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US plotting to discredit Chinese investments in Zimbabwe
THE Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State is implementing "an intricate plan" designed by Washington to smear Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe "through disinformat...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa praises SADC stance on sanctions
DESPITE failure to access new capital from international banking institutions to finance major capital projects due to illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa continues...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
The impact of US sanctions on Zimbabwe
WHEN the American government passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment (Zidera) Act 20 years ago, it argued that the Act was not intended to punish ordinary Zimbabweans but to targ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 445 | by Eddie Cross
'People of Zimbabwe have become sanctions collateral damage'
WHEN the American government passed the Zidera Act 20 years ago, they argued that the Act was not intended to punish the people of Zimbabwe but to target those individuals and organisations that, in t...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 182 | by Eddie Cross
UN rapporteur visit to expose sanctions damage
THE visit next week by a United Nations special rapporteur to investigate the impact of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe will help lay bare the full extent of how the embargo is a violation of human righ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Debunking the 'targeted sanctions' myth
A CROSS-SECTION of the country's population still believes the political falsehood meant to deodorise sanctions as targeted at certain individuals and specific corporations.The happenings on t...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by dodgy characters
ALMOST four years after getting into power, riding on the narrative of removing criminals that had surrounded the then president Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's circle of associates and ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3404 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach enjoys Zanu-PF links
MULLER Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach is one of the most controversial business moguls in Zimbabwe, with several legal challenges against him and his company Green Fuel. Rautenbach, who is into vast mining...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
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 Nation...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 124 | by Elliot Ziwira
EU demands Zimbabwe reforms
THE European Union (EU) has maintained a tough stance on Zimbabwe saying that the southern African country must fully implement the 2018 election observer mission recommendations (EOM) before the 2023...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
'Remove Zimbabwe from money-laundering blacklist'
Zimbabwe strongly disputes the European Union's (EU) listing of the country among nations with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism, saying the citing by ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach's offshore family trust
Records from a massive offshore data leak have provided the most detailed account yet of buccaneering mining and fuel magnate Billy Rautenbach's family empire.It started with a marriage settle...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | 3112 | by Daily Maverick
Sanctions on Zimbabwe must just be removed
TANZANIA served as the hub of the struggle for independence of southern Africa from the 1960s to the early 1990s.Thousands of freedom fighters were trained at Morogoro, in central Tanzania. Al...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions hurting ordinary Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe has been on the receiving end of sanctions since 1966, either by the United Nations, United States, the European Union or both, thus qualifying the country for candidacy in the "sanctions ind...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under attack as the united nations special rapporteur is deployed
THE United Nations (UN) will deploy a special rapporteur to Zimbabwe to probe the impact of sanctions on the country and determine if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was not using them as a ...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 17:07hrs | 1742 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Major boost for Zimbabwean exporters to Europe
ZIMBABWEAN exporters will now enjoy preferential tariffs on their exports to European markets after a new policy, the European Union-East and Southern Africa (EU-ESA) interim Economic Partnership Agre...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
UN probes Zimbabwe sanctions
THE United Nations (UN) will deploy a special rapporteur to Zimbabwe to probe the impact of sanctions on the country and determine if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was not using them as a ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2767 | by Staff reporter
EU places Zimbabwe products under preferential tariff treatment
The European Union has announced that the duty of all products from Zimbabwe will now be reduced or eliminated under the EU-ESA Economic Partnership Agreement.In the Official Journal of the Eu...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 3389 | by Staff reporter
Cold chain supplier InspiraFarms opens regional office in Zimbabwe
InspiraFarms, a European company that designs and supplies coldrooms and packhouses, is setting up its regional office in Zimbabwe, looking to take advantage of what is sees as growth in horticulture ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
'Regime change' NGOs face heavy penalties
PRIVATE Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) that fund political parties or election candidates will face criminal charges under proposed changes to the law regulating the operation of non-governmental orga...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, says Ramaphosa
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa repeated his call to the United States and its allies to lift sanctions imposed against neighbouring Zimbabwe.The United States and the European Union (...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:44hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zim govt shouldn't cry foul when given taste of its own bitter bullying medicine
I could not help laughing my head off, listening to some so-called political analysts - who were, in fact, nothing more than the ruling elite's shameless apologists and defenders - crying foul, on the...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1928 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe and regime change agenda
REGIME change is seen as a dirty phrase by those that hold power, especially unpopular governments that have overstayed their welcome and simply hold on to power mostly by hook and crook.Since...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt excitement over UK trip premature
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's planned visit to the United Kingdom for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change next month has generated a lot of excitement in the corridors of power....Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Harare, London entering another diplomatic level?
CORDIAL engagement and re-engagement between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe testify that the Second Republic is quietly working and making good progress in terms of re-engaging the world. Thi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:07hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Life without a visa in Diaspora a nightmare
STAYING in the UK without a visa or a right to stay is intolerable, the worst thing that can happen to a human being is to become an illegal immigrant in a 'hostile environment'. People wh...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:16hrs | 566 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
IMF SDR release puts Biti in his place
IN April 2021, the International Monetary Fund's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) granted debt relief to the 28 poorest and most vulnerable countries hit by catastrophic natural disaste...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1094 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Import Substitution: A case for soya beans
For the past 10 years, Zimbabwe has produced an average of 56 000 metric tonnes (mt) of soya beans per year against national demand of 240 000 mt for food, animal feed and industrial consumption. In t...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | 408 | by Victor Bhoroma
EU rescues local authorities
THE European Union (EU) has availed €1,1 million to assist five local authorities, Mangwe, Mwenezi, Zibagwe, Lupane and Redcliff, update their information systems.Speaking during a conferenc...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:11hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Ceteris Paribus #SanctionsMustGo
IN November 2018, Zimbabwean telecoms mogul Strive Masiyiwa joined the anti-sanctions lobby highlighting that no country could prosper with "its hands tied at the back".The impact of sanctions...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | 136 | by Eben Mabunda
Fury as South Africa exports J&J vaccines to Europe, starving Africa
Health activists in Africa have slammed Johnson & Johnson for exporting vaccines produced in South Africa to countries in Europe, which have already immunised large numbers of their people and hav...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 11:47hrs | 1329 | by AP
London reaches out to Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in October for a crucial global summit, Whitehall says it is working to increase trade between Britain and Zimbabwe despite the u...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 6575 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets to fly to UK
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported set to visit the United Kingdom (UK) soon, a visit which has set excitement in the ruling Zanu PF and the state media.No Zimbabwean leader has travelle...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 17:00hrs | 4573 | by Staff Writer
After 15 years of trying, Hichilema poised to win Zambia polls
OPPOSITION leader Hakainde Hichilema looks set for victory in Zambia's presidential election, which the incumbent Edgar Lungu declared wasn't free and fair as vote-counting continues.With 62 o...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1511 | by Bloomberg
Kuda Tagwirei shifted assets to Zimbabwe after US sanctions
ZIMBABWE'S government is pressing ahead with a plan to combine its mining assets under a massive private-public enterprise, even as evidence mounts that the project could be linked to a tycoon sanctio...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 21:05hrs | 2418 | by Bloomberg
American hunter kills another Zimbabwe iconic lion
ANOTHER iconic male lion was killed by an American hunter using a bow and arrow in the giant Hwange National Park, sparking global outrage.The lion, named Mopane, was killed last week outside ...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:28hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's penchant for dodgy companies astonishing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's appetite for opaque deals from shady shelf companies and dodgy businesspersons was once again brought into the spotlight this week after British-registered Coven Energy ...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
EU avails €3m for needy Zimbabweans in urban areas
THE European Union (EU) has availed €3 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support highly vulnerable people in the country's urban communities who are struggling to put food ...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Informal sector keeps Bulawayo running
THE informal sector in Bulawayo has contributed more than $13 million to council coffers through licence fees and rentals during the first six months of the year, Southern Eye has learnt.The l...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:48hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
'How much do you pay for haircut tweet nearly causes commotion'
Former Herald editor Caesar Zvayi nearly caused commotion when he posted a tweet asking how much exiled former government minister Jonathan Moyo pays for his haircut....Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa decries lack of development in Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday took to Twitter to decry lack of development in Zimbabwe."Some turn a desert into a great country, but ours turn a great country into a desert. Zim...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 and International Relations: Forces of Change, Continuities and Discontinuities
Forget about all its devastating impacts to humanity, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about interesting and new dimensions to international relations as an academic discipline which raises pivotal i...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 16:19hrs | 483 | by Wallace K Musakanyi
EU tells Mnangagwa to urgently lift ban on by-elections
THE European Union (EU) has urged government to urgently lift the ban on by-elections and ensure that seats left vacant after MDC Alliance Members of Parliament and councillors were recalled by the Do...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2707 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC's fresh sanctions call flops
THE MDC-Alliance unsuccessfully tried to lobby the European Union (EU) to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe after its parliamentarians had been recalled from Parliament following a Supreme Court ruli...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
UK deportations, end of era of lies
THE deportation of the first batch of 14 Zimbabweans from Britain signals a dawn of a new era in the history of relations between Zimbabwe and the former colonial power. The frosty relationship betwee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique signs agreement for SADC troop deployment
Mozambique has, after initial hesitance, signed an agreement allowing the immediate deployment of troops from the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) to help fight an Islamic State...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:04hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Why is West silent on South Africa violence?
In August 2018, just after Zimbabwe's general elections, the country witnessed some demonstrations that were staged by opposition activists who had lost patience in waiting for the presidential electi...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:19hrs | 693 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 396 | by Tafara Shumba
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