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May's Brexit deal rejected by 230 votes
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting UK government in history, BBC repor...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1021 | by BBC
SA, UK nominations open as Zororo-Phumulani is named headline partner for ZAA South Africa
Zimbabwe Achievers International has announced that Financial Service Provider, Zororo-Phumulani (ZP) is the headline sponsor for the South African ed...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:20hrs | 651 | by Tidi Kwidini
Back to back success for Zim Achievers Australia as 2018 winners are announced
The Australian edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) rounded off the global campaign in style, at a gala dinner held in Melbourne.Gue...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 23:12hrs | 656 | by Tidi Kwidini
Zimbabwean man fakes own death in UK
A South African woman pretended her Zimbabwean husband was dead to claim £400,000 on his life insurance, a UK court has heard....Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 21:16hrs | 8024 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa honoured in Guinea
Guinea President Alpha Conde has awarded President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the Grand Cross Award which symbolises everlasting friendship and solidarit...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 14:31hrs | 707 | by Staff Reporter
Political refugee Machaya claims ZANU PF wants to kill him
Shepherd Machaya - a second year Management of Information Technology and Information Systems student - at the Dublin City University (DCU) in Ireland...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 16:15hrs | 2190 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vuka Byo Vuka successfully brings UK community together for a memorable occasion
Community initiative, Vuka Bulawayo Vuka, held in Manchester over the weekend, wasn't your ordinary or typical community event. There was nothing supe...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1002 | by Tidi Kwidini
UK donates another 2.6 million US to the cholera fight
Since the start of the cholera outbreak in Harare at the beginning of September, the UK and its partners have been at the forefront supporting the eff...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 15:08hrs | 908 | by Agencies
Europe to crack down on 'second passport schemes'
Europe's security is being put at risk by golden passport schemes that have allowed states to sell citizenship or residency to potentially 'dangerous'...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 10:59hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Putin set for key talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will meet Russia's President Vladmir Putin early next year, as he continues his engagement and re-engagement drive that i...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:10hrs | 818 | by Staff Reporter
US pressures Zimbabwe govt to changes laws restricting media freedom and anti-govt protests
The United States is pressing Zimbabwe to change laws restricting media freedom and anti-government protests, the U.S.'s top diplomat for Africa told ...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 08:24hrs | 2697 | by Sithabile Mafu
Dr Lance Mamobondiani to keynote at Zim Achievers USA this Saturday
Steward Bank CEO, Dr Lance Mambondiani has been announced as this year's keynote speaker at the USA edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), ta...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 1174 | by Agencies
Cabinet ministers to be sworn in on Monday
Cabinet ministers and their deputies appointed by President Mnangagwa yesterday will be sworn in on Monday. In a statement to the state media ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 358 | by Staff Reporter
US President threatens tariffs on all imports from China
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to slap tariffs on all of the Chinese goods imported into the United States, ramping up the a...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 619 | by AFP
China To Africa: don't blame us for working with corrupt govts, you voted for them
Chinese officials have defended their government for working with corrupt African governments saying that China did not have a choice as it was not re...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:04hrs | 2537 | by Sithabile Mafu
SA govt on Decision of the Zimbabwe Supreme Court regarding the outcome of elections
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The South African Government has noted the decision of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, handed down today, 24 August 2018, ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2659 | by APO
John McCain dies at 81
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a self-styled maverick Republican and beca...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1202 | by Staff Reporter
ICJ to observe Chamisa poll challenge
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) will be sending a delagation of emminent jurists to Zimbabwe to observe Advocate Nelson Chamisa's Consti...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 08:50hrs | 5818 | by Walter Nyabadza
Trump signs Zimbabwe sanctions law
UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has signed into law the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act.The Bill was passed by the...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 21:57hrs | 12829 | by Staff Reporter
Iranian military commander warns Trump
ANKARA - An Iranian military commander said yesterday that Donald Trump should address any threats against Tehran directly to him, and mocked the US p...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | 696 | by AP
ZHRO, Zapu petition UK govt to recognise Gukurahundi genocide
ZHRO joined up with ZAPU UK to hand in a petition seeking the recognition of Gukurahundi atrocities on Thursday 19 July 2018.The big wave of e...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 11:30hrs | 1299 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Virginia Tech professor aids Zimbabwe in poverty analysis amid decades of political strife
July 19, 2018 -- Jeff Alwang's relationship with Zimbabwe began in 1997 during a yearlong sabbatical in the nation's capital Harare.Since then...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 19:39hrs | 547 | by Zeke Barlow
Commonwealth assigns Zimbabwe poll observer team
The Commonwealth has assigned a team to observe Zimbabwe's forthcoming elections. In May, President Mnangagwa wrote to Commonwealth secretary-ge...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 12:53hrs | 1466 | by Staff Reporter
UK's Boris Johnson quits over Brexit strategy
Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy.He is the second senior cabinet ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 15:47hrs | 1877 | by BBC
Nominations now open for Zim Achievers USA third edition
The US edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards has returned for its third year,with organisers announcing that nominations are now open.Nomin...Published: 31 May 2018 at 11:23hrs | 587 | by Tidi Kwidini
Matabeleland Culture Day in the UK interesting developments
All roads lead to Hastings in East Sussex this weekend as the Matebeleland Culture Day curtains roll up. A group known as the Bambanani Associ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 23:09hrs | 1186 | by Simingenkosi Nkala
Granny (78) bust dealing drugs
A NEW Zealand woman, 78, bust supplying heroin from her flat in Australia has escaped going to jail.According to the New Zealand Herald, Barba...Published: 28 May 2018 at 08:40hrs | 980 | by Staff Reporter
Maduro expels US envoy
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela following a new round of sanctions imposed by Washington over his r...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mental health student commits suicide in UK
A UK-based Zimbabwean mental health student reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday leaving behind two children.Nelson Ndlovu, 44, was discove...Published: 17 May 2018 at 20:41hrs | 4520 | by Staff Reporter
Big winners at the eighth UK Zim Achievers Awards in London
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards raised the bar last night, putting on a spectacular event for the eighth edition at the Grange City Hotel in London....Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1286 | by Tidi Kwidini
93 Year Old Opposition Leader becomes Malaysia's Prime Minister after winning elections
A nonagenarian Mahathir Mohamad at 92 has shocked the world after he won the Malaysian election, making him the world's oldest elected leader. ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 10:20hrs | 2398 | by BBC
Zimbabwe needs democracy not managed stability, Chamisa tells Brits
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has warned the British government that overlooking crucial democratic reforms in favour of managing...Published: 08 May 2018 at 19:59hrs | 2353 | by Our Correspondent
Chamisa calls for urgent electoral reforms in Oxford Union address
The MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has called for urgent electoral reforms to ensure that the general elections scheduled for July...Published: 08 May 2018 at 19:51hrs | 664 | by Our Correspondent
Chamisa upsets non-Shona speakers in UK
Adv Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T/Alliance) has come under attack for addressing Zimbabweans in England, UK, in ...Published: 07 May 2018 at 08:08hrs | 11160 | by Mafu Sithabile
Masiyiwa to Keynote at Zim Achievers UK in May
African philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Tsitsi Masiyiwa has been announced as this year's keynote speaker at the UK edition of the Zimbabwe Ac...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:19hrs | 1162 | by Tidi Kwidini
Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan announced as a major sponsor for Zim Achievers
Zimbabwe Achievers International has announced that Funeral Service Provider, Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan (DFCP) have come on board as one of the event...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 08:50hrs | 742 | by Tidi Kwidini
Wounded soldier gets world's first penis transplant
A soldier wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan has received the world's first complete penis and scrotum transplant, officials at ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 18:28hrs | 4168 | by Reuters
South Africa is the 33rd wealthiest country in the world
As part of the AfrAsia Bank South Africa Wealth Report 2018 we looked at where South Africa stands in the global wealth picture.According to t...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 16:01hrs | 1781 | by Agencies
UK wants Zimbabwe back in the Commonwealth
The UK has said it would "strongly support Zimbabwe's re-entry to the Commonwealth," 15 years after then-President Robert Mugabe withdrew his nation's...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | 2231 | by AFP
'I survived the Mugabe and Wenger eras'
Many Africans have long compared Arsene Wenger's 22-year reign as the coach of Arsenal to an African president clinging to power.So it's no su...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 06:53hrs | 890 | by Staff Reporter
Not yet Uhuru,Zim Diaspora protest
Wednesday - 18 April 2018 - Demonstrators gathered at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London to protest against the celebration of independence.The de...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 21:42hrs | 1214 | by Kingstone Jambawo
'Zimbabweans must feel confident they can vote for the party of their choice:' British Ambassador to Zimbabwe
Elections aren't far off in Zimbabwe - likely just three or four months away. The British Embassy and its partners here in Zimbabwe have welcomed the ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1707 | by the British Embassy in Harare
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe and Dr Brilliant Sigabade in Northampton
The Mthwakazi Paramount Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was today (07/04/2018) in Northampton addressing scores of Mthwakazi nationals who came from al...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 08:04hrs | 1562 | by Thulani Nkala
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to address Mthwakazi communities in the UK
Following the successfully, massively and expertly organised coronation event of the Mthwakazi King on the 3rd February 2018 which was unfortunately a...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:37hrs | 979 | by Thulani Nkala
Chamisa unveils innovative Road to Victory (R2V) platforms
The people's President Adv Nelson Chamisa this week unveils new and exciting interactive platforms to share ideas and his vision for the imminent new ...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1922 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
SENATE OF USA: Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018
SENATE OF USA: Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 18:36hrs | 2660 | by Staff Reporter
Nicolas Sarkozy arrested in Gaddafi poll funding inquiry
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, has been arrested over allegations that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan despot, illegally funde...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 15:44hrs | 3099 | by thetimes
Putin wins with landslide
Russia's incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin garnered 76.66 percent of the vote in the March 18 election with 99.84 percent of the ballots counted,...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 12:23hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Select Football Team London 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup Fundraising Event
Matabeleland Select Football Team, a regional team from Zimbabwe, qualified for the CONIFA World Football Cup Finals to be staged in London in May/Jun...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 12:07hrs | 1586 | by Bokani Mlindelwa Vundhla
The coronation of Bulelani Khumalo as King of Mthwakazi
His great grandfather King Lobhengula Khumalo was coronated in 1870 in what appeared like the last coronation of a Mthwakazi King. Fast forward ...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 07:59hrs | 2280 | by Thulani Nkala
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