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Zimbabwe: Troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices
The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emmerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign p...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 17:18hrs | | by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics, University of London
Mnangagwa 'doesn't have a team fit for purpose yet'
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office after his former boss, Robert Mugabe, had been forced to resign following a military intervention, he could have done anything that he wanted to do a...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 10:27hrs | 3 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Why Mnangagwa dispensation keeps old problems
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office after his former boss Robert Mugabe had been forced to resign following a military intervention, he could have done anything that he wanted and still...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 14:55hrs | 3 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Why the British had no other choice but to work with Mnangagwa
As I reflected on the tons of emails of feedback I got yesterday including from local embassies responding to the article published by nehandaradio, in which I wrote about the Zimbabwe-British relatio...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 11:31hrs | 4 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
The inside story on Britain's shifting attitude towards Zimbabwe
The arrival of the Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, in London signals a new chapter for Zimbabwe's relations with its former colonial master.Britain's Foreign Minister, the some...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 15:53hrs | 6 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Remove the Western goggles
Conrad Nyamutata penned a misleading opinion which was published in the Daily News of 9 June 2015, entitled 'Zanu PF holding nation hostage.' The fortunate thing with this piece is that it is just...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by John Sigauke
Miss Zimbabwe's bid for Miss World pageant doomed
Miss Zimbabwe Tendai Hunda's bid to represent the country at the Miss World pageant looked doomed yesterday.Hunda, who recently replaced Catherine Makaya as national beauty queen, was schedule...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When even the gullible can no longer be fooled
The west has once more attempted to stain the beautiful name of Zimbabwe with sordid grime. Typical of previous attempts, the latest was once more a miserably monumental letdown that left Lars Ron...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Tafara Shumba
Report: Zec admits it was rocked by corruption during 2013 elections
The country's election management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), has admitted it was stampeded into last year's harmonised elections unprepared and that it was rocked by corruption i...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SADC to drive greater benefits from Mugabe's leadership
As the curtain were brought down on the SADC Summit held in Victoria Falls on Tuesday, it is time to take stock on the benefits that the regional bloc is set to benefit from the chairmanship of Pr...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by John Sigauke
UK names its new ambassador to Zimbabwe
The United Kingdom has designated Catriona Laing as its new ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe.She will succeed Ms Deborah Bronnert, who will be transferring to another post at the Foreign...Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 20:22hrs | | by APA
Tsvangirai to charm the British political establishment - report
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who is travelling to the United Kingdom over the weekend, will use the opportunity to meet senior members of the British political establishment and donors as part ...Published: 22 Jul 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Britain keen on normalising relations with Zimbabwe
BRITAIN is keen to mend its relations with Zimbabwe and support the government in fostering development in the country, the United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Deborah Bronnert, said in Bulawayo ye...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Britain speaks on killing of Zim white farmer
British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Deborah Bronnert has described the fatal attack on Guruve white farmer Malcolm Francis and his daughter Catherine as horrific and called for the local police to bring pe...Published: 22 May 2014 at 12:38hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
ZEC admits letters fake
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission yesterday pulled down from its website 2 letters purportedly showing communication between the British Embassy and the opposition MDDC-T relating to last year's elect...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 08:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZEC in fake letters storm between MDC-T and British envoy
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has been caught-up in a diplomatic row over a harsh letter purportedly penned by British Ambassador Deborah Bronnert to MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Bit...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 08:04hrs | 7 | by Richard Chidza
Tsvangirai's MDC-T warns of CIO sting operation
THE MDC-T yesterday warned its members and partners to be wary of a suspected sting operation by the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) involving distribution of fabricated letters portrayin...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Billionaire tells Tsvangirai to step down
AMERICAN billionaire Mr George Soros and some Western diplomats, including British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Deborah Bronnert, have told troubled MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to step down as he c...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 08:06hrs | 4 | by Brian Chitemba
Pressure mounts on Tsvangirai, Western embassies losing confidence
CALLS for MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai to step down deepened over the weekend amid reports that some Western diplomats privately met the ex-Premier at his Highlands home in Harare in a bid to expr...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diplomats warns Tsvangirai over violence
The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Deborah Bronnert and other European Union diplomats have warned the MDC-T against violence while some ambassadors are reported to have urged its party leader M...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Western embassies dump Tsvangirai's faction, funding Biti camp
Western embassies in Harare have dumped MDC-T and have been secretly meeting other opposition leaders with the view to forming a coalition of opposition parties to challenge Zanu-PF in 2018....Published: 20 Feb 2014 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T begs EU to maintain sanctions - report
The MDC-T has requested European Union (EU) members to ensure that the bloc maintains economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, basing its argument on claims of fraudulent elections and a co...Published: 09 Feb 2014 at 08:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
No Stilettos In The Gallery: Violence, Women and Art Exhibition
In 1985, a collective of anonymous New York women artist wearing gorilla mask came together as an art activist group (Guerilla Girls), sparking conversation on sexism in the art world with a pos...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by A.A.V. Amasi
Custodial sentence for rapists should be increased to 20 years - Muchinguri
Women's Affairs and Community Development minister Oppah Muchinguri yesterday said the custodial sentence for rapists should be increased to 20 years per count to make sure that would-be offender...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 10:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
UN secretary-general congratulates Mugabe
UNITED Nations secretary-general Mr Ban Ki-moon has congratulated President Mugabe on his resounding victory in the July 31 harmonised elections and subsequent inauguration as Head of State and Gover...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 03:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
EU ambassador to Zimbabwe summoned
The European Union ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Aldo Dell'Ariccia was on Monday summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over what the Zimbabwe government has described as undiplomatic behaviour....Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 17:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EU Ambassador sparks diplomatic row with Zimbabwe
The European Union Head of Delegation to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Aldo Dell'Ariccia, has sparked a diplomatic row with Harare after he wrote a letter to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court requesting...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 06:28hrs | 7 | by STaff reporter
Zimbabweans are the masters of decoloniality
WHEN some of us write about decoloniality and post-coloniality, there are those that are quick to point out that it makes little sense to write all this stuff "from the comfort of imperialist countrie...Published: 19 Aug 2013 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Reason Wafawarova
Chief Justice Chidyausiku to recuse self as Con Court sits
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku is likely to recuse himself from hearing the case in which MDC-T leader Mr Tsvangirai was challenging the results of the July 31 presidential election, as the embatt...Published: 18 Aug 2013 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Tsvangirai brought before the courts a fabrication by British Ambassador'
Political analyst and Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo says the MDC-T was embarrassed that it brought before the courts a fabrication by British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Deborah Bron...Published: 17 Aug 2013 at 07:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'British ambassador to Zim should face consequences of peddling falsehoods'
British ambassador Deborah Bronnert has been accused of deliberate mischief and should face the consequences arising from peddling falsehoods a senior official in President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF par...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe manipulated Tsvangirai
THERE has been much talk of a grand coalition. Welshman Ncube put those opposition fantasies to rest on Friday when he submitted his nomination papers as a presidential candidate. His name will now ap...Published: 01 Jul 2013 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Amai Jukwa
Britain will accept a Mugabe victory
This week, in the Guthrie Munyuki Interview, we bring you British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Deborah Bronnert, whose country is fresh from hosting the Friends of Zimbabwe (FoZ) meeting in London. Below ar...Published: 11 Apr 2013 at 07:52hrs | | by Guthrie Munyuki
In or out of power, Zanu-PF cannot be wished away
Dei kuri kwedu, taidei totoimba manhanga kutapira! Roughly translated, this Shona statement says: "If it was home, we all would have already sung praises to sweet pumpkins." Of course those who hail f...Published: 07 Apr 2013 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zec to enforce ban on rights group from monitoring referendum vote
Zimbabwe's official election body said Wednesday it will not back down on its ban preventing a leading human rights group from monitoring a referendum Saturday on a new constitution.Zimbabwe H...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 18:14hrs | | by Sapa-AP
Zimbabwe elections will only be free and fair is Britain and EU observe them
BRITAIN yesterday said Zimbabwe's forthcoming polls will only be free and fair if the country invites the European Union observer team.Some Zanu-PF aligned analysts criticised London's c...Published: 06 Mar 2013 at 03:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
' We have nothing to say about the process' in Zimbabwe at the moment - British Ambassador
The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Deborah Bronnert yesterday said her country would not judge the census and constitution-making processes that it is partly funding, but would wait for the end resul...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Britain committed to mending relations with Zim
British envoy to Zimbabwe Deborah Bronnert said Zimbabwe's former colonial master - Britain - remains committed to mending relations with Zimbabwe despite the tension that currently exists between the...Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Britain invites Jonathan Moyo for Queen Eliza's Diamond Jubilee
SECURITY staff at the residence of Britain's ambassador to Zimbabwe did a double take on Thursday after Zanu-PF hell-raiser Jonathan Moyo turned up for commemorations of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jub...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
As the story of TB Joshua rages on
As the story of TB Joshua rages on, rages towards its denouement, I have been reminded of the church politics in England of the late middle ages. And of course church politics necessarily meant the Ca...Published: 19 May 2012 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zanu-PF told to commit to Constitution drafting
Zanu-PF should be committed to the drafting of the country's new constitution, a British Ambassador to Zimbabwe said on Tuesday, after the party threatened to pull out of the constitutional drafting p...Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawere approaches the British government for help to reclaim SMMH
Mutumwa Mawere this week approached the British and South African governments to help him reclaim his SMMH company which was put under state administrator Afaras Gwaradzimba under the State Indebted ...Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should be left to solve their problems: Nkomo
Zimbabwe's Acting President, John Landa Nkomo says Zimbabweans should be left to solve their problems without external meddling, ZBC News reported on Tuesday.Nkomo said this during a meeting w...Published: 19 Oct 2011 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'West can't comment on Zimbabwe's indigenisation': Mutambara
THE United States and its European allies have no moral authority to comment on Zimbabwe's indigenisation programme because they imposed illegal sanctions on the country, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur ...Published: 06 Oct 2011 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU should stop interfering in Zimbabwe's internal affairs: Germany
Germany says the European Union should stop interfering in Zimbabwe’s internal affairs by advocating for security sector reforms, but should instead give GPA parties a chance to re...Published: 30 Sep 2011 at 04:01hrs | | by -
Conservatives are more charitable than Mr Tony Blair says Mugabe
President Mugabe said Zimbabwe wants elections observers who will not have any choice on who to assist and who not to assist. He said this while receiving letters of credence from the new British Amb...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 04:31hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zim cannot invite election monitors from hostile countries: Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe wants impartial observers during the coming elections that should be held at the end of the constitution making process.Mugabe was responding to a reques...Published: 08 Sep 2011 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
New UK ambassador to Harare saw the start of the Arab uprising
Deborah Bronnert, who saw the start of the Arab uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East is the the new United Kingdom ambassador in Harare.Brommet says she is excited to be taking up her...Published: 15 Aug 2011 at 12:37hrs | | by .
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