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Zimcodd A coalition facilitating citizens` involvement in making public policy more just, equitable and sustainable.

ZIMCODD views indebtedness, the unfair local and global trade regime, tax injustices, unsustainable natural resource exploitation and lack of democratic, people–centered social economic and political governance as root causes of the socio–economic crises in Zimbabwe and the world at large. Drawing from community–based livelihood experiences of its membership, ZIMCODD implements programmes aimed at

delivering the following objectives;

• To raise the level of economic literacy among ZIMCODD members and citizens to include views and participation of grassroots and marginalised communities.
• To facilitate research, lobbying and advocacy in order to raise the level of economic literacy of citizens.
• To formulate credible and sustainable economic and social policy alternatives
• To develop a national coalition and facilitate the building of a vibrant movement for social and economic justice.

26/03/2025

🎉 Scenes from the Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Everjoice Win (EJ), organised by ActionAid Zimbabwe last night, at 📍Cresta Lodge, Harare.

🟣 Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) joined EJ’s Friends and Family, ActionAid Zimbabwe, the global ActionAid federation, Zimbabwe’s sector, the global international development fraternity, and everyone who was impacted by the phenomenal life that EJ lived, to celebrate her life and legacy.

💡 Did you know? EJ was instrumental to the origins and introduction of the against Gender-Based Violence . How about that for impact? 🙌🏽

🟠 Key to the work of ZIMCODD, EJ was a fearless advocate for , clearly delineating how sovereign debt crowds out social services and impacts the already groups in communities, including women and girls. If we are able to achieve anything of note in our mission to “take action against the debt burden and socioeconomic injustices,” it is because we are standing on the shoulders of giants such as Everjoice Win.

🟣 As we reflect on the global situation, with a renewed backlash on and the rise of and - the very same things EJ fought against all her life- Everjoice, in a podcast with Professor Awino Okech, released in January 2025, encouraged us saying ⤵️

“There is enough room in the sky for all birds to fly without colliding. That’s my first message. Older women, younger women, q***r women, gay people, and everyone in between, there is enough room for us to fly without colliding.

However, equally, it’s even more important for us to recognize the collective power that we have if we decide to mobilize it and marshal it strategically, because the forces we are dealing with may seem to be disparate and in different corners of the world, but actually they are united.

They work together consistently to find ways of keeping us where we are. So equally, we have to work consistently, connecting across issues, across geographies, across sexual orientations, across whatever it is that seemingly draws us apart.”

Rest in Power EJ! ✊🏾

We leave with you a video from the Rural Women’s Assembly that EJ was instrumental in shaping and promoting to advance women’s rights and empowerment.

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25/03/2025

🚨 Final Definition Alert!🚨

This concludes our , launched here 👉🏽(https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300049373848080385).

🟠Today’s focus:
⚖️A right is an deemed fundamental—legally protected and distinct from privileges, which must be earned.

🤝🏽Thank you to The Alternative Information and Development Centre for their critical resource, '101+ Definitions to Dismantle Corporate Power', which guided this series. 📚✨

✊🏽Together, let’s keep unpacking language to advance ! 💪

24/03/2025

Happy new week‼️

This week, we share Nelson Mandela’s timeless call to action reminding us that ending isn’t charity—it’s . It is a rallying cry to protect , , and the right to a life of purpose.

Share his legacy. Act for justice.

🙏🏽Repost and mention your favourite social justice activist to energise them.

18/03/2025

🔥 Mobilization = People + Purpose + Action!
As , organizing communities is key to driving change.

🤝 How does your organization mobilize communities? Share your strategies or tag a CSO inspiring you! 👇

17/03/2025

🌟Join Us in Shaping Zimbabwe’s Health Future!🌟
On 15 March, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) the Ministry of Health, and its partners hosted “Strengthening Partnerships for Health Financing Reforms” to drive actionable solutions for universal health coverage.

📢 Event :

✅ Key Sessions:
* Zimbabwe Health Financing Landscape
* Call for sustainable domestic resource mobilisation
* Partnering for Health Financing Reforms
* Sustainable financing for primary healthcare
* Role of CSOs in UniversalHealth Coverage
* policy brief validation: Beyond Foreign Aid

✅ Action Plan: Timelines for collaboration in Health Technical Working Groups.

💡 Manna Resort Declaration Takeaways (2025):
- 🏥 Health Workforce: Decentralized nurse training & govt cadetship programs to tackle shortages.
- 💼 Governance: Strengthening laws, accountability, and multi-sectoral coordination.
- 💰 Financing: Hybrid taxation model to mobilize domestic resources and reduce donor dependency.
- 🌍 Community Health: Accelerate community health workers rollout and standardize health post models.

🗓️ Agreed on 15 March 2025 – A blueprint for linking health to national growth!

🔗 Let’s turn dialogue into action!

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17/03/2025

📰 ZIMCODD Marks 25 Years of Advocacy with "Step Into the Future" Event, Launches New Office, and Reaffirms Commitment to Socioeconomic Justice

📍Harare, Zimbabwe – 13 March 2025 – Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) launched its Silver Jubilee celebrations, commemorating 25 years of unwavering advocacy for socioeconomic justice and the rights of marginalized communities. Yesterday, history was revisited, and history was made, as the organization hosted a landmark event to honor its legacy, strengthen governance, and chart a sustainable path forward.

🎉Celebrating Milestones, Recasting the Future
The event marked the official launch of ZIMCODD’s 25th-anniversary celebrations, reflecting on its decades-long mandate to amplify the voices of the poor and vulnerable. The coalition reiterated its resolve to fight inequality, promote fiscal accountability, and ensure equitable access to public resources.

🟠For 25 years, ZIMCODD has stood as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans grappling with systemic injustices. As we step into the future, we recommit to our founding principles: to empower communities, hold power to account, and turn the lived struggles of ordinary people into policy action.

🟠Strengthening Governance and Sustainability
Key highlights of the last 2 days included:
1. Board Induction: A newly inducted board pledged to uphold ZIMCODD’s governance standards and leadership ethos, ensuring accountability and strategic direction for the next phase of its work.
2. New Office Launch: The official opening of ZIMCODD’s purpose-built offices in Harare, strategically located south of Samora Machel. The office symbolizes the coalition’s long-term sustainability and proximity to the communities it serves. “Being embedded in these neighborhoods ensures the issues we address—like poverty, debt, and inequality—are not abstract but daily realities we witness and act upon”
🟠Solidarity from Partners and Funders
The event also served as a platform for networking and collaboration, uniting ZIMCODD’s traditional and emerging funding partners, civil society allies, and grassroots advocates. Partners delivered solidarity messages, applauding the coalition’s role in advancing fiscal justice and inclusive development.

“We are deeply grateful to our partners who stand with us in this journey. Their support fuels our ability to confront systemic challenges and co-create solutions with communities,” said ZIMCODD’s Executive Director John P Maketo.

🔮Looking Ahead
As ZIMCODD enters its next quarter-century, the coalition vows to deepen its engagement with marginalized groups, advocate for pro-poor policies, and leverage its new office as a hub for activism and education.

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16/03/2025

Press Room March 16, 2025 Date 16 March 2015 The Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) warmly welcomes the recent decision by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to adopt a less aggressive approach regarding the vending situation in our city. We commend the leadership...

10/03/2025

💰The richest 1% in SA own more than half the country’s wealth—yet the South African Government refuses to tax them fairly. A 1-3% on the 1% could raise R59bn, more than a 2% on us all! 😇

10/03/2025

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Nyasha Mubaiwa, a dedicated and valued member of the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) Eastern Region team. Our thoughts and condolences go out to Nyasha's family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time. May Nyasha's legacy of advocacy and commitment to social justice continue to inspire us all. 🌹

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07/03/2025

This , we’re sharing the definition of feminism with Bell Hooks’ powerful vision: a movement to end sexist oppression while tackling racism, classism, and imperialism. As part of our series, we celebrate the work of ZIMCODD in advocating for gender equality and social justice in Zimbabwe. Join us in building a world free from all forms of exploitation!

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05/03/2025

💡Next up in our Series: ! Imagine a snapshot of passion in action—people coming together, fueled by a shared purpose. A campaign isn’t just a plan; it’s a journey toward , blending and heart. What drives a campaign you admire? Share below!

source: Collins Dictionary cited by The Alternative Information and Development Centre

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03/03/2025

Check out AMANDLA’s video.

03/03/2025

Monday’s call: Wake up with purpose, act with justice, and uplift every voice. Change starts when we choose courage over comfort. ✊🌍 Let’s make this week a testament to unity and equity. 💪🔥

28/02/2025

💡On today's edition of our we define " ."

🟡 The time we are living in demands collective and coordinated activism to respond to the monumental global changes that threaten the values that progressive justice stand for.

📖 Activism is quite simply taking action to bring about social change. Often it is concerned with “how to change the world” through , , or change. This can be led by individuals but is often done collectively through social movements.

🟡Activism has three distinct strands that very often overlap with each other:

1️⃣Demanding solutions to today's problems through demanding change in or practices.

This is the type of campaigning activism that includes protests, strikes, demonstrations. Key to this type of activism is that it is demand-driven with the aim being change in policy practice or operations. This sort of action often takes the form of short-term actions, but can also be long-term sustained campaigns.

2️⃣Creating new ways of living and meeting people's needs within the current system.

Key to this type of activism is the creation of new structures and alternatives within , often with the hope that they will lead as an example which others will also imitate and develop. It is often concerned with ways of living and meeting people's needs such as , , water and sanitation ( ), and .

3️⃣ Revolutionary activism that is concerned with fundamental change of society and its major institutions.

This type of activism seeks to fundamentally change the dominant system to a new way of living and is not concerned with reforms and piecemeal changes in the long term.

For example, a collective may wish to see the destruction of capitalism and will work towards that.

📖 Source: The Alternative Information and Development Centre citing https://www.permanentculturenow.com/what-is-activism/

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27/02/2025

Happy 🌍 World NGO Day! Thank you to all the for your tireless dedication and passion to make the world a better place for everyone.

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26/02/2025

Zimcodd is attending the official launch of the ActionAid Zimbabwe
📖 Responsive Public Services Research Report at 📍Cresta Lodge Msasa, Harare, Zimbabwe

The event brings together key stakeholders, including government officials, civil society organizations, development partners, and community representatives, fostering discussions on strategies to enhance public service delivery with a gender-sensitive approach.

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25/02/2025

💡Often, keywords become buzzwords and we throw them around in critical conversations without clearly defining them.

🟡This week we are launching a to define some key terms in . These definitions are sourced from The Alternative Information and Development Centre's "101+ Definitions to Dismantle Corporate Power."

🟡 We kick off this series with the definition of Illicit Financial Flows ⤵️

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21/02/2025

21 February is National Day in Zimbabwe.

🟡On this National Youth Day, we honour Zimbabwe's youth for their resilience and determination. We recognise them as today's and tomorrow's leaders and renew our pledge to collaborate with young people to achieve a brighter future by becoming a generation of integrity.

🟡Together, we can build a Zimbabwe where young people are empowered, educated, and employed, realising their full potential.

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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of EJ

🎉 Scenes from the Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Everjoice Win (EJ), organised by ActionAid Zimbabwe last night, at 📍Cresta Lodge, Harare. 🟣 Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) joined EJ’s Friends and Family, ActionAid Zimbabwe, the global ActionAid federation, Zimbabwe’s #CSO sector, the global international development fraternity, and everyone who was impacted by the phenomenal life that EJ lived, to celebrate her life and legacy. 💡 Did you know? EJ was instrumental to the origins and introduction of the #16DaysofActivism against Gender-Based Violence #GBV. How about that for impact? 🙌🏽 🟠 Key to the work of ZIMCODD, EJ was a fearless advocate for #debtjustice, clearly delineating how sovereign debt crowds out social services and impacts the already #marginalised groups in communities, including women and girls. If we are able to achieve anything of note in our mission to “take action against the debt burden and socioeconomic injustices,” it is because we are standing on the shoulders of giants such as Everjoice Win. 🟣 As we reflect on the global situation, with a renewed backlash on #womensrights and the rise of #fascism and #misogyny - the very same things EJ fought against all her life- Everjoice, in a podcast with Professor Awino Okech, released in January 2025, encouraged us saying ⤵️ “There is enough room in the sky for all birds to fly without colliding. That’s my first message. Older women, younger women, queer women, gay people, and everyone in between, there is enough room for us to fly without colliding. However, equally, it’s even more important for us to recognize the collective power that we have if we decide to mobilize it and marshal it strategically, because the forces we are dealing with may seem to be disparate and in different corners of the world, but actually they are united. They work together consistently to find ways of keeping us where we are. So equally, we have to

🚨 Final Definition Alert!🚨 This concludes our #DefinitionsCampaign, launched here 👉🏽(https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300049373848080385). 🟠Today’s focus: #rights ⚖️A right is an #entitlement deemed fundamental—legally protected and distinct from privileges, which must be earned. 🤝🏽Thank you to The Alternative Information and Development Centre for their critical resource, '101+ Definitions to Dismantle Corporate Power', which guided this series. 📚✨ ✊🏽Together, let’s keep unpacking language to advance #socioeconomic #justice! 💪 #definitionscampaign

Happy new week‼️ This week, we share Nelson Mandela’s timeless call to action reminding us that ending #poverty isn’t charity—it’s #justice. It is a rallying cry to protect #dignity, #equality, and the right to a life of purpose. Share his legacy. Act for justice. 🙏🏽Repost and mention your favourite social justice activist to energise them. #socioeconomicjustice #SocialJustice #humanrights

🔥 Mobilization = People + Purpose + Action! As #CSOs, organizing communities is key to driving change. 🤝 How does your organization mobilize communities? Share your strategies or tag a CSO inspiring you! 👇 #DefinitionsCampaign #GrassrootsImpact

ZIMCODD @25 - #Jubilee2025

John Maketo speaking at #CPI2025 Launch

Watch ZIMCODD Director, John P Maketo, celebrating the strides that have been made towards establishing a corruption-free Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 at the #CPI2024 Launch by Transparency International Zimbabwe . John goes on to call for expanding that work and including more actors.

CPI2024 intro by Dakarayi

Chenai Mukumba shares insights for curbing Illicit Financial Flows

On Day 3 of the #AlternativeMiningIndaba2025, the The Alternative Information and Development Centre hosted an illuminating panel discussion titled, "The African Debt, Development, and Capital Flight: 10 Years Since The Mbeki Panel." 🌍 📝 The conversation delved deep into the impact of development ideology on achieving #taxjustice and fostering true development. A thought-provoking question from Jaco Oelofsen sparked a lively debate around how tax justice and equitable growth can thrive within neoliberal frameworks and governance. 📝 Yungong Jong of African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) emphatically stated, “Development is ideology.” He unpacked the idea that development is intricately tied to prevailing governing ideologies. 📝 Dr Khanyisile Tshabalala of The African Parliamentary Network on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation passionately called for citizens to become active players in the political and economic arenas, stressing that our participation is crucial for shaping just and progressive policies. “We get the governments we deserve,” she remarked, highlighting our collective responsibility. 📝 Don’t miss the insightful video below ⬇️, where Chenai Mukumba the Executive Director of Tax Justice Network Africa shares her thoughts on tackling illicit financial flows in Africa. We want to hear from you! What are your thoughts on these critical issues? Share your opinions in the comments! 💬 NANGO ZimbabweSouthern African People's Solidarity NetworkActionAid ZimbabweYouth Decide ZimbabweThe BIG ConversationManica Youth Assembly - MAYAMatobo Youth Development InitiativeMAYO ZimbabweReal Agenda For Youth TransformationTransparency InternationalAmnesty ZimGreen Governance ZwCentre for Natural Resource GovernanceSAPSTYouth Information Development & Resource Centre TrustDeaf Zimbabwe TrustZimbabwe Environmental Law AssociationCommunitypodiumPlatform For Youth and Community Development - PYCDVostile Creati

Charlize Tomaselli advocating for water access for the Bikita Lithium Mine’s host community at the #AMI2025 Ideas Lab session that we hosted with partners. _ _ _ @top fans Youth Information Development & Resource Centre Trust Green Governance Zw Transparency International Youth Decide Zimbabwe African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) The Alternative Information and Development Centre

Meet Learnmore Munhangu , our Integrity Icon! 🌟 In this video, Learnmore shares what integrity means to him and how he’s leading by example to inspire other young people in his community. Watch and be inspired! ⬇️ #SIYA #Youth4Integrity #IACD2024 @topfans Matobo Youth Development Initiative Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Youth Advocacy for Climate Change-YACC Simukaupenye Integrated Youth Academy SAPST Deaf Zimbabwe Trust Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development NANGO Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Council of Churches Parliamentof Zimbabwe USAID Zimbabwe African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) Magamba TV Open Parly ZW

“Let us renew our resolve to fight corruption in all its forms. At ZIMCODD, we are committed to standing with every Zimbabwean who envisions a fairer, more transparent, and more prosperous nation.” – Remarks by Zimcodd Executive Director John Maketo during the International Anti-Corruption Day commemoration meeting co-hosted by ZIMCODD and its partners. @topfans Matobo Youth Development Initiative Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Youth Advocacy for Climate Change-YACC Deaf Zimbabwe Trust Simukaupenye Integrated Youth Academy SAPST Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development Youth Invest NANGO Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Council of Churches ParliamentofUSAID Zimbabwe Gweru Residents & RatepayersSprout Women Empowerment Trust African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) Open Parly ZW

⏳ 12 Days to Go! As we approach International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, let’s dig deeper: What really is corruption? 🎥 Watch this quiz video to test your knowledge and learn more: https://youtu.be/xPjcH4A9S48?si=DoSQIZlDNGo_AXoE Let’s start the conversation—share your thoughts in the comments! #IACD2024 #SIYACorruption #Youth4Integrity

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Chenai Mukumba shares insights for curbing Illicit Financial Flows

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