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ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by John Mbizvo
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 10 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
Zanu PF blames UK MP for failing to re-engage IMF - by rigging elections, Mnangagwa delivered the coup de grace
"GOVERNMENT will continue to double down on its re-engagement policy notwithstanding the negative attempts by some British legislators to continue isolating Zimbabwe, a senior Government official has ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:53hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe still pursuing Commonwealth return
ZIMBABWE is hopeful that its bid to re-join the Commonwealth in fulfilment of the country's re-engagement exercise will succeed despite murmurs of disapproval from British House of Lords.In an...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 11:46hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Germany want 'reforms resolve before re-engaging' - why ignore ED's reply, rigged elections
First it was the British who were bending over backwards to re-engage the corrupt and tyrannical Mnangagwa regime, for the UK's selfish reasons. Ever since Mnangagwa seized power in Zimbabwe, a year a...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 18:25hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Electoral field was NOT level" UK finally tell ED - i.e. you rigged, per se, are illegitimate, step down
"This is my final departure call and I am happy to say we had a useful discussion reflecting on the last four years and changes that we have seen; many positive changes but, still some huge challenges...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe on the verge of re-joining Commonwealth
Zimbabwe is on the verge of re-joining the Commonwealth and this week President Mnangagwa met with the organisation's secretary general Ms Patricia Scotland on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
IMF offers to help Zimbabwe clear arrears
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said it was ready to help Zimbabwe craft a debt clearance strategy anchored on fundamental economic reforms. This comes after outgoing British A...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK to support Zimbabwe IMF programme
Britain will support Zimbabwe to get on an interim IMF staff programme to help the country quickly clear its foreign arrears, Britain's ambassador in Harare said on Tuesday. Clearing the $1.8 ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's economic stabilisation programme out next month
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will next month unveil a transitional economic stabilisation programme that will address fiscal and monetary reforms as well as an arrears clearance programme.Zim...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK hails setting up of Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
OUTGOING United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing, says her country was encouraged" by the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into the political violence of August 1, which led to the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK to support Zimbabwe clear its arrears
The United Kingdom says it will support Zimbabwe to clear its arrears with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.Outgoing British Ambassador Catriona Laing advised on this d...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
USAid funds abusers push for Zimbabwe GNU
A GROUP of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Shady NGO caught offside on violence
A group of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor Chamisa power quest: Cult following and deception
The just-ended 2018 harmonised elections were truly watershed. They were remarkably and refreshingly different from prior elections, as evidenced by new faces on the ballot paper, a peaceful run-up, e...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Jabulani Zana
Zimbabwe, UK in talks to bridge skills gap
British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Catriona Laing yesterday paid a courtesy call on Minister of State for Government Scholarships in the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Christopher Mushohwe to e...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK embassy exposes MDC Alliance
THE United Kingdom embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday exposed lies by the MDC Alliance that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is refusing to avail the voters' roll for the July 30 harmonised election...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK in Zimbabwe: From tragedy to farce
A poetic cliché by Karl Marx which claims that in the life of nations "history repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce" does not only keep gaining new meanings for all countries but at ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 16:05hrs | 2 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Britain dismisses Jonathan Moyo's 'conspiracy theories'
THE British Government has dismissed as "absurd conspiracy theories" claims by former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo that the United Kingdom is backing President Mnangagwa and his party Zanu...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The advantages Nelson Chamisa has so far
I was just wondering about the upcoming election and pondering on whether there are people still to be won over, so-called floating voters.The electoral dynamics in Zimbabwe are very interesti...Published: 14 May 2018 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
'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 commitments of the government of President Emmerso...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by the British Embassy in Harare
Bulawayo told to invest in new factories
BRITISH Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Catriona Laing says the future of Bulawayo's economy lies in creative industries as she called on the city to stop trying to resuscitate comatose factories that are n...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's special message to UK
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa last week delivered a special message from President Mnangagwa to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, and held cordial talks on "all bilat...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 09:10hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
'UK's calamitous strategy' led to Mnangagwa's downfall, says Oxford University Lecturer
"There are several reasons why Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe fired his Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 6 November. Many were likely to do with ZANU-PF infighting over who will eventually suc...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
British give Mugabe '18 months' to implement reforms he failed to implement in 36 years.
In a recent interview with the Zimbabwe Independent's deputy Editor, Faith Zaba, the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing, assured the ordinary people of Britain's commitment to free, fair a...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
British ambassador's Zimbabwe blues
LONDON - At any question-and-answer session, there's always someone who asks something inappropriate.In Harare on Wednesday night, at a panel discussion on Zimbabwe's post-Mugabe future, t...Published: 05 Nov 2016 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Daily Maverick
Ambassador Laing, aligning laws will not deliver free elections - challenge you on that
Thank you, UK Ambassador Catriona Laing for your concern for the welfare of the people of Zimbabwe and, more significantly, for your contribution in the search for the way out of this hell-on-earth Mu...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 21:19hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
British envoy's aides bash Zimbabwean journalist
British Ambassador Catriona Laing's visit to Kariba ended abruptly on Wednesday morning after her aides allegedly assaulted a Kariba-based freelance journalist.Laing arrived in Kariba on Tuesd...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 06:19hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
UK Ambassador says Chamisa 'represents the future' - this is an insult, he is a GNU sell - out!
"Britain's Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mrs Catrion Laing is reportedly backing former MDC-T national organising secretary and Kuwadzana East legislator Mr Nelson Chamisa to take over the party's leadership...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 06:44hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe - Britain relations thaw
Zimbabwe and Britain's bilateral relations appear to be on the mend, but Harare maintains the onus is on London to ensure relations are normalised.British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo meets British envoy
Government has said Britain holds the key to unlocking the process of moving towards full normalisation of relations with Zimbabwe and should simply remove the sanctions imposed on President Mugab...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 23:06hrs | 2 | by Felex Share
British trade mission says Zimbabwe a safe investment destination
The British trade delegation that was in the country to explore business opportunities says it has had fruitful, frank and open discussions with various government officials and will carry a positive ...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 15:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EU hints on scrapping of sanctions against Zimbabwe
New British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing, has hinted that the European Union members are unlikely to renew their illegal sanctions regime on Zimbabwe when they expire at the end of thi...Published: 24 Oct 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
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