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US Congress moves to repeal ZDERA sanctions on Zimbabwe

The United States has formally begun legislative processes to repeal the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA), a sanctions law in place since 2001 that has limited Harare's access to international financial support for near…

Published: 02 Dec 2025 at 11:38hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter

How Tagwirei's ascent threatens - and could reward - investors

Zimbabwe's political landscape has erupted into a new era of factionalism, with sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's meteoric rise within the ruling ZANU-PF party becoming a flashpoint. As the 2028 presidential elections loom, his align…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 14:18hrs | | by Harrison Brooks

Australia must sanction South Africa

An Open Letter from the British Australian Community Urging Suspension of Australian Aid to South Africa Over Anti-White Property Rights Violations South Africa's President Ramaphosa signed the country's new Expropriation Act 13 into law o…

Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:56hrs | | by Online

The scream of sanctions: A weary story

Zimbabwe has been under sanctions since 2001 due to human rights abuses, poor governance policies, and actions that impede and shrink democratic spaces and rule of law.It is now necessary to alter the sanctions issue and put an end to this…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:05hrs | | by Leonard Koni

Why Zimbabwe should break free from the US dollar's grip

Government Up Close"Normalcy is that a country must have its own currency," President Mnangagwa is on record highlighting this fact.Some people have argued that one of the gravest financial mistakes Zimbabwe made was to put in place a bask…

Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 13:10hrs | | by Nick Mangwana

Why US sanctions on Zimbabwe 'have not worked'

The United States is a global superpower. Its political and economic reach is massive and global in character. Look back in history and you can see how the US has so often made real changes to the world economy and political dispensation.I…

Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | | by Eddie Cross

Targeted sanctions were inevitable

GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my deduction is that targeted sanctions were inevitable. It does not augur well for Zimbabwe that you are the first sitting President to be designated by the United States (US) under…

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Countries under illegal US sanctions must unite against Washington

Yes, it is very possible for Zimbabwe, China, Russia, Cuba, Iran and all other countries under illegally imposed United States sanctions to formerly gang up and fight Washington.There is power and strength in numbers. There is a pool of wi…

Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Joseph Meta

EU, US sanctions hit Zimbabwe's agric sector hard

Since the final stage of the Cold War, the use of sanctions as a "soft approach" in international diplomacy gained pre-eminence among states that seek to influence the perception and behaviour of other states. In recent times, the use of s…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 05:19hrs | | by Livingstone Kazizi

Sanctions on Zimbabwe are a human rights issue

The United States and her allies in the global North for a very long time, have presented, defined and projected themselves as champions of democracy and human rights defenders.Nothing could have been further from the truth on account of t…

Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Sam Matema

Loosen Zimbabwe sanctions for renewable energy future

MORE than 20 years ago, the late former President Robert Mugabe endorsed a move by indigenous Zimbabwean farmers to occupy and forcibly retake farmland that was owned, at the time, by farmers of European descent.Right or wrong, this move s…

Published: 09 May 2023 at 05:06hrs | | by Glenn Jakins

Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?

"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral season, policymakers easily find scapegoats…

Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | | by Zvikomborero Sibanda

Imagine Mnangagwa, Chamisa embarking on an international campaign against sanctions!

Imagine President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa embarking on an international campaign against sanctions. That move alone would be a sign of political maturity and patriotism and would contribute to national commo…

Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Trevor Ncube

Sanctions illusion as Sadc babysits Zimbabwe

Last week was full of the usual drama with several marches and gatherings condemning the West and calling for it to lift sanctions. This comes after the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) declared October 25 as the Day of Solida…

Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

Blame Zanu-PF for causing sanctions

IT IS great to hear that so many countries are supporting us in the drive to have sanctions removed.  But at the same time these countries and organisations don't appear to be putting any blame on the party that gave rise to those san…

Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by A Mbire

No to politisation of operating spaces

THE Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is disturbed by the reports of politicisation of operating spaces on a piece of land adjacent to the traffic lights at Malvern and Chitungwiza roads in the Hopley area.T…

Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Viset

Zimbabwe's sanctions a smokescreen

LAST week, the United States updated targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and entities responsible for committing grave human rights abuses, undermining democracy, or contributing to corruption on a massive scale.The targeted …

Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Michelle Gavin

Two-decade-old U.S. sanctions leave Zimbabweans suffering, triggering protests

Opposite the U.S. embassy northwest of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare sits an anti-sanctions camp marking 1,200 days of protest.On July 4, the organizer of the camp â€” Broad Alliance Against Sanctions (BAAS), organized a demonstration o…

Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 18:50hrs | | by Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang, Cao Kai

Lessons on how Russia is dealing with Western sanctions

It is just about a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. So far there are no signs of abating even when both sides have continued to express willingness to engage in dialogue and end the war. While the war is between Russia and Ukraine, over…

Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 05:51hrs | 15 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Of sanctions and misgovernance

Am writing this piece after 1 year since I wrote on sanctions and with this small piece I think I will manage to clarify the position on sanctions, however, democracy dictates that one is free to agree to my views totally or in part or rej…

Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 19:48hrs | | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna

Only credible, free and fair elections no banditry will lead to lifting of sanctions

Basotho bare "nama kapeletjwa ithuba lepetja", this sums all in northern sotho, Sepedi about the behaviour of the army installed government of Zimbabwe. Many supporters, appendages, bootlickers including willing tools have cried about the …

Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 16:26hrs | 6 | by Phosiwe Ncube

'Sanctions against Zimbabwe are a setback' - a feeble excuse cum insult cum tool for oppression

"Sanctions against Zimbabwe are a setback to stability in our region. Botswana therefore calls on the international community to end sanctions against Zimbabwe," said President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana addressing 76th session of the U…

Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

Old Mutual rallies re-engagement efforts

FINANCIAL services provider, Old Mutual Holdings has implored relevant authorities to continue with international re-engagement efforts to attain healthier relations with international financial markets which are central to smooth banking …

Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga

#SanctionsMustGo: An objective economic lens

There are divergent views as far as the economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe since the genesis of this millennium, which more often than not wear a partisan political mask in the interpretation thereof. In a sense, the term "sanctions" i…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | | by Eben Mabunda

Deconstructing anti-Chinese feeling in Zimbabwe

It doesnâ€™t take much to realize the same forces pushing anti-China feelings in Zimbabwe are the same forces associated with pro-sanctions politics which feed fat on a failing, weak Zimbabwe. The real sin of China is its presence policies…

Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Jamwanda

Covid-19 and International Relations: Forces of Change, Continuities and Discontinuities

Forget about all its devastating impacts to humanity, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about interesting and new dimensions to international relations as an academic discipline which raises pivotal issues that must be digested by key stak…

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 15:19hrs | | by Wallace K Musakanyi

West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed

Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers that put Zimbabwe's unemployment at 5.1%, as th…

Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire

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

Sanctions hurting innocent Zimbabweans

ECONOMIC sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and its Western allies do not really affect the rich and powerful as some within the opposition ranks want us to believe.As long as the US continues to use the punitive measures o…

Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by Worried

Chamisa and Trumpism - Sanctions, Sex and Infiltration

That the MDC-Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is an ailing force is no longer a subject for debate.The party suffers mostly from self-inflicted wounds - ones that its opponents are graciously exploiting, meaning that it is no longer…

Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 20:00hrs | | by Grace Kwinje

Sanctions maintaining discipline on Zanu-PF

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must listen to what the people are saying. We have had election disputes in Zimbabwe since time immemorial. They became more pronounced in 2000 when the late MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai came onto the …

Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Worried

Sanctions are a missed target

The US Assistant Secretary of State on African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, was recently quoted saying that the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West are targeted against certain individuals and certain corporations and not against the…

Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:09hrs | | by Innocent Mujeri

Mnangagwa should remove the sanctions

It is shocking and really surprising to learn that Emmerson Mnangagwa still blames his poor governance on sanctions.  These sanctions which he is blaming, can be easily removed by Mnangagwa himself.Emmerson Mnangagwa and his governmen…

Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 17:59hrs | | by Charles Mararirakwenda

Sanctions hurt but smuggling kills the economy

Dear Mr President, Mr President, your Excellence Sir i write this letter to you seeking your urgent intervention on these serious cases of economic sabotage and destruction. Yes sanctions do hurt our economy but corruption and smuggling ar…

Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 39 | by Munya Shumba

Sanctions unpacked

As the nation, region and continent come together to mark 25 October as an anti- sanctions day it becometh expedient that I add my voice to the matter at hand. It is said knowledge is power and indeed ignorance or altogether arrogance is v…

Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | | by Prof Blessing Kasiyamhuru

Remove sanctions you imposed on your people first - Open letter to Mnangagwa

Editor Sir, Sanctions are political and economic decisions that are part of diplomatic efforts   by countries, multilateral or regional organizations against states, organizations or individuals either to protect national securit…

Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 07:45hrs | | by Garikai Mananje

Musical Galas don't remove sanctions!

After following Mr ED Mnangagwa,the Zanu PF President's  so-called Sanctions appeal to the USA and EU countries to abandon targeted sanctions, we, as the MDC-A are left with no doubt that ,this defacto administration is just but seeki…

Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 22:50hrs | | by Dr Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda, MDC Alliance Deputy Spokesperson

'MDC got more than US$10m to defend Western interests'

It is beyond debate that for the past decades or so, Zimbabwe has been reeling under the disastrous and debilitating effects of illegal sanctions that were imposed against the country by some powerful Western countries such as the United K…

Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 20:44hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu

Unmasking sanctions promoters

Many had hoped that the coming of a new administration  led by President Donald Trump in America was going to usher in a fresh foreign policy trajectory. This deduction was wrong. Let me explain. A few days after elections in Zimbabwe…

Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 05:13hrs | | by Ranga Mataire

Mnangagwa mourns of ill-treatment by way of sanctions at the UN

Mnangagwa says Sanctions against Zimbabwe are in breach of international law. May I remind this illegitimate President that it is actually his poor governance and policies also his refusal of all forms to reform. When dealing with corrupti…

Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 07:06hrs | | by Bigboy Sibanda

Zimbabwe needs is assistance, not interference

The Government of China recently provided Zimbabwe with a series of aid totalling US$13 million from South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund to WFP (World Food Programme), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and Unicef (The United …

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:03hrs | | by Guo Shaochun, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe demonstrations - like sanctions - are not targeted

IT is hoped that several developments in the past week or so will finally open people's eyes to see that party politics is the only game in town; that politics is not the only thing worth concerning oneself with; that they can operate outs…

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Conway Tutani

Sadc takes anti-sanctions fight to another level

President Mnangagwa attended the 39th Ordinary Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Government which ended in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania yesterday. This was the second time that he has attended the Sadc Summit as President. The summit was a reso…

Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 06:31hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle

Let's deal with puppets

Back in the village, in Rhodesia, colonialism came in several waves, imposing itself on our people, who had their original political ideas, economic innovations and cultural idiosyncrasies, and sought to establish a new system in which the…

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 06:19hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe

Who is a winner on Zimbabwe Sanctions?

This week has just ended with a government official retired general Anselem Sanyatwa and his wife Chido added to the sanctions list. This make him to be the first government official to be put into the sanction list after the demise of Mug…

Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 15:47hrs | | by Tolexy Hups

Smokescreen corruption arrests, spare us the drama

The arrest of Minister Priscilla Mupfumira is nothing but smokescreen to hoodwink the nation that the Junta leader has now heeded calls to fight head on corruption.The word corruption has now replaced "sanctions" after the Zanu-PF regime h…

Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 07:03hrs | | by AT Kadada

Call for imposition of sanctions by Zimbabwean citizens unconstitutional

Zimbabwe is currently experiencing extreme hardships as a result of sanctions which were imposed at the instigation of some of Zimbabwean citizens. Zimbabwe Democratic Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) for example, was crafted with the help o…

Published: 29 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Charles Mutema

US must come clean on Zimbabwe sanctions

There is this common tactic by the West to mislead the world by creating a false spoor in order to hide some of their evil machinations. It is unfortunate that Zimbabwe is such a victim when we come to the case of illegal sanctions imposed…

Published: 13 May 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Patriot

Mnangagwa shooting self in the foot on sanctions

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zimbabwe government have no one to blame but themselves in their failure to reengage with the United States and the European Union (EU).Since coming to power in November 2017 through a "soft coup" that …

Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 12:35hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News

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