Kadoma Declaration

The Kadoma Declaration of 2001 was the outcome of the deliberation of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum in Zimbabwe held on 20 August 2001, held in Kadoma. Composed of Government, Business and Labour, the TNF deliberated on how the Country's Risk Factor could be reduced.

Causes of Country Risk Factor

The TNF agreed that the causes of Zimbabwe's Country Risk Factor were:

Failure by some institutions in government to function properly
Mismatch between policy and implementation
Delay in policy implementation
Wealth gap and racial imbalance in ownership of means of production
Political Intolerance
Irresponsible utterances by leaders
Corruption
External Influence in Zimbabwe running its affairs
Lack of respect of Human Rights

These factors, the TNF concluded, had caused prolonged economic depression.

Solutions Identified

The TNF identified solutions and actions to be taken by the three pillars of the TNF - Government, Business and Labour. These included, among other things:

Depoliticising economic activity by all three
Timeous implementation of policy by government and support of such implementation by business and labour
Transparent redistribution of the country's resources like land
Application of law to prevent political intolerance
Fighting corruption by increasing transparency & making punishment severe
Have clear and consistent policies and speaking with one voice