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MPs refuse to 'protect and secure' Mnangagwa's Belarus deals

President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Belarusian government in Minsk on Tuesday, but back home, opposition legislators blocked the ratification of a key agreement aimed…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 14:10hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter

Why Zimbabweans should worry about our relationship with Belarus

How is it that Zimbabwe consistently chooses to engage with questionable figures?President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Minsk for a working visit, marking his third trip to Belarus since assuming office.This latest visit, expected to culminate…

Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:32hrs | 756 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Mnangagwa arrives in Minsk for official visit

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Minsk, Belarus, for a significant official visit aimed at bolstering trade relations between Zimbabwe and Belarus. Upon arrival, the President was warmly welcomed by Belarus's Deputy Prime Minist…

Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:51hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa gazettes Zimbabwe, Belarus tax agreement

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially gazetted the tax agreement between Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus, a deal initially concluded in January 2023. This development was announced in Proclamation 2 of 2025, included in Statutor…

Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter

Lithuania seizes shipment of fire trucks to Zimbabwe

Lithuania is holding onto 17 fire engines seized in 2021 while being shipped to Zimbabwe from neighbouring Belarus which is under European Union sanctions, officials said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe's new attorney general Virginia Mabhiza, appoi…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:03hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe gets 2 000 tractors from Belarus

ZIMBABWE has received at least 2 000 high-tech tractors, 80 combine harvesters and other agricultural equipment from Belarus over the past three years to modernise the sector and boost productivity.The equipment, which is now available in …

Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Belarus cashes in on Zimbabwe sanctions

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko secured eight bilateral agreements in agriculture, education and economic co-operation with Zimbabwe.BELARUS has taken advantage of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and the Russia-Ukrain war's negativ…

Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa subtly launches 2023 election campaign

POLITICAL leaders gain power to retain it. The power of incumbency is fully exploited to make sure they succeed themselves. They will use subtle means, including dishing out State resources to the people to retain power, and President Emme…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

No to abortion in Zimbabwe

IN recent months, there has been a lot of buzz about abortion. Tens of thousands of women in America have demonstrated as they felt outraged that their right to kill their unborn child is threatened.The greatest deception of all time is th…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:30hrs | 18 | by Alexio Rashirai

Mnangagwa must arrest corrupt ministers

IN Zimbabwe, it is very easy to stop corruption and demonstrations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not have to use brutal force and intimidation.Firstly, Mnangagwa  should find out why the people are demonstrating and then find way…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:30hrs | 13 | by Community Podium

Sanctions: Politics of sabotage in 'Jambanja'

The opening chapter of Eric Harrison's memoir, "Jambanja" (2006) is telling in that it places Zimbabwe in the context of the many sanctions the country had been exposed to, either by the United Nations, the United States of America, the Eu…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 13 | by Elliot Ziwira

Diaspora not always a place of success

GOING abroad has been long regarded as key to success. Thousands of Zimbabweans have destroyed their livelihoods in a bid to secure a ticket and fly away to the Diaspora.Many people sold houses to buy tickets to go to the United Kingdom an…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Reminiscing the thrills, pains of village life

The only shop in the village was perched precariously on a rock promontory, competing with itself in stature, grandeur, glamour, ambience and trinkets.It was a tapestry.Pricing was not an issue, for, there was absolutely no other shop to c…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe

Sikhosana-Village clown to stardom

He wakes up at 3AM every day and cycles 70KMs to see the progress at his new home. He makes numerous pit stops â€” it takes about five to six hours to-and-from his homestead in Gwamba Village in Nkayi to his new home in the Zinyangeni area…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Herd immunity Dec target unlikely to be attained

ZIMBABWE's ambitious target of attaining 60% Covid-19 herd immunity by December is in doubt, with only 15.9% of the country now fully vaccinated , three months before the government's set deadline to inoculate 10 million people.While the a…

Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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