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British objections stall Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the club of colonies

Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth has hit a stumbling block, with British objections delaying the southern African nation's re-admission, Foreign Affairs Minister Amon Murwira revealed in Parliament last week.Murwira said despite Z…

Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt equips 25 rural hospitals with medical equipment

The Government has distributed anaesthetic and digital X-ray machines to 25 rural district hospitals across Zimbabwe as part of a broader initiative to enhance healthcare service delivery in remote areas, Health and Child Care Minister Dr …

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:15hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe completes Commonwealth re-admission steps

Zimbabwe has successfully completed all the procedural steps required for re-admission into the Commonwealth and is now awaiting further direction from the organisation's secretariat, a senior government official has confirmed.The mileston…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:14hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter

After all, there's no common wealth in the Commonwealth

When it comes to Zimbabwe, UK's Labour does not work. It was Labour led by Harold Wilson, which duplicitously aided and abetted the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith's Rhodesia Front in 1965. And it was the same Lab…

Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 16:28hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Zimbabwe's Commonwealth possible readmission queried

Zimbabwe's bid for readmission to the Commonwealth has raised concerns about the bloc's credibility as a champion of democracy and justice, with critics arguing that the country's human rights record undermines its qualifications for membe…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:12hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa gets Commonwealth leaders support in bid to rejoin bloc

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to get Zimbabwe back into the Commonwealth are being backed by the grouping's secretary general, Patricia Scotland, who believes he has done enough to warrant a return.This is despite a report by its …

Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:38hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter

Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!

As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Several African nations have taken this opportunity …

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 281 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Chamisa loyalists opposed to Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission

A faction of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party, primarily loyal to former leader Nelson Chamisa, has publicly opposed Zimbabwe's attempt to rejoin the Commonwealth under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration. The Commo…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 11:20hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter

Commonwealth readmission a must for Zimbabwe

WE reported yesterday that Britain is pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the Commonwealth.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the club of nations under his "friends to all and enemies to none" man…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Britain keen on Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission'

BRITISH ambassador to Zimbabwe, Peter Vowles, has said his country is keen to have Zimbabwe readmitted into the Commonwealth and end two decades of isolation.In an exclusive interview with NewsDay on the sidelines of World Children's Day c…

Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed

One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed the Liberation Struggle, and led Rhodesian soldiers to Z…

Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | | by Jamwanda

Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?

ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Commonwealth in dramatic fashion when the a…

Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Vusi Nyamazana

Zimbabwe's readmission to the Commonwealth could help Zimbabwe a lot

Human Rights are indivisible. Human Rights are an integral part of all human beings. Human Rights are  inalienable (no one can take them away). Human Rights are universal (for all the world). That is why they must not be trampled…

Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 21:51hrs | | by Njabulo

'Win we shall! God is in it!' Chamisa proclaimed - Curse of discerning mind ossified into fat

Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.…

Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 15:57hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

Will 11 SADC leaders ask Rwanda CHOGM 2022 to follow them and lower election standard to readmit Zimbabwe

Rwanda is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 next week, 20 to 25 June 2022. President Mnangagwa has, no doubt, been lobbying hard for Zimbabwe to be re-admitted to the Commonwealth. The regime is notorious fo…

Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:16hrs | 14 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

Mnangagwa is a worse devil than Mugabe

Mnangagwa took over the presidency of Zanu PF and Zimbabwe in the background of a November 2017 coup that toppled long serving president Robert Mugabe.  The people of Zimbabwe  and the international community celebrated  the…

Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:55hrs | 7 | by Frazer Muzondo

While Mugabe likened Commonwealth to 'Animal Farm' ,what can be said of the African Union?

African Heads of State have now gathered for the 32nd Ordinary Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.An honest observation would be to  say a gathering of African problems to discuss nothing!Com…

Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2 | by AT Kadada

MDC-Alliance protests unjustifiable

The move that was taken by the MDC-Alliance supporters, early this month to demonstrate against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, (ZEC), criticising it, of failing to announce the Presidential election results at their convenience and cla…

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Peacemaker Zano

Letter to Commonwealth SG: Zimbabwe's rejoining is on condition it holds free election

Dear Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Ms Patricia ScotlandWe hear your office is pursuing Zimbabweâ€™s request to re-join the Commonwealth. We humbly suggest that you should not do anything regarding this matter until there is eviden…

Published: 27 May 2018 at 18:16hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori, Secretary General of Zimbabwe Social Democrats

'No barriers to Zimbabwe rejoining Commonwealth'

Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth since its independence in 1980, but was suspended in 2002 after a diplomatic fallout between Harare and London. The country then pulled out of the Commonwealth in 2003 after its suspension was exte…

Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko

Commonwealth: An over hanging of colonialism!

The British expansionist policies of the past centuries left indelible marks of anger, hatred, a sense of injustice and marginalisation whose legacy continues to prevail in a different fashion today. The Western world strategically set-up …

Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Hilton Munendoro

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