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WATCH: Ramaphosa's US envoy called Donald Trump a narcissistic right winger
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas as his special envoy to the United States, in an effort to try to rebuild a relationship that h...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 10:25hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Charamba exposes Chamisa?
FROM as early as 2018, CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa sent various envoys who included journalists, businessmen and church leaders to open talks with President Mnangagwa but all his missions collapsed a...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
US envoy says Russian ship picked up arms in South Africa
The United States envoy to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa, in a possible breach of Pretoria's declared neutrality in the Ukrai...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US envoy jets into Zimbabwe to interfere with polls preparations?
UNITED States senior official Robert Scott yesterday jetted into the country for a two-day visit aimed at holding talks with stakeholders and ensuring free and fair elections.Zimbabwe is expec...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF attacks outgoing US envoy
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has lashed out at outgoing United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, accusing him of funding opposition parties and civil society organisations (CSOs) to overthrow ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slates US envoy
United States of America's envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian Nichols' failure to denounce the violent insurrection that happened at Capitol Hill in Washington DC on January 6 - killing five people an...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New US envoy to UN good news for HRDs, claims Coltart
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart yesterday welcomed the appointment of United States human rights defender and career diplomat Linda ThomasGreenfield as US ambassador to the Uni...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe threatens to expel US envoy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson says United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has created a basis to "expel himself" after the envoy urged the region to be more proactive in hand...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tender resignation as Zimbabwe leader to avoid humiliating exit
COLOGNE/HARARE– President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly due to tender his resignation as the country’s leader in less than twelve months, to avoid a humiliating exit, after failing to resolve Z...Published: 14 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-kate Kahari
Former US envoy releases details on Chiwenga's coup
Former United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton has written a document that gives an insight into the November 2017 coup that toppled Robert Mugabe from power.Wharton also...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Belarus envoy delivers special message to Mnangagwa
Head of the Belarus Presidential Affairs Mr Viktor Sheiman has delivered a special message to the President Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulating him on the victory in the just ended elections and invitin...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US cranks up pressure on Mnangagwa
United States President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up pressure on embattled President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa by demanding that he institutes a transparent and credible investigation...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a big pretender: Ex-US envoys
FORMER United States diplomats have described Monday polls as a mere political charade and urged the world's biggest economy to be wary of deeply engaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In an ar...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa came to power through violence'
AMERICAN think-tank, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), yesterday said the weekend explosion at a Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo was confirmation that Zimbabwe's political landscape has not yet shed off i...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maduro expels US envoy
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela following a new round of sanctions imposed by Washington over his re-election.Maduro announced the move in a ...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dictator Ian Khama steps down, hands over to Masisi
Khama has visited all of Botswana's 57 constituencies since December, bidding a long goodbye to a population of just 2.2 million after serving the constitutional maximum of 10 years in office....Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by AFP
Chiwenga meets US envoy
United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Harry Thomas Jnr has said his country is willing to assist the new Government led by President Mnangagwa following the resignation of former president Robert Mu...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in excellent start, says US envoy
THE United States has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has had an "excellent start" as the country's leader and American investors and politicians are expected to start arriving in Zimbabwe this mont...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe supports Donald Trump's nationalistic views
THE United States government seems unwilling to engage in discussions over President Robert Mugabe's comments on Donald Trump's nationalistic views that the Zimbabwean leader has welcomed....Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'USA ambassador arming rural areas with smartphones' - Jonathan Moyo claims
Former President Robert Mugabe's chief critic, Professor Jonathan Moyo has claimed that US ambassador to Zimbabwe Harry Thomas, Jr is planning on distribute seven million smartphones in the rural area...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 18:08hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
US envoy hits out at Jonathan Moyo
UNITED States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Harry Thomas Jnr, has rubbished recent claims by Zanu-PF politburo member and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo that the current wave of anti-government...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy in a deep hole, says US envoy
American Envoy Harry Thomas Jnr said Zimbabwe's economy already at its decades, will get worse before it gets better with the US envoy saying it will take time before liberalizing reforms turn net...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'US didn't care about Gukurahundi,' says US envoy
PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan's government did not just fail to fully appreciate the extent of the Matebeleland killings but White House simply did not want to know what was happening, a senior US envoy has...Published: 19 May 2016 at 21:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
US envoy meets Mugabe
THE United States' new ambassador to Zimbabwe, Harry Thomas (Jnr), yesterday had difficulties explaining why his country has maintained a discredited sanctions regime on Zimbabwe, mumbling inaudibly e...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Felex Share
Rare compliment for Mugabe from US envoy
Outgoing United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Bruce Wharton yesterday described President Mugabe as a lion of Africa who dedicated his life to fighting for the liberation of the continent.S...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 05:08hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Outgoing US envoy would continue ensuring the development of Zimbabwe
Bruce Wharton, the outgoing Unted States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe, said he would continue ensuring the development of Zimbabwe beyond the lapse of his term, CAJ News reported.Wharton's ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 11:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sanctions lifting conditional,' says US envoy
Outgoing United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Bruce Wharton has insisted the removal of sanctions will depend on certain conditions.Wharton was speaking after bidding farewell to Vice Presi...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe threatens to kick out British and US envoys
President Mugabe yesterday said Government will not hesitate to kick out British and American ambassadors if they continue instigating chaos by funding vendors to resist relocation to designated ...Published: 30 Jul 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's mineral wealth gives it an outsized importance,' says US envoy
MY heart goes out to all the African-African American church-goers gunned down summarily by a pro-Rhodesia, pro-Apartheid American white supremacist terrorist named as Dylann Roof. This white supremac...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 17:43hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zanu-PF members attempt to disrupt US envoy meeting
A group of placard waving Zanu-PF members unsuccessfully tried to disrupt a meeting held between US Ambassador Bruce Wharton and members of Zubo in Sikalenge village in Binga last Thursday. ...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions having some impact in Zimbabwe, says US envoy
United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr. Bruce Wharton, is defending his country's decision to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe, despite calls by Zimbabwe's opposition leader for them to be remove...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 22:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
America ready to assist Zimbabwe
America is waiting for a signal from President Robert Mugabe's government in order to resume full scale relations, US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bruce Wharton said yesterday. Wharton indicate...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
US envoy dismiss Mugabe claims
UNITED States State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki has dismissed as unfounded claims by President Robert Mugabe that the US was in an unholy alliance with Vice President Joice Mujuru to assassinate ...Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe's government must not hide behind sanctions,' says US envoy
UNITED States ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton has accused the Zanu-PF government of failing to craft sound economic policies and always hiding behind the travel restrictions imposed on its leader...Published: 29 Sep 2014 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai and the real legitimacy crisis
And Tsvangirai even had the temerity of writing to Sadc, where President Mugabe is chair, with the same monotone!For the better part of the past year, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has b...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 16:34hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
US envoy explains Mugabe exclusion
THE United States remains concerned about democratic processes in Zimbabwe following the controversial 2013 elections, while relations between the two countries are still strained over the country...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 12:13hrs | | by Wongai Zhangazha
Israel ends operations in some parts of Gaza
Gaza City - The Israeli army on Saturday gave a first indication it was ending operations in parts of Gaza, while continuing to bombard other areas ahead of fresh truce talks in Cairo.As a Pal...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
US tells DRC leader Joseph Kabila to step down
Kinshasa - The top US envoy to Africa's Great Lakes region called on Thursday for Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to respect a constitutional term limit and step aside when the c...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Gweru Mayor pitches up for US Envoy tour in complete army gear
Gweru Mayor, Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi stole the show during the United States Envoy's tour of Naletali Ruins near Shangani when he pitched up for the trip in complete army wear gear. Clr K...Published: 16 Nov 2013 at 03:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
US envoy hopes for democratic transition
United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton has said he is hoping for a democratic transition, saying it is important not to pre-judge elections in Zimbabwe. The US and European Union a...Published: 29 Jul 2013 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No secret Zanu-PF talks,' says US envoy
US Ambassador, Bruce Wharton, was recently a guest on SW Radio Africa's Hot Seat programme with Violet Gonda. Wharton denied reports of behind the scenes talks with top Zanu PF officials about a new u...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 05:06hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Zanu-PF supporter strips down to her knickers to block US envoy speech
A Zanu-PF supporter has stripped down to her knickers and confronted the US envoy to Zimbabwe as he was about to address a meeting with residents in Mutare. The woman was part of a group...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe chased away by villagers
The US envoy to Zimbabwe Mr David Bruce Wharton was yesterday reportedly forced to abandon his tour of Sangano Dairy Farm in Makoni District after villagers demonstrated against his Government's cont...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions benefit Mugabe and his inner circle, says US envoy
SANCTIONS slapped on President Robert Mugabe and senior Zanu-PF officials by the United States (US) and the European Union in 2002 are benefiting Mugabe and his inner circle as they resort to unorthod...Published: 18 Nov 2012 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe votes 'no' to UN resolution on Syria
Zimbabwe voted "no" on Friday along with Russia, China, Syria, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Burma and Venezuela. Among those states abstaining were India and Pakistan....Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US envoy scorns 'naive' Zim politicians over wikileaks
Outgoing US ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray has scorned local politicians for volunteering sensitive information to American diplomats in what was later released through American diplomatic cables ...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to push for early elections at SADC Summit
Zanu-PF will push the issue of Zimbabwe's fresh elections at the extra-ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) to be held in Angola, sources said on Thursday.The three principa...Published: 01 Jun 2012 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obama appoints new US envoy for Zimbabwe
United States President Barack Obama has nominated career diplomat David Bruce Wharton as ambassador to Zimbabwe to replace Charles Ray whose three-year term in Harare ends this year.Wharton ...Published: 14 May 2012 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Even with frogs, MDC were going to win the urban vote - Goche
Transport and Communications Minister and Zanu-PF stalwart Nicholas Goche said the MDC could have put up a frog and won in Zimbabwe's urban areas during the 2000 elections, according to whistleblowe...Published: 02 Apr 2012 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Underestimate 'genius' Welshman Ncube at your own peril - Wikileaks
A year after Welshman Ncube assumed the presidency of the smaller Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party from Arthur Mutambara, there is no sign of complacency in the man.Ncube was describ...Published: 05 Feb 2012 at 14:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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