relevant stakeholders to ensure that there is adequate and continuous clean water supply at the two
hospitals.
On 11 November, the MDC 99 leader Job Sikhala reported that in terms of Section 77 of our
national constitution, I have decided to engage Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to take the
government and the Municipality of Chitungwiza, to enforce the right of the people of Chitungwiza
to have safe, clean and portable water. Section 77(a) calls upon the state to take reasonable
measures to achieve the progressive realization of this right. Rather than for the government to
come to pronounce the demolition of people’s homes, we are demanding our right to water as the
constitution demands
On 1 October, the International Liaison Office of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum published an
economic blue print consultation document titled ‘what can Fishmongers do next in Zimbabwe? The
document is offline.
On 6 November the UN World Food Programme reported that 2.2 million Zimbabweans will be
needing food assistance in the pre-harvest period from January to March 2014. The government has
gone out to ask for help from the international community
In terms of the country’s economic trajectory, n 15 November, MMPZ published a Report that
highlighted private media coverage of post election economic decline46.
On 17 November the minister of finance said the government would adopt a flexible approach in the
implementation of the indigenization policy, which would see foreign investors in crucial sectors such
as banking, manufacturing and infrastructural development being spared the requirement of ceding
51% shareholding to the state or indigenous Zimbabweans.47
However on 22 November, it was reported that Economic Empowerment Secretary George
Magosvongwe issued a warning in parliament regarding sectors of the economy reserved for blacks:
retail and wholesale business, hairdressers, beauty salons, bakers, employment agencies, agriculture,
transport, estate agencies and advertising agencies and owners of businesses found without
indigenisation compliance certificates would face a fine or imprisonment if they were found to still be
operating.48
46 http://www.hrforumzim.org/publications/private-media-finds-zimbabwe-economy-in-decline-mmpz/
47 http://www.zimbabweelection.com/2013/11/17/govt-further-softens-indigenisation/
48 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25053618
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