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Mnangagwa heads to Moscow for 80th Victory Day commemorations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has departed for Moscow, Russia, to participate in the 80th anniversary celebrations of Victory Day, marking eight decades since Nazi Germany's surrender to the Soviet Uni...Published: 07 May 2025 at 21:02hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Belarus to establish bus and tractor assembly plant in Zimbabwe
Belarus is set to establish a bus and tractor assembly plant in Zimbabwe by December 2025, further cementing the growing ties between the two nations. This announcement was made by Mr Pearson Chigiji,...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:18hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Putin congratulates Kirsty Coventry on IOC election
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry on her election as International Olympic Committee president on Thursday, saying her "unique experience" will ensure the movem...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:12hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
POSB starts selling Belarus tractors
People's Own Savings Bank (POSB), one of the financial institutions selected by the Government to facilitate the resale of Belarus tractors to Zimbabwean farmers, has announced that the equipment is n...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 17:28hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gazettes Zimbabwe, Belarus tax agreement
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially gazetted the tax agreement between Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus, a deal initially concluded in January 2023. This development was announced in Procl...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Lithuania seizes shipment of fire trucks to Zimbabwe
Lithuania is holding onto 17 fire engines seized in 2021 while being shipped to Zimbabwe from neighbouring Belarus which is under European Union sanctions, officials said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 19:03hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Belarusian President
President Mnangagwa has extended warm birthday wishes to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who turned 70 on Friday, commending his significant contributions to Zimbabwe's agriculture, mining,...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:09hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dynastic ambitions laid bare
VIRAL images of President Emmerson Mnangagwa pictured alongside his twin sons Sean and Collins have raised eyebrows amid suspicions that this could be a strategy to psych the nation into accepting the...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 20:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Belarusian tractor 'embarrasses' Mnangagwa
A tractor imported from Belarus failed to start at Mushagashe Youth Vocational Training Centre during the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day commemorations on Wednesday with President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 15:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Belarus strongman dispatches 'smallhouse' to Mnangagwa's wife
PROFESSOR Irina Abelskaya, the Belarusian envoy recently dispatched to Harare to deliver a donation to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, is a mistress of the Eastern European country's leader Alexander L...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:21hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Belarus army general's visits Zimbabwe
The visit of Belarusian army general Viktor Sheiman has sparked concerns and controversy. Sheiman, who is under sanctions from the European Union and the United States for alleged human rights abuses ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets special Belarus delegation
A special envoy from Belarus has met with President Mnangagwa following up on bilateral agreements signed with his counterpart President Alexander Lukashenko when he visited Zimbabwe early this year....Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporte
Mnangagwa's lavish 81st birthday celebration
Zimbabwe's first lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, hosted a lavish birthday celebration for her husband, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, at State House in Harare on Friday. The event marked Mnangagwa's 81st bir...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nearing a fully-fledged family dynasty!
Last week, a reporter with a national daily newspaper phoned for my opinion on how I believed the country's new Cabinet should be constituted.This was after the recently-held hotly disputed ha...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 14:11hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Even Mnangagwa wants 'whites' to develop Zimbabwe!
A few days ago, I had a very interesting debate with a ZANU PF sympathizer - who was adamant that Zimbabwe was going in the right direction under President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.He based...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 21:50hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jacob Zuma to represent Belarus at carbon credits indaba in Zimbabwe
Former president Jacob Zuma will represent Belarus at a Zimbabwe conference on the trade in African carbon credits, according to the organisers of the event.Zuma, who was seen entering the eve...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 10:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, you failed to uphold the Constitution
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, I have reason to believe there is overwhelming evidence that your presidential term was destined to be retrogressive. It has long been char...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:47hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mnangagwa appoints Mudzimba as Zimbabwe's ambassador to Belarus
President Mnangagwa has appointed Ambassador Ignatius Graham Mudzimba as Zimbabwe's ambassador to the Republic of Belarus.The appointment was announced by the Chief Secretary to the President ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 15 | by Ian Beddowes
Mnangagwa's corruption double talk
THE latest row over patronage and opaque procurement in the government shows the widening rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, and their attempts to favour th...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe finds formula to bust sanctions
ZIMBABWE and Belarus, two countries that are suffering under the yoke of illegal Western economic sanctions, have joined hands to remove the obstacles spawned by the punitive measures and uplift their...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo in Belarus to procure fire engines, agric equipment
A delegation led by Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo is currently in Minsk, Belarus to purchase agricultural equipment, fire engines and other equipment.In June last year, ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mnangagwa entangled in massive chrome scandal
COMPANIES linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga received US$3 million from South African chrome miner Zunaid Moti following a US$120 million deal signed betwee...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 20:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's official meddling intensifies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's meddling in government affairs intensified this week after she flew out of the country with her twin sons Sean and Collins to hold separate meetings with Belarus Presid...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Auxilia Mnangagwa: A throw back to Grace Mugabe‘s hey day
One of the reasons given by the military for ousting former president Robert Mugabe in 2017 was that he was allowing his wife Grace to run government affairs in violation of the constitution.G...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Belarus to exhibit at ZITF for the first time
BELARUS will exhibit at this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) for the first time ever, as relations between Harare and Minsk continue to grow from strength to strength fo...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's Belarus trip raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe's First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa reportedly chartered a private jet to Belarus last week, where she met with President Alexander Lukashenko. The purpose of the trip is unclear, but it has rais...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 07:40hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs Minister meets Lukashenko
As Zimbabwe seeks to deepen economic collaboration with Belarus, the Government has sent a delegation to Minsk to start making concrete moves of operationalising issues that were agreed on when Presid...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Russia extends footprint in Zimbabwe
RUSSIA, which is increasingly being isolated by the international community over its invasion of Ukraine, this week expanded its global influence in Africa after Moscow dispatched a business delegatio...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cronyism web exposed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's habit of allowing his son Emmerson Jr and business partners like Kudakwashe Tagwirei to join his official trips and events – including state visits – smacks of braze...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's links with kleptocrats, dodgy business networks solidify
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's state visit to Equatorial Guinea this week, where he met the world's longest-serving head of state, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, underlines his penchant for ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:17hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed state
The economic mismanagement and corruption under Mugabe's administration has spilled into this new dispensation of Emmerson Mnangagwa. Every sector of economic, political and social stratus is ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa called by several SADC leaders about Belarus leader's visit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has claimed that the recent visit by his Belarus counterpart and close ally, Alexander Lukashenko, attracted interest and buzz from the Southern Africa Development Communi...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Belarus cashes in on Zimbabwe sanctions
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko secured eight bilateral agreements in agriculture, education and economic co-operation with Zimbabwe.BELARUS has taken advantage of sanctions imposed ...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Charamba justifies Emmerson Junior's presence at meeting with Belarus chefs
DEPUTY Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Office, George Charamba, has justified the presence of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson Jr, at a high-level State House me...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko pushes for Zimbabwe - Mozambique economic ties
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko is exploring ways of forging economic ties with Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the agricultural sector.Lukashenko ended his three days long visit to Zimbabwe...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
Belarus deals help bust Zimbabwe sanctions
A STRING of bilateral agreements that were signed between Zimbabwe and Belarus this week and in 2019, have helped the country bust sanctions not only in the agriculture sector which is on the rebound,...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Social media sniggers over coffin draping decor at Mnangagwa Belarus event
THE people responsible for decor during high level State functions will have belatedly remembered that every detail matters after their choice of decor Tuesday became to subject of uncharitable social...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor defends Harare-Minsk twinning arrangement
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has defended his decision to meet a Belarusian delegation led by President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, where he signed a memorandum of understanding to twin the capital ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Belarus credited for Zimbabwe's bumper wheat harvest
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has attributed the country's bumper wheat harvest last season to the modernisation and mechanisation of the country's agriculture sector thanks to machinery and equipment from Bela...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Lukashenko charmed by Victoria Falls
The first impressions that he conveyed were of dignity, courtesy and self-confidence.Bearing the mantle of authority with ease, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko radiated warmth and charm...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keeps western diplomats away from Lukashenko
Zimbabwe broke with established protocol on Tuesday after western diplomats were not invited to a state banquet in honour of visiting Belarusian authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, emphasizing tension...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko's eagerness for Mnangagwa to win elections casts serious doubts over credibility of deals signed!
Normally, when a national leader visits another country, he is expected - on account of common decency, respect and statesmanship - to keep clear of his hosts' domestic politics. It would have...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa, Lukashenko swap stuffed lion for tractor
The Belarusian and Zimbabwean leaders have exchanged gifts during Alexander Lukashenko's visit to the African stateBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has received a stuffed lion from hi...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints at July general election
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that the much anticipated harmonised elections will be held in July adding he is confident of his party's victory.He was speaking during the signing cer...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Belarus not coming to colonise Zimbabwe
BELARUSIAN leader Alexander Lukashenko has assured Zimbabwe that he has genuine intentions of building a strong relationship where both countries benefit .Lukashenko who is currently in Zimbab...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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