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Zimbabwe 'stripper envoy' triumphs over accusers
17 Dec 2010 at 15:09hrs | Views
Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia who was last month recalled to Harare after she allegedly stripped in front of embassy staff, has returned to her post.
Ms Jacqueline Zwambila was reinstated after meetings with the minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, who has reportedly exonerated her of any wrongdoing.
Three men embassy officials, who claimed the ambassador stripped in front of them, have been recalled.
The case mirrored the disagreements in the unity government between President Robert Mugabe and his former rivals as the officials were accused of leaking sensitive information to the state-controlled media.
The sanctions
Ms Zwambila is a member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and there were claims that she was being victimised for her political affiliation.
"Ambassador Zwambila went back to Canberra on Friday," said Mr Jameson Timba, a minister in the Prime Minister's Office was quoted as having said on Wednesday.
"To the best of my knowledge, there was no case against the ambassador and she is back."
The ambassador's woes seemed to start with the publication of a report in the state media that she had set up a website that challenged the notion that the sanctions against President Mugabe's inner circle were hurting ordinary Zimbabweans.
Ms Jacqueline Zwambila was reinstated after meetings with the minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, who has reportedly exonerated her of any wrongdoing.
Three men embassy officials, who claimed the ambassador stripped in front of them, have been recalled.
The case mirrored the disagreements in the unity government between President Robert Mugabe and his former rivals as the officials were accused of leaking sensitive information to the state-controlled media.
The sanctions
Ms Zwambila is a member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and there were claims that she was being victimised for her political affiliation.
"Ambassador Zwambila went back to Canberra on Friday," said Mr Jameson Timba, a minister in the Prime Minister's Office was quoted as having said on Wednesday.
"To the best of my knowledge, there was no case against the ambassador and she is back."
The ambassador's woes seemed to start with the publication of a report in the state media that she had set up a website that challenged the notion that the sanctions against President Mugabe's inner circle were hurting ordinary Zimbabweans.
Source - Daily Nation