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NRZ orders 100 freight cars from Russia
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has awarded a contract to Russia's United Wagon Company (UWC) to supply 100 freight cars.Delivery of the 1,067mm gauge railcars is scheduled within 12 month...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 20:04hrs | 1927 | by Staff reporter
UK to snatch fired Zimbabwe doctors?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government will fast track visa applications for foreign doctors and nurses - opening new opportunities for over 500 Zimbabwean doctors facing the sack fo...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 2932 | by Press Association
UK cranks heat on Mnangagwa
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) special envoy yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to introduce genuine economic and political reforms in order to turn around its stuttering economy....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 5249 | by Staff reporter
UK presses Mnangagwa over reforms
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) special envoy yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to introduce genuine economic and political reforms in order to turn around its stuttering economy....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK relations hit top gear
Britain's top Foreign and Commonwealth Office official dealing with Africa Mrs Harriet Matthews is on a visit to Zimbabwe to assess progress in reform and yesterday delivered a special message from Br...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
UK envoys meet Mnangagwa
Two envoys from the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have paid a courtesy call on President Mnangagwa this morning. The two are Mrs Harriet Matthews the Director for Africa in the Foreign ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:28hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Countries ponder laws against calling for sanctions
THE illegal sanctions imposed on the country by some Western countries from the turn of the new millennium have in no doubt impacted negatively on the economy and the livehoods of people, with estimat...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:53hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans petition UK over sanctions
The Zimbabwean community in the United Kingdom yesterday joined the country and SADC in calling for the unconditional removal of sanctions by delivering an anti-sanctions petition on Prime Minister Bo...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Dear Boris Johnson: Removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
Dr Masimba Mavaza 6 Sandown Close Corby NN18 8QW 9TH OCTOBER 2019 DEAR Honourable Prime Minister RE REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAI...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 16:42hrs | 200 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BREAKING: EU, UK have reached a historic deal on Brexit
The European Union and UK have reached a historic Brexit deal, paving the way for Britain's departure from the European Union after three years of negotiations. The pound rallied and UK stocks turned ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:14hrs | 28 | by Bloomberg
Is British democracy a sham and run by liars like the Zimbabwean Zanu-PF regime?
Dear EditorThe Supreme Court's unanimous judgement of all 11 justices ruled that the prime minister's suspension of Parliament until mid-October was unlawful. PM Johnson's prorogated UK parlia...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 23:16hrs | 18 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Let's be fair to Mugabe deeply flawed as he was
The death of Robert Mugabe, the only Executive Prime Minister and only Executive President that Zimbabwe had known since independence in 1980 until 2017 - all of 37 years - has shown that he was not a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 20:41hrs | 1298 | by Conway Tutani
Foreign students to stay in UK for 2 years after finishing studies
International students will be allowed to stay in the UK for two years after graduation to find a job, under new proposals announced by the Home Office.The move reverses a decision made in 201...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 12:50hrs | 2065 | by BBC
Challenge to UK Parliament suspension rejected
A legal challenge over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament has been rejected in the High Court.The case was brought by businesswoman Gina Miller, who argued the move ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 11:03hrs | 491 | by BBC
Blood of foreigners flow in South African streets as locals swim in joy
If one can not be angered by the animalistic sadistic killings of our people in South Africa then one has a heart of a stone. Please be angry with me as we moan the patriots who are slaughtered like a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 22:34hrs | 6546 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'UK must be suspended from Commonwealth'
Celebrated Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka has called on Commonwealth member countries to send a fact-finding mission to the UK following last week's decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend -...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 13:57hrs | 2663 | by BBC
Employment law changes in the UK : proposals in the pipeline for HR
Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws revealed as Boris Johnson's tenure in 10 Downing Street begins.Many of t...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:23hrs | 1589 | by Muchie Shamuyarira
Obliquity and politics of re-engagement
A man called John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists. His work — widely acclaimed — is centred on relationships between economics, finance and business while his career has spanned academi...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:25hrs | 125 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zanu-PF UK to petition British PM over sanctions
ZANU-PF United Kingdom/Europe District will hand over a petition to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in solidarity with the SADC region over the removal of punitive sanctions which have advers...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe benefit from boris johnson's ascendents to power?
Boris Johnson, Britain's prime minister, is the quintessential nostalgic leader. Since the Brexit referendum, in order to make Britain's future outside the European Union appealing, he has playe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1514 | by Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa, Mnangagwa fans fighting for Boris Johnson's love - 'The Boris is mine'
Boris Johnson, mocker of African "piccaninny" children and their "watermelon smiles", became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an Afri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:34hrs | 6694 | by newZWire
UK serves Mnangagwa massive blow
The United Kingdom on Tuesday called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deliver "genuine" political reforms that he committed to do along with economic reforms to ensure a brighter future for Zimbabwe...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 19:33hrs | 17783 | by Staff Reporter
Does Boris Johnson bring good news to immigrants in the UK
After the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, what this mean to the immigrants in the UK. The British public has a negative thought about immigrants. But ironica...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 15:05hrs | 3047 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Gloomsters betting on UK democracy failing will lose their shirts' - indeed, nak*d already
"I pay tribute to the fortitude and patience of my predecessor and her deep sense of public service, but in spite of all her efforts, it has become clear that there are pessimists at home and abroad w...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 231 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe ready to engage UK
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade yesterday expressed its willingness and readiness to work with the new British Foreign Minister and First Secretary of State, Mr Dominic ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa writes to UK's Boris Johnson
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has written an official congratulation letter to Mr Boris Johnson, who was appointed British Prime Minister yesterday, saying he was looking forward to working with him and his adm...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Boris Johnson
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Boris Johnson after he was elected as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 17:46hrs | 3359 | by Staff Reporter
Boris Johnson to be UK's next Prime Minister, EU panics
Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his riva...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:58hrs | 3552 | by BBC
Weak pound will fall further if Boris Johnson is PM
Expect Boris Johnson, the person most likely to be the next UK Prime Minister, to drive down the pound even further should he win the leadership contest.This is the stark warning from Nigel Gr...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 12:56hrs | | by Agencies
Why is Zimbabwe in this situation, God of Zimbabwe where are you?
Sanctions are normally described as International relations: Punitive or restrictive measures taken, usually by several countries in concert, to pressure a country to change its certain policies. Econ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | 3371 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa speaks on abduction...alleges 8 armed cars follow him
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has broken the silence over a circulating video which is alleged to show him surviving an attempting abduction by members of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 07:58hrs | 9831 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1554 | by Igomombe
Britain's bet on Mnangagwa victory hangs in the balance
Efforts to nurse Zimbabwe back to international respectability depended on free and fair elections, but the plan appears to be unravelling.Ever since the then Africa minister Rory Stewart took...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3068 | by Patrick Wintour
Man dies after land developer chops down trees
HEARTBREAK hotel!An elderly man is said to have collapsed to his death after land developers who purchased a piece of land, which he had for long used as his orchard, cut down his fruit trees....Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lancaster House Talks Chair Lord Carrington dies
Tributes have been paid to the former foreign secretary Lord Carrington, who has died at the age of 99.He chaired the Lancaster House talks in 1979, which led to the establishment of the state...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 13:48hrs | | 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 minister to quit within hours following Brexit Sec...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 15:47hrs | 1887 | by BBC
NPF: Possessed by a retrogressive agenda?
Mark Duncan, writing from Moscow, felt compelled to advise The Economist [Letters - A party of the people, April 14, 2018], that its belief that Russian youth post Gorbachev generation offered optimis...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
China dumps dollars
SOME Chinese banks today sold off large amounts of dollars to devalue the yuan, further rattling investors.The move by Chinese banks was likely at the behest of the Chinese government, analyst...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lesotho group want its land back from SA
A group from Lesotho, which calls itself the 'Basotho Petitioners', has petitioned Britain's Queen Elizabeth to demand the return to land in South Africa.They claim the land is "rightfully" th...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain increasingly willing to cosy up to nasty regimes
LONDON - What the crowd lacked in size, it made up for in noise. Fifty or so people waved Turkish flags and shouted their support for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he gave a speech at a think-tank in Londo...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 404 | by Economist
Commonwealth delegation Zimbabwe-bound
COMMONWEALTH secretary-general Ms Patricia Scotland will "imminently" dispatch a high-level delegation to Zimbabwe to assess the country's eligibility to rejoin the group following the country's expre...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's six months in office
It is now exactly six months since President Mnangagwa's inauguration on November 24, 2017 as the country's second Executive President and analysts say he has indeed ticked the boxes in as far as esta...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:10hrs | 491 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa is fast becoming an international embarrassment
Hardly a week passes these days without some international incident involving MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa.After traveling to the US in December, Chamisa claimed that President Donald Trump ...Published: 24 May 2018 at 20:03hrs | 4927 | by Innocent Dube
Chamisa's desperation is becoming very worrying
Nelson Chamisa desperately needs a win. The last few weeks have been torturous for the new MDC leader and his supporters. For the first time, he has been under the spotlight and he has been left wanti...Published: 22 May 2018 at 20:07hrs | 4213 | by Innocent Dube
Zim must now show commitment to Commonwealth values of democracy
Zimbabwe has applied to re-join the Commonwealth after the country withdrew its membership 15 years ago under former President Robert Mugabe.Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, ...Published: 22 May 2018 at 09:06hrs | 2052 | by Staff rpeorter
Britain 'ditches' MDC T for military junta
If one is asked how Nelson "Spaghetti" Chamisa has fared in the Zimbabwe political field so far the answer will be simple. If Morgan Tsvangirai needed firm hand holding, Nelson Chamisa needs attentive...Published: 20 May 2018 at 14:53hrs | 3277 | by Israel Dube
British govt banking on Mnangagwa
EVIDENCE of Britain's meddlesome support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and that he is their preferred choice to lead Zimbabwe after this year's general elections in July is mountin...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:21hrs | 2881 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, only candidate with chance of ending military rule
I AM back from the United Kingdom, having accompanied MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.In the course of four days, we met the British Foreign secretary Boris...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1260 | by David Coltart
Britain called out for 'open support to Mnangagwa'
Britain's alleged staunch support for Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed it into an increasingly acrimonious corner, with opposition and diplomats warning that the former colonial powe...Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
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