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2023 elections crucial test of Mnangagwa's Statesmanship
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, by now, most of the determined would-be contestants for public office are already geared for the imminent race. Although t...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:53hrs | 13 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mnangagwa under pressure over Chamisa attacks
THE European Union (EU) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow the opposition to campaign freely following increasing violent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members by suspect...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure from EU over Chamisa attacks
THE European Union (EU) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow the opposition to campaign freely following increasing violent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members by suspect...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU's outgoing messenger wants Zimbabwe to rethink on PVOs Bill
THE European Union (EU) yesterday urged Parliament to take the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill back to the people for further consultation because some of its provisions would re...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted EU red-flags govt on abductions
THE European Union (EU) has urged Zimbabwe to earnestly look into the issue of enforced disappearances and bring the culprits to book.Speaking to NewsDay after the fourth EU-Zimbabwe Dia...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maintains neutral stance on Russia-Ukraine conflict
THE Zimbabwean government has refused to be dragged into the Russia-Ukrainian conflict, calling for dialogue between the warring countries.Foreign Affairs and International Trade ministry chie...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
EU against Zimbabwe's own Patriot Act
The European Union (EU) says it is concerned about laws that Zimbabwe is crafting that will further restrict freedom of expression.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is pushing for the ...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU pledges to capacitate youth
THE European Union (EU) has pledged to capacitate the youth so that they actively participate in decision-making processes and help shape their societies.Speaking at the official opening of th...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers yet another diplomatic blow
THE United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing san...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers yet another diplomatic blow
THE United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing sanctions agai...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:38hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
EU maintains stance on Zimbabwe isolation
THE European Union (EU) this week dismissed government claims that the two decades-long restrictive measures imposed on individuals and state firms had triggered an economic meltdown, which has seen m...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Third EU-Zimbabwe Political Dialogue held in Harare
The meeting allowed for the continuation of discussions on topics that are of common interest and are priorities in EU-Zimbabwe relations: human rights, democratisation, rule of law and good governanc...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
EU refuses to fully engage with Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration that the bloc cannot fully engage with Harare unless it institutes far reaching political and economic reforms. T...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe appeals for sanctions removal
ZIMBABWE yesterday appealed to the European Union (EU) to remove sanctions, which it says have continued to hinder development and caused the economic meltdown.This came out during the EU-Zimb...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe meets EU for political dialogue
The third session of the Zimbabwe-European Union Article 8 political dialogue is currently underway in Harare as relations between the two take a decisive turn for the better.The Zimbabwean de...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba fallout: Ziyambi fingers EU, US
USTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday sensationally claimed that the European Union (EU) and the United States were pouring millions of dollars to destabilise the country by sponsoring non-governm...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU warns Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration against creating laws that undermine the citizens' political liberties and freedom...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CABS and European Investment Bank unveil EUR15m COVID resilience business financing initiative
The European Investment Bank has agreed to support EUR 15 million of new long-term financing for entrepreneurs and businesses across Zimbabwe in cooperation with leading local bank CABS. The first eve...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds thawing relations with France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa,, says Zimbabwe's frosty relations with key European Union (EU) countries have improved markedly ever since his government embarked on its dogged re-engagement drive with ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs viable opposition: EU
HEAD of the European Union (EU) delegation in Zimbabwe, Timo Olkkonen, has said Zimbabwe deserves a viable and people-driven opposition to effectively keep the government under check.Speaking ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe's land reform programme is non-negotiable
IN A sign that Harare may be hardening its stance towards the West, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says meaningful re-engagement with Washington and Brussels will only happen when they accept that there...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 20:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU still pursuing dialogue with Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) says it is currently engaging opposition parties and other stakeholders as it gears up for formal dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Zimbabwe a...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's 'defining moment'
WITH pressure mounting on its leaders all round, insiders say the MDC Alliance has reached a critical point where tough decisions now have to be made about its future.This comes as both Zanu-P...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 17:01hrs | 9 | by Anesu Mirisawu
Mwonzora suffers major blow
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's manoeuvres to position himself as the main opposition leader suffered a double blow last week after the United States and the European Union (EU) signalled that they co...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 10:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt partners EU to build 24 new hospitals
Government has expressed commitment to foster transparency and accountability in the use of donor funding extended towards the country's health sector to ensure continuity of programmes and establishm...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU ready to work with Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) has joined the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) in re-affirming its readiness to offer more support to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, European Union talks set to resume
THE ongoing formal political dialogue between Zimbabwe and the European Union, to normalise strained relations between the two, will continue despite the recent extension of sanctions on Harare by Bru...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe gets €4.1 million to upgrade Chirundu Border Post
COMESA and Zimbabwe have signed an agreement that sub-delegates the implementation of Coordinated Border Management activities, Trade and Transport Facilitation programme at the Chirundu border post....Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trump likened to Zimbabwe's Chamisa
Political analyst Mr Goodson Nguni likened President Trump to MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who declared before the 2018 elections that he would not recognise the election result if he did no...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife commissions GBV 'one-stop shop'
A TREATMENT and support centre for survivors of gender based violence (GBV) has been launched in Bindura. First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called for a multi-sectoral response in the fight ag...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firm battles to recover 'sanctions' blocked funds
Gweru-based Fuest Industrial Supplies is battling to recover US$33,414 export proceeds blocked by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) seven years ago....Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
US claims that sanctions don't affect Zimbabwe economy
THE United States of America (US), the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) remain adamant that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has not done enough to have sanctions imposed on the...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I won 2018 elections, there is no crisis' insists Mnangagwa - rigged hence existential crisis
"I wish to unequivocally state that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe as elections were held in July 2018 and a winner was declared in terms of the country's Constitution," stated Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EU will not renew budget support to Zimbabwe
Ongoing mismanagement and corruption mean it is "out of the question" that the European Union will resume aid directly to the government of Zimbabwe anytime soon, according to the bloc's ambassador to...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:28hrs | | by Vince Chadwick I Devex
'Zanu PF media ad hominem attacks on ambassadors is insulting' - remain focused and tighten screw
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government appeared determined to commit diplomatic hara-kiri - ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, which used to be practised in Japan - with its officials ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
EU Ambassador fumes at The Herald's 'freedom of speech'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government appeared determined to commit diplomatic hara-kiri - ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, which used to be practised in Japan - with its officials a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poison in Zimbabwe
The European Union's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Timo Olkkonen, says corruption is destroying the country. He said the international appeal for a couple of hundred million dollars to prevent mass starvati...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:20hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Mnangagwa's re-engagement goes off the rails
LAST week's damning statement by the United States, European Union and other members of the international community on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe after opposition protests scheduled for Au...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's leadership clearly 'disastrous', says Hain
IN May 2018, when the Zimbabwe Independent interviewed British peer Lord Peter Hain - a prominent critic of former president Robert Mugabe's regime - he was optimistic about the birth of a new era in ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Corruption hurting Zimbabwe more than sanctions, says EU
CORRUPTION is robbing Zimbabwe of its ability to sustain itself and its resources that will allow it to develop social safety nets strong enough to rid the country of the international food relief pac...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Keep your EU Brexit and I will keep my Zimbabwe'
HISTORY has a tendency to repeat itself, but in Zimbabwe, the frequency is just phenomenal. The country has twice in a decade suffered hyperinflation as a result of bad governance.For the seco...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Chamisa's stubborn pursuit of its destabilisation agenda has now reached its zenith'
Zanu-PF yesterday castigated the opposition party over its planned nationwide demonstrations.In a statement, Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, said the MDC's "continued and stub...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC can go hang'
WAR veterans have declared that they will not let power slip into the hands of the opposition MDC party, which they accuse of being a proxy of the West.Speaking after a national executive meet...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa key in talks, says EU
THE absence of Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa in the current political dialogue initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resolve the country's economic and political crisis i...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Little change one year on from Mnangagwa's inauguration
As Zimbabwe marks the anniversary on Monday of Emmerson Mnangagwa's first year as its elected president, recent developments in the troubled nation suggest it is on the road to disaster rather than re...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:19hrs | 2 | by Bill Corcoran in Cape Town
Government laughs at Gonyeti's abduction
Deputy Government Spokesperson Dr Energy Mutodi has scoffed at reports that Bustop comedian Gonyeti was abducted by unknown assailants on Wednesday night. Said Mutodi, "Gonyeti Gonyeti did a c...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa, EU envoy in public spat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threw away diplomatic etiquette and publicly censured EU ambassador Timo Olkkonen after the latter in his speech touched on the worsening human rights abuses in ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rule of law is for us, claims Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's rule of law is sacrosanct and not tailored to please other countries or one particular group of people but all citizens, the President has said. President Mnangagwa said the law is ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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