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UK resets ties with Zimbabwe in push for critical minerals

Zimbabwe and the UK are rekindling diplomatic ties after almost three decades of tension, driven by a global surge in demand for critical minerals that's led th

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe linked girl missing in the UK

West Yorkshire Police are urgently appealing for information to help locate a 14-year-old girl, Nakai Rinomhota, who has gone missing from Roundhay, Leeds.Nakai

Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Britain shifts its policy towards Zimbabwe

The recent engagement of the British government with the Zimbabwean government, after more than two decades of imposing sanctions, reflects a pragmatic shift in diplomatic strategy. While the decision to lift some sanctions may be viewed s…

Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 10:15hrs | | by Mukachana Hanya

United Kingdom gets tough on foreigners, â€¦ to ship them to Rwanda

In a recent press statement, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak highlighted significant progress in addressing illegal immigration, particularly focusing on reducing sm

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Duke Maplanka to stand as ZAPU UK Chairperson

First of all allow me to humbly express my gratitude for the nomination to represent our province as Chairperson. Our province is unique. Through history and time, seldom has there been a less represented province that contributes so much …

Published: 22 May 2023 at 13:03hrs | | by Duke Maplanka

Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings

While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for the South African media who wrote stories about the Gukurahundi massacre…

Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | | by Stephen Bates

Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK

Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabwe to send money. She chuckled sadly and said, t…

Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Why I boycotted Queen Elizabeth II

I WAS a Lower Sixth student at Prince Edward School in Harare, Zimbabwe, when Queen Elizabeth II visited our school in October 1991. Zimbabwe was hosting that year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the queen â€” as the head of…

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

UK has new PM, 8th since 1980, Truss too will be booted out if she fail - Zim on 2nd, both way, way past 'use-by date'

The British people have a new Prime Minister, the 8th one since 1980! Liz Truss 2022 - present Conservative Boris Johnson 2019 - 2022 Conservative Theresa May 2016 - 2019 Conservative David Cameron 2010 - 2016 Conservative Gordon Brown 200…

Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

Shameless, unpatriotic citizens sell out Zimbabwe in UK

AS President Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom in a trip which will see him gracing the Kingdom of Scotland, Zimbabweans are in high morale hoping to see their leader as he lifts the national flag high. Many Presidents will co…

Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 05:01hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

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 who have stayed in the UK for over 40 yea…

Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 11:16hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe has no hand in UK deportations

The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe embassy. They were demonstrating against deportations of Zimbabwe…

Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 06:02hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwean criminals in UK must stop blaming government over deportations

Mavis Matapo is 17-year-old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents' house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice. Her life crumbled into pieces the day she attended a birthday party i…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 06:18hrs | 691 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives

Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison.  Many opposition groups in the UK have made so much noise and…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Why the colonial UK sanctioned Zimbabwe security chiefs

UNITED Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says the British government is not happy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa government's pace of reforms.Robinson (MR) told Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor (TN) on the platform In …

Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Ken Mufuka

Is UK impeding Zimbabwe's democratisation?

WHERE persuasion does not work, the big powers continue turning to sanctions.The imposition of sanctions against perceived powerful individuals in "undemocratic regimes" like Zimbabwe has been overplayed as much as it is misapplied. Recent…

Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino

What types of casinos are available in the UK

Numerous people in Europe are already delving into digital channels to enjoy their favorite forms of entertainment such as watching movies or playing online gam

Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff writer

The UK Parliament trampled on Rushwaya's human rights

Ms Henrietta Rushwaya is alleged to have attempted to smuggle gold out of Zimbabwe, late last year. She was arrested at Robert Mugabe airport. From what one has read so far, she has since been charged for that crime although her case is st…

Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:31hrs | | by Njabulo

British lingering nostalgia for an Empire forever lost

Mr Speaker, I rise to inform this House that, on 27 October, the British House of Lords, conducted yet another of their meandering debates on the situation in Zimbabwe. The fascination with Zimbabwe continues reflecting, sadly, Their Lords…

Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:09hrs | | by Hon Kindness Paradza

Employment law changes in the UK : proposals in the pipeline for HR

Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws revealed as Boris Johnson's tenure in 10 Downing Street begins.Many of the proposals are still under consultation, so i…

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 19:23hrs | | by Muchie Shamuyarira

UK Commemorates the visit of Ndebele Chiefs to Queen Victoria in 1889

The African community in the UK will be Celebrating the 1889 visit of two Ndebele Chiefs to Queen Victoria in London. In late 1888 King Lobengula sent 2 emissaries from present day Zimbabwe to go and meet with the Queen of the United Kingd…

Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:29hrs | | by Joseph Qobo Mayisa

Does Illegal working in the UK make contract of employment unenforceable?

In recent years, the UK courts and tribunals have resisted attempts by employers to use the "illegality defence" to block vulnerable migrant workers' employment tribunal claims.While this case concerned contractual claims, employers should…

Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 18:02hrs | 1603 | by Muchie Shamuyarira

Fellow Zimbabweans, could you please help me find my young children who were abducted in UK?

I live in Swansea, and have lived there since 2007. In March 2008, l met a woman who comes from Swaziland and we were blessed with our first girl in January 2009.In 2012, we were blessed with a baby boy and in 2014 again, another boy.We li…

Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:17hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri

Will Zimbabwe benefit from boris johnson's ascendents to power?

Boris Johnson, Britain's  prime minister, is the quintessential nostalgic leader. Since the Brexit referendum, in order to make Britain's future outside the European Union appealing, he has played on London's past, inflating the true …

Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 15:33hrs | | by Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe's CSC sold to a UK briefcase company?

I'm sure by now we have all heard that the government has sold our national beef processing company, the Cold Storage Company, to a "UK Beef Giant". Thankfully, Zimbabweans were quick to point out that this "UK Beef Giant" was a mere brief…

Published: 18 May 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Online

Biti is offside on the British loan to Zim businesses

The opposition politicians must know what to oppose and what to support unless if they want to lose respect in the eyes of the citizens.The Tendai Biti attack on the $100M private sector loan to Zimbabwe by Britain's CDC and Standard Chart…

Published: 18 May 2018 at 10:00hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono

WATCH: Chamisa's UK trip, HARDTalk and that joke about his sister

POV w/ Zororo Makamba- Episode 11: The Battle for Britain : Chamisa's UK Trip, HARDTalk & That Joke About His Sister.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmEij0SEGX8

Published: 15 May 2018 at 16:02hrs | | by Eleven Dogs Inc

Chamisa says some really dumb things, says UK Professor

THE MDC Alliance is undergoing generational renewal. I had heard great things about Nelson Chamisa as an orator. So, I arrived (at his Chatham House presentation) expecting to be impressed and encouraged. Alas, I left unimpressed and disco…

Published: 11 May 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Diana Jeater

The UK is committed to media freedom and the protection of journalists

I've been lucky enough to meet many brave and innovative journalists whilst I've been the UK's ambassador to Zimbabwe. I'm only too aware that press freedom was severely threatened under Zimbabwe's previous government. In the years after 2…

Published: 03 May 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Ambassador Catriona Laing

Britain ready to work with Zimbabwe

In terms of value, the combined total value of UK projects approved by the Zimbabwe Investment Authority between 2014 and 2017 was more than US$336 million. These projects are all at various stages of completion.I made a regional working v…

Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 16:37hrs | | by Ambassador Catriona Laing

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 sometimes clownish but intelligent Boris Johnson wa…

Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono

UK welcomes Mugabe's fall and promise 'support' - just don't knight Mnangagwa

"The resignation of Robert Mugabe provides Zimbabwe with an opportunity to forge a new path free of the oppression that characterised his rule...As Zimbabwe's oldest friend we will do all we can to support... to help the country achieve a …

Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Nomusa Garika

UK protest walk against the human rights abuses in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO), the organisers of a protest walk against the human rights abuses in Zimbabwe have announced their route for the demonstration.Demonstrators will meet at 06:00am on Friday the 18th of August, at Br…

Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 10:03hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo

Love for money, sex and greed killing spirit of activism in the UK

My article published earlier this year on the 16th of May titled, "Lack of participation in national politics by UK Zimbabweans," received a lot of feedback from you the readers. Most Zimbabweans raised valid points of why they don't want …

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 15:05hrs | | by Silvanos Mudzvova

Zimbabwe diaspora in UK demand voting rights

Birmingham: The emergence of Zimbabwe's civil society movements in politics since #thisflag movement has become both fascinating and challenging. Fascinating in that the demonstrations does not seem to be merely a passing consciousness, bu…

Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 13:38hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo

What Brexit means for Africa, Zimbabwe

"Fog in the channel - continent cut off." The Brookings Institution reminded us of this famous though apocryphal British headline in an analysis of Brexit this week. For Brookings, the headline epitomises the insularity - not to say solips…

Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 05:50hrs | | by Peter Fabricius

Zanu PF UK chair challenge Zimbabweans to be aware of how embassies work

ZANU PF UK Chairman Nick Mangwana has urged Zimbabweans to remember how Embassies located in various countries serve Zimbabweans and that their main purpose is

Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:47hrs | 1650 | by Stephen Jakes

UK demand for expulsion of Zim doctor

The attempt by a British GP to seize a farm in Zimbabwe was condemned by Ephraim Tapa, founder member of the Zimbabwe Vigil and President of its sister organisation Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR). Ephraim was speaking after…

Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 21:06hrs | | by ZZimbabwe Vigil Diary: 31st October 2015

US, UK intelligence accused of hacking Sim card firm to steal codes

US and British intelligence agencies hacked into a major manufacturer of Sim cards in order to steal codes that facilitate eavesdropping on mobiles, a US news w

Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 18:36hrs | | by BBC

In the Diaspora: The Truth and the Lies

Ever wondered what it was REALLY like going to the UK to look for the proverbial pot of gold? A friend of mine called Vusi Moyo gave me this piece which is a no holds barred, blow by blow dose of reality. I sat on this for a good two years…

Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 12:52hrs | | by Lenox Mhlanga

UK inflation rate is now higher than Zimbabwe's

ItâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ‘Â¢s true. Annual inflation in Zim is now three per cent, whereas the UK rate âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ãº even if we take the lowest measure, CPI âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ãº is four per cent (hat-tip, zerohedge). In reality, of course, t…

Published: 17 Mar 2011 at 19:24hrs | | by Daniel Hannan

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