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Joe Biden appoints new Zimbabwe ambassador
UNITED States (US) President Joe Biden has appointed Pamela M Tremont as the new ambassador to Zimbabwe.Brian A Nichols was the last US ambassador to Harare, having served in the country betwe...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 346 | by Bishop
Look no further than Zimbabwe's constitution
OVER the last 19 years, the United States has imposed targeted financial sanctions against select members of Zimbabwe's ruling elite for undermining democratic processes, abusing human rights, o...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:30hrs | 151 | by Molly Phee
MDC aversion to democracy - its death knell
A simple definition of democracy is a system of governance in which people choose their leaders by voting for them.That very definition, in its simplicity, was recently on display in the gover...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 139 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Police, MDC dismiss Biti abduction claims
Both the police and the MDC-Alliance have dismissed social media reports that MDC-A vice president Mr Tendai Biti was abducted at his Harare home on Monday.Social media stories had indicated M...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC not cooperating with police
The MDC-Alliance is refusing to co-operate with police detectives assigned to investigate claims that the vehicle carrying party leader Nelson Chamisa was shot at, with no one in the group of vehicles...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC in fresh sanctions shocker
THE opposition MDC Alliance party led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has been burning the midnight candle, fervently agitating for economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to stay as the p...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa urges mindset change in civil service
CIVIL servants should change their mindsets and be drivers of devolution and decentralisation to ensure that every citizen has access to basic services such as clean water and well-resourced schools, ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Let's protect the gains of our independence'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES HIS EXCELLENCY, CDE. ED MNANGAGWA AT THE BURIAL OF NATIONAL HERO DR MARIYO MARIYAWANDA NZUWAH ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2021, AT T...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
US stung but unfazed over Zimbabwe vaccine rejection
THE United States yesterday said it was unfazed by the Zimbabwean government's actions of undermining their assistance to fight the ravaging COVID19 pandemic and remained committed to assisting millio...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordan's ally calls for Ramaphosa to fire security cluster ministers
An ally of Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is calling for the firing of South Africa's security cluster ministers who are viewed to be close to the Zulu community.Yusuf Abramjee an Indian and a well k...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 7 | by Tafara Shumba
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
So Bishop Lazi heard that his treatise on the proposed Patriot Bill, which is premised on giving sellouts and other quislings of hostile forces their just desserts, had riled the runaway fugitive Prof...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
British officials owe Zimbabwean people an apology, says Moss
A FORMER United States State Department official says the British government should consider apologising to Zimbabwean people for supporting a failed bid to back Harare's debt arrears plan which under...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:55hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe to stay
Former United States Department of State assistant secretary for African Affairs, Todd Moss has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the US administration will notlift sanctions and accused him ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 35 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 4 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Time for Africa to stop managing poverty and start managing development
Cristina Duarte of the Republic of Cabo Verde is the new Special Adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary-General. A former Minister of Finance and Planning in her country, she intends to bring to ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 19:52hrs | | by Elizabeth Scaffidi
Sanctions are a missed target
The US Assistant Secretary of State on African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, was recently quoted saying that the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West are targeted against certain individuals and c...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Innocent Mujeri
British lingering nostalgia for an Empire forever lost
Mr Speaker, I rise to inform this House that, on 27 October, the British House of Lords, conducted yet another of their meandering debates on the situation in Zimbabwe. The fascination with Zi...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:09hrs | | by Hon Kindness Paradza
Mnangagwa faces new sanctions from colonial master UK
THE United Kingdom has threatened to slap President Emmerson Mnangagwa with a new sanctions regime over the deteriorating human rights situation in the country and failure by the administration to dea...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firm battles to recover 'sanctions' blocked funds
Gweru-based Fuest Industrial Supplies is battling to recover US$33,414 export proceeds blocked by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) seven years ago....Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
US demands free 2023 Zimbabwe elections
THE United States yesterday said Zimbabwe should complete its electoral reform process to set the stage for free and fair 2023 general elections.The US also castigated Zimbabwe for indefinitel...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions mantra divides public opinion
FOR me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence.This, however, has been the m...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans divided over effects of targeted sanctions, as govt can't prove they're responsible for economic crisis
For me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence - which has been the hallmark of the ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 11:40hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US asks sanctioned Zimbabwe to help fight Mozambique militants
THE United States asked Zimbabwe to help put down an Islamist insurgency in neighbouring Mozambique that's destabilising a region rich in natural gas, people familiar with the matter said. The...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
US keenly watching Mnangagwa
THE United States government says it is keenly watching how President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration was upholding constitutionalism, basic human rights and the rule of law.The statement ...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue only way out for Zimbabwe, says Uncle Tom
UNITED States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has said that the southern African country's multi-pronged political and socio-economic crisis can only be resolved through stakeholder dialogue and ...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Zimbabwe army role
TWO American institutions that observed last year's harmonised elections say they are worried about the military's involvement in putting down protests and its involvement in government operations....Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged to speed up reform process
The United State-based International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have called on the government of Zimbabwe to speed up the processes of advancing security an...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:26hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump's message to Mnangagwa
US President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up the pressure on Harare, saying the time has come for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to make a clear choice between implementing much-needed re...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects conditions on US money
Zimbabwe has rejected preconditions set by the US government to access a US$60 billion facility availed to the African continent at the recent US-Africa Summit held in Mozambique. This was sai...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hastings new deputy chief of mission to Zimbabwe
The United States government has appointed Thomas Hastings to become the deputy chief of mission at its Zimbabwean embassy in Harare.Hatsings served as a Consular Officer in Côte d'Ivoire fro...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 15:13hrs | 2400 | by Staff Reporter
Mopa: In pursuit of a fallacious democracy
RECENTLY, America gave us a rare tonic on its actual view of Zimbabwe, under the new government. It is a given that, in most of its statements, the United States prefers to give cryptic political mess...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
US tells Mnangagwa to stop interfering with trade unions
THE United States is concerned with the arrests by the Zimbabwe government of trade union leaders and interference in the labour unions activities, a US top government official has said.United...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 5622 | by Staff Reporter
ED now faces tough political choices
AS Zimbabwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequen...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa faces riots, palace coup and impeachment
AS Zimbababwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequ...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
US tells Mnangagwa to arrest killer soldiers
A TOP United States official has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he must hold to account members of the security forces involved in the killing of civilians during public disturbances in August...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa meets General Electric officials
President Mnangagwa yesterday met officials from US industrial giant, General Electric (GE), who have expressed a strong commitment to supply medical equipment for the country's major hospitals includ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest killer soldiers - US tells Mnangagwa
THE United States has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrests soldiers that shot and killed civilians in the August 2018 and January 2019 demonstrations.Mnangagwa met with Assistant...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:36hrs | 3183 | by Staff Reporter
'Arrest killer soldiers' America tells Mnangagwa
The United States has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrests soldiers that shot and killed civilians in the August 2018 and January 2019 demonstrations. Mnangagwa met with Assistan...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:59hrs | 8146 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa meets US Africa chief
Zimbabwe's re-engagement with the West went a gear up yesterday when President Mnangagwa had a historic meeting with United States assistant secretary (Bureau of African Affairs) at the US State Depar...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC on diplomatic offensive to force Mnangagwa into talks with Chamisa ONLY
The opposition MDC party has embarked on a diplomatic charm offensive to force Zanu PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government into talks, which the party says should help move the country forwa...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
Chiwenga agrees to station China's Special Forces in Zimbabwe?
China is reportedly planning to station an elite special force from it's red army in Zimbabwe, as Beijing moves to crystalize military cooperation with Harare, amid growing fears that the Asian powerh...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 14730 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Grace Mugabe and a fracturing Zanu-PF
continued from last weekMany of those mansion builders were comrades-in-arms from Zimbabwe's war of independence. They, their families, and their business cronies were not eager to give up pow...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:11hrs | | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Forcing countries to pay debt in currency it denies them - that's the US!
ONE thing for sure is that Zimbabwe is not short of real original thinking to counter the West's capture of some Zimbabwean minds.Because of donor funding, too many politicians (naturally more...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | | by Conway Tutani
If 'Trump is just a phone call away'
. . . what does this tell us about Chamisa? A few days ago while addressing his supporters on International Women's Day, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Cha...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:48hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
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