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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 | 5227 | 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 | 435 | 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 | 531 | by Staff reporter
Only genuine reforms will bring change to Zimbabwe
Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's strong rebuke of United States ambassador to Harare Brian Nichols last week was yet another indication that Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts are not going acco...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:54hrs | 364 | by The Standard - Editorial
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission hangs in the balance
ZIMBABWE'S desperate bid to re-join the Commonwealth is hanging in the balance after the United Kingdom this week accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of falling short of satisfying r...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF told to reform or suffer
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his lieutenants risk being slapped with more punitive measures by the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) - unless they start implementing much-...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 3533 | by Staff reporter
Trump fires warning shots at Mnangagwa
IN AN ominous development for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure government, the United States of America (USA) has slapped State Security minister Owen Ncube with sanctions over alle...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 17361 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt splurges US$800K on another PR company
THE Zimbabwean government has splurged US$800 000 on London-based lobby and public relations (PR) firm BTP Advisers in a desperate bid to spruce up its battered international image and bolster a diplo...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:34hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa squealing as Excelgate expose of rigged 2018 goes viral - guilt of high treason
There is no denying the fact that Zimbabwe is facing a serious economic meltdown the much hoped for economic recovery of the post Mugabe era has not materialised. When Emmerson Mnangagwa took ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 13925 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe de-dollarisation is in tatters and with no political shift, no bailout' says expert
Most of us know that Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble. It is only from reading expert analysis that one can start to comprehend the seriousness of our situation. Tony Hawkins a pr...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3606 | by Wilbert Mukori
British think-tank tells Mnangagwa govt to speed up reforms
BRITISH think-tank Chatham House has urged government to speed up the pace of political and economic reforms if Zimbabwe's quest to re-join the community of nations is to get back on track.Zim...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:24hrs | 307 | 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 | 198 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe obstinate in death as in life
Although the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe was finally buried at his rural home in Zvimba, tongues will continue waging. As I see it, his snubbing the National Heroes Acre, a shrine he i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa to implement Motlanthe Commission recommendations
Government is in the process of implementing recommendations made by the Motlanthe Commission after the August 1, 2018 violence that left six people dead and will prosecute those responsible when inve...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's killer soldiers facing the gun
In a surprise development, a close confidante of President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the long-awaited prosecution of soldiers who killed innocent civilians in August last year will begin next year. ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:52hrs | 7184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rejoining the Commonwealth: Where we are and where we hope to be
In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has taken a crucial step forward towards rejoining the Commonwealth, the 53-country group of nations we exited in 2003. After meeting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mn...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 250 | by Sibusiso Moyo
Zimbabwe appeals for Australia Commonwealth support
Zimbabwe has registered significant political, legal and economic reforms, including implementing recommendations made by several election observer missions, and it is time that Harare is allowed to r...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:28hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is desperate to emulate Kagame, hires same PR - silk purse out sow's ear
There is one thing we can say with absolute certainty; President Mnangagwa and his fellow Joint Operation Command (JOC) junta members, comprising the top brass in the country's security services and a...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 16:08hrs | 762 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa tries the Kagame way
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame's economic development model, which blends authoritarian practices and homegrown solutions with international best...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
Parliament honours Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday led Parliament in observing a minute of silence in honour of late former President and national hero Robert Mugabe. The minute of silence was observed before the ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invited to Israel
ISRAEL has invited President Mnangagwa to that country in a new chapter of diplomatic relations between the two nations which last held high level engagements 20 years ago. President Mnangagwa...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes re-engagement crusade a gear up at UN
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa took the engagement and re-engagement crusade a gear up at the just ended 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York following high level meetings he held with Commonwealth s...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's burial a cause for concern as Gucci 'won' Zimbabwe's game of thrones
Grace Mugabe got one more chance to spite the men who betrayed her husband and won this round in Zimbabwe's game of thrones. Gucci's decision lately to refuse the burial of her husband at the national...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 10:54hrs | 3473 | by Georgia Marlins
Is there a benefit of being in the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of independent and equal sovereign states.Its member governments have agreed to pursue shared goals such as development, democracy and peace. These ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 22:17hrs | 1055 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa trying to convince everyone that he is another Mugabe
IN New York with other world leaders this week, the nation's current owner, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, was busy trying to convince everyone that he is just another Robert Mugabe. For anyone who mig...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt hires another PR firm to face-lift battered image
THE Zimbabwean government has hired a fourth lobby and public relations (PR) firm in a desperate bid to spruce up its battered international image and bolster the diplomatic re-engagement drive that h...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Is the British Royal Family a Global Brand or Its simple Inferiority Complex on African Part.
It's hard to imagine the monarchs of Murehwa and Masvingo selling souvenir tchotchkes in quite the same way as the British Monarch. South Africa is gripped with the euphoria of the visit of Prin...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 15:32hrs | 1323 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe re-joining Commonwealth nigh
Commonwealth secretary-general, Mrs Patricia Scotland, has expressed satisfaction with Zimbabwe's reforms and revealed after meeting President Mnangagwa yesterday that the process of re-admitting Hara...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Commonwealth SG
Commonwealth secretary-general, Mrs Patricia Scotland has expressed satisfaction with Zimbabwe's reforms and held a crucial meeting with President Mnangagwa to explore ways in which Harare's return to...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 14:42hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Hectic UN schedule for Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa faces a hectic schedule during the 74th Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 74) with a long list of crucial bilateral meetings lined up with representativ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells UK to spare EU from sanctions burden
Britain should carry its baggage of sanctions as it leaves the European Union, and must not continue to saddle the Western bloc with the issue of the illegal embargo imposed on Zimbabwe, President Mna...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:14hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Moving on from Mugabe era
BEING in Harare in the past two weeks has been quite an experience. The Robert Mugabe era has finally closed after his death in Singapore on September 6, even through he is yet to be buried.Bu...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 304 | by Eddie Cross
Mugabe delayed land reform for SA
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki said the late former President Robert Mugabe delayed embarking on the land reform programme to allow successful negotiations between the African National Con...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 06:50hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 15:33hrs | 1076 | by Daniel Itai
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 22:23hrs | 9637 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase to sponsor reigning Miss World Zimbabwe UK's trip to Jamaica
UK-based tradeshow, Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase (ZFS) is sponsoring reigning Miss World Zimbabwe UK queen, Amanda Nkomo, who is set to represent Zimbabwe at this year's Miss Global International beauty ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 11:50hrs | 430 | by Arts Correspondent
How UK failed to dislodge Robert Mugabe
BRITAIN'S 40-year effort to find a way to either influence or dislodge Robert Mugabe is one of the country's great post-war foreign policy failures. It is a story spanning six UK prime ministe...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:10hrs | 3139 | by Patrick Wintour
Key milestones in Mugabe's life
1924 - Robert Mugabe is born on February 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia.1940s-1950s - He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Africa's University of Fort Hare...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1796 | by Reuters
The life of Mugabe
FORMER President Robert Mugabe died at the age of 95 yesterday leaving a legacy as one of Africa's leading statesmen.Below is a timeline of Mugabe's history.21, February 1924Ro...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 08:59hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
The Robert Mugabe I know
I first heard about Mugabe around 1962 when he was in the National Democratic Party. I didn't get to meet him though; I just heard about him. I had been expelled from Hodgson Technical College of Zamb...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 08:58hrs | 503 | by Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Mugabe's love-hate affair
He came to power as a Mao-jacketed revolutionary, charmed the West with his policy of racial reconciliation, adopted stylish Saville Row suits and was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.But...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 17:31hrs | 3425 | by AFP
'A hero to oppressed people internationally,' says Chinamasa
Tributes have been paid to former President Robert Mugabe who died aged 95 on Friday.Former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa spoke to the BBC about Mugabe's legacy, describing him as an "int...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 10:38hrs | 2775 | by ZimLive
Mutodi and MDC's Daniel Molokele square off
It was refreshing to listen to this debate, Zanu PF and MDC shared a platform without trading insults or chiding each other. The debate was mature and showed signs of a growing democratic media space....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3509 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'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
'Chamisa committed political suicide'
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu-PF-linked cleric Obadiah Msindo has claimed that opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa lost a golden opportunity to push for electoral reforms for the 2023 general elections when he ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
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
2nd coup afoot to remove Mnangagwa by August 2020 and, as with 1st, to consolidate dictatorship
"So dire is the situation and boiling tensions in the corridors of power, that Mnangagwa is said to have pleaded for a political grace period of until August 2020 to step down, as a faction aligned to...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:33hrs | 3721 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Diplomats sowing disharmony' - by pretending Zim is a democracy MDC has sown death and destruction
When MDC was launched in 1999 the party's mission was simple and straightforward: to bring about the democratic change to end the corrupt, vote rigging and tyrannical Zanu" dictatorship, as the party'...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:32hrs | 842 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Diplomats sowing disharmony' - by pretending Zimbabwe is a democracy MDC has sown death and destruction
When MDC was launched in 1999 the party's mission was simple and straightforward: to bring about the democratic change to end the corrupt, vote rigging and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship, as the part...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 836 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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