zimbabwe's political and civic leaders met at the Building Consensus Conference as part of the search for solutions to the Zimbabwe crisis.
Pictured from left to right, Ebrahim Ebrahim, ANC, Brian Raftopoulos, Zimbabwe Institute Chairman, Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC president, Thoko Matshe, Fepep,and Arthur Mutambara, MDC president.
The ZI is a policy research
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ZI Publications
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RESTORE! Holding Genuine, Democratic Elections in Zimbabwe Essential to Restore True Democracy | ||||
| This document provides a blueprint for the restoration of democracy in Zimbabwe by the holding of free and fair elections. This is the Zimbabwe Institutes contribution to the search for a resolution of the crisis in Zimbabwe. We hope that political parties, civil society groups in Zimbabwe and the SADC dialogue process will embrace these principles as a key block to the resolution of the crisis in Zimbabwe. | |||||
| Published Date: 01/09/2007 | |||||
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PROGRESSIVE ZIMBABWE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH & TRANSFORMATION MACRO-ECONOMIC PAPER | ||||
| This background paper discusses the requirements for a future economic programme for Zimbabwe and is prepared as a background document for the comprehensive Progressive Zimbabwe programme | |||||
| Author: ZI | |||||
| Published Date: 30/09/2007 | |||||
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Progressive Zimbabwe: Sustainable Growth & Transformation Discussion with Major Players | ||||
| The task of this paper is to enquire and assess the peoples views and what they are prescribing their Progressive Zimbabwe to be like for future generations. | |||||
| Published Date: 29/09/2007 | |||||
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Agriculture, Land and Agrarian Reform | ||||
| The purpose of this report is to construct a way forward for an agriculture revival strategy in tandem with a programme of land and agrarian reform that will bring a final resolution to the land question. | |||||
| Author: ZI | |||||
| Published Date: 29/09/2007 | |||||
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The labour market and sustainable growth and transformation in Zimbabwe | ||||
| Traditional approaches to development, such as the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) have largely seen the labour market as a factor market, whose fortunes are intricately linked to those of the commodity markets and hence the notion of the derived demand for labour. However, lessons from experience suggest that the link between growth, employment and poverty reduction may not exist in the marketplace and is therefore not automatic. | |||||
| Published Date: 29/09/2007 | |||||
| Tsvangirai in SA |
| 29/07/2008 - Jameson Mombe and Norest Muzvaba |
| Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday arrived in South Africa, the venue of power-sharing talks between his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party and President Robert Mugabes ruling ZANU PF party. |
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| Angloplat says to continue with Zim project |
| 28/07/2008 - James Macharia , Reuters |
| Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) the world's top producer of the precious metal, said on Monday it viewed its Unki platinum project in Zimbabwe as an important part of its strategic growth. |
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| Zim refugees draining Botswana |
| 28/07/2008 - Alex Bell |
| The number of Zimbabweans seeking shelter in neighbouring countries is reaching unmanageable proportions, with the Botswana government appealing for international help with the influx of Zimbabweans - who it says are draining Botswana's resources. |
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| Currency Redenomination Looms |
| 29/07/2008 - Patience Rusere , VOA |
| Zimbabwean bankers, businesses, economists and consumers Monday awaited further details from the central bank on how it will address cash shortages, following a statement by its chief to state media that he will remove "more zeros" from bank notes to simplify transactions. |
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| SA attacks new U.S. and E.U. Zimbabwe sanctions |
| 28/07/2008 - , AFP |
| The South African government Sunday raised objections to new sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his cronies while negotiations are continuing to try to end the country's crisis. |
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