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Zimbabwe struggles to capitalize on EU trade opportunities
Zimbabwe has yet to fully exploit significant export opportunities within the European Union (EU) under a duty-free agreement, despite the EU's vast market, which boasts a US$19 trillion gross domesti...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 09:37hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
American coup plotters sentenced to death in DRC
Thirty-seven alleged coup plotters, including three Americans, were convicted and sentenced to death Friday by a Kinshasa military court in a trial against the failed coup of May 19 in the Democratic ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:44hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Anti-colonialist leaflets in support of African people appeared in Brussels
The streets of the capital of Belgium, Brussels, were covered with numerous leaflets containing anti-colonialist slogans and calls for support for Africans who found themselves in dire straits due to ...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 20:36hrs | 271 | by Staff Reporter
'Western war hawks want Ukraine's resources'
Western countries want Kiev to achieve victory in the conflict with Russia, because it would give them the opportunity to "acquire and divide" Ukraine's wealth, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban h...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Milan spoke against the policy of neo-colonialism in Africa
Two events were held in Milan in support of the peoples of Africa: inscriptions demanding the end of the policy of neo-colonialism on the continent were broadcast during laser shows....Published: 18 May 2024 at 19:41hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Has Chamisa been bought?
IN early 2008, Simba Makoni, with the covert but obvious backing of the late powerful ex-general, Solomon Mujuru, sprung up to the podium and made the brave announcement to stand against Robert Mugabe...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe to host military games
ZIMBABWE will play host to the 15th World Military Golf Championships in Victoria Falls in June.The event, to draw participants from 20 defence forces from across the globe, will be held from ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe blocked Election Observer Mission from presenting final report in the country'
The European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has accused the government of impeding the presentation of its final report on the August 2023 election by imposing onerous restrictions on the de...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
EU final report biased, misleading, says Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT dismissed as biased, reactionary and misleading a premeditated final report on the 2023 harmonised elections that was released by the European Union (EU) yesterday.Although the coun...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
EU blocks Zimbabwe fertiliser consignment
The European Union (EU) has halted the delivery of approximately 23,000 tonnes of fertiliser donated by Russia to Zimbabwe, as part of its broader blockade on Russian agricultural exports in response ...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC closes Zimbabwe's 2023 election chapter
In a significant move that underscored its independence from CCC leader Mr. Nelson Chamisa and his Western supporters, SADC released its conclusive report on the Zimbabwean elections on Thursday. Nota...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU wrote Nevers Mumba's SADC report on Zimbabwe polls?
THE controversial SADC Elections Observer Mission preliminary report was first edited by the European Union (EU) before it was publicly read by the now discredited Dr Nevers Mumba as if it was a produ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls out a 'puppet' used by Brussels to steal from SADC countries
Chris Mutsvangwa, the Minister of War Veterans Liberation Struggle Affairs in Zimbabwe, has criticized Western nations for attempting to undermine the government by supporting Zambian President Hakain...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sat on US$3 million from EU to finance CCC campaign?
AHEAD of the recent harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) extended US$3 million to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to build a war chest for the polls, but he sat on the money and is now facing a ...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
EU extended US$3 million to Chamisa to build a war chest for the polls
AHEAD of the recent harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) extended US$3 million to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to build a war chest for the polls, but he sat on the money and is now facing a ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
CiZC claims not regime change agents
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) says labelling the organisation regime change agents is a usual tactic used by dictatorships worldwide to muzzle all voices which attempt to hold them to account....Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
EU observers target remote areas
THE European Union (EU) says it will deploy more than 150 observers to Zimbabwe's August 23 elections.Brussels revealed this yesterday as it deployed the first batch of 46 observers to the cou...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
French revolution brewing
France has been rocked by a wave of protests after a 17-year-old youth was shot by police near Paris on Tuesday, sparking a ban on demonstrations in some cities, travel warnings and reigniting a debat...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 17:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to hold 'deeper' talks with rich nations over debt
Zimbabwe will hold talks with the US, UK and the European Union to end an impasse over $14 billion owed to external creditors as it seeks to shore up funding for development programs.The south...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU doesn't have solutions to Zimbabwe issues
European Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann says Brussels will not impose any solutions to challenges facing the country as it is the responsibility of locals.Von Kirchmannn (JVK...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PAP takes Zimbabwe sanctions fight to Washington
Pan African Parliament Committee on Cooperation and International Relations has resolved to engage Zimbabwean authorities to gather more information on the effects of illegal sanctions imposed by the ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
The poor are on their own in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was all smiles as he officially opened the privately-developed Aspindale apartments in Harare. His infrastructure programme - housing for all - seemed to be all in order y...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Polad gobbles millions in taxpayers' money
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's creation, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), hangs in the balance after gobbling millions of dollars in taxpayers' money as Zimbabwe hurtles towards make-or-break ge...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants to join BRICS
ZIMBABWE has made overtures to join emerging economies that make up the BRICS bloc as part of its engagement and re-engagement thrust, which is particularly designed to increase the countries' clout g...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coal reserves sold for a song
LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tant...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso leadership watches PSG, off to Barcelona
FRENCH football giants Paris St German are the first side the Highlanders leadership, which is on a tour of Europe has visited.Members of the Bosso hierarchy were part of the crowd that watche...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders leadership leaves for Europe
THE Highlanders leadership left the country yesterday for a tour of Europe that will see them going to France, England, Spain and Belgium to visit yet-to-be-named clubs.The tour is a learning ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
We must prepare for the coming 'war'
From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the g...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Walk the talk on reforms
Five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa swept into power following a coup that toppled Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe is still stuck in the political and economic quagmire of the past two decades....Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
European Union Council assists African Union with 600 million Euros
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat has welcomed the decision by the European Union Council to establish an Assistance Measure under the European Peace Facility (...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 14:12hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
EU divided over Russian sanctions
EU citizens are being asked to make great sacrifices to support a sanctions regime against Moscow over its military offensive in Ukraine. But how long will Western consumers be willing to live without...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Robert Bridge
EU MP calls for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
A MEMBER of the European Parliament, Fulvio Martusciello, has called for the removal of illegal economic sanctions that were imposed by the Western world on Zimbabwe, saying Harare needs a fresh start...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks another fuel price increase
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the Government to enforce domestic remedies, including a reduction of duty on petroleum products, to control the price of fuel which went up last week on account of ge...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges support for good Govt programmes
VICE President and Zanu-PF Second Secretary Constantino Chiwenga has said there is need for every Zimbabwean to support policies being implemented by the Second Republic aimed at uplifting people's li...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU snubbed Mnangagwa at Brussels summit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was snubbed by top European Union diplomats at last week's EU-Africa Summit while regional counterparts secured critical meetings, pouring cold water on government claims ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Which African countries stand to benefit from AU-EU Summit?
AFRICA has a huge opportunity: The EU's new strategy for critical raw materials calls for diversification in supply chains, potentially opening up a big market for Africa's lithium, graphite, cobalt, ...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:10hrs | 6 | by Conrad Onyango
Zimbabwe opposition urges EU to remove all sanctions
OPPOSITION parties have called for the total lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe as the country has made tremendous progress in implementing economic and political reforms.In a statement, opposit...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes headway in re-engagement crusade
THE removal of three Zimbabweans from the European Union (EU) sanctions signals the positive strides that the country has made under President Mnangagwa's reengagement policy.Commenting on the...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF strengthens relations with ruling parties
The ruling party ZANU PF recently dispatched a high-level delegation to Zambia headed by National Secretary for Administration Dr. Obert Mpofu. The diplomatic offensive saw Obert Mpofu and his...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 18:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF groups stampede to please Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF affiliated groups have launched a huge stampede to sing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's praises and project themselves as excelling in their undertakings ahead of his rally in Marondera this Su...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe strikes diamond in Europe
Zimbabwe has the potential to produce diamonds worth US$5 billion annually, leading investors who are coming into the country- with more than 500 years in the field have said.After meeting the...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 08:26hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to replace striking teachers with college graduates
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to expel all striking teachers and school heads who fail to report for duty by Tuesday next week and replace them with college graduates and unemployed trained educator...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC takes aim at Zec
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday threatened protests against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), accusing the election management body of attempting to rig March 26 by-el...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition parties diverting issues'
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has expressed disapproval of the opposition parties' connivance with anti-government civic organisations, raising unsubstantiated claims that the revolut...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube arrives in Brussels
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has arrived in Belgium for the two day African Union (AU)/European Union (EU) 6th session that starts tomorrow.The President, who is the country's chief diplomat is exepect...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 17:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets of to Brussels, Belgium
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to leave the country today for Brussels, Belgium, for the EU/AU summit as he bolsters the country's re-engagement and engagement initiative that has seen Zimbabwe's rel...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamics of anti-Chinese crusade in Zimbabwe
In recent times, a steady stream of anti-Chinese propaganda in Zimbabwe - driven mostly by Western-sponsored media, civil society and the opposition - has grown into a huge tide.On January 20,...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power play rocks Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board was allegedly pressured by Treasury to appoint Morris Mpofu as acting commissioner-general, a move which was quickly reversed last week by the government i...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions a divisive matter in Zimbabwe
AS Sadc mounted a fresh campaign to force the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) to lift two decades-long sanctions against Zimbabwe this week, a war of words erupted between opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
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