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Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especial...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 2007 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Zimbabwe 'cartels' report con-insides with US sanctions renewal
UNITED STATES President Joe Biden's administration is most likely to renew sanctions against senior Zanu-PF and government officials as well as service chiefs after the release early this week of a da...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:31hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira hits out at 'staggering incompetence' over 'cartels' report
Former Cabinet Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been left crying foul over what he called "staggering incompetence" by a South African publication, the Daily Maverick, whose exclusive report on the mass...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3270 | by Staff reporter
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 347 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Why Netflix chose Masiyiwa for its board
ZIMBABWEAN tycoon and founder of pan-African telecoms heavyweight Econet Group Strive Masiyiwa has taken a board seat at Netflix, underlining the Silicon Valley giant's ambitions on the continent of m...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Netflix adds Strive Masiyiwa to Board Of Directors
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who founded telecom giant Econet Global, has joined the board of directors at Netflix. The move follow's last week's news that Susan Rice left her board...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for defiance
A proposed new law criminalising the identification of rogue state agents committing rights abuses must be "defied with contempt", former minister Jonathan Moyo has said.Godfrey Gandawa, the f...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:58hrs | 6068 | by Staff reportetr
Zimbabwe to criminalise claiming torture or abduction without proof
Zimbabwe will criminalise "making unsubstantiated claims of torture and abductions," ministers said on Tuesday following a cabinet meeting.Private citizens and groups who negotiate with hostil...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:13hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firm battles to recover 'sanctions' blocked funds
Gweru-based Fuest Industrial Supplies is battling to recover US$33,414 export proceeds blocked by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) seven years ago....Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to muzzle critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday announced plans to tighten screws on critics, including banning civil society from staging anti-government protests at international fora and "unaut...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves sanctions law
Cabinet yesterday approved the draft of a proposed law that punishes Zimbabweans outside and inside the country who campaign for the continued imposition of sanctions with intent to harm the nation. ...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks to bar citizens talking to foreign governments
Zimbabwe's cabinet wants to bar its citizens from holding "unauthorized" communication and negotiations with hostile governments."Such communication or negotiation has a direct or indirect imp...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 2823 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe law to criminalise unpatriotic acts
CABINET will soon consider the principal framework of a proposed law that will criminalise and impose stiff penalties for campaigning against the country through private correspondence with foreign go...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1815 | by Staff Reporter
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa needs more diplomatic muscle to crack Zimbabwe's defiant government
Amid a spiralling economic and political crisis, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the people of his country on August 4. His speech, though sudden - four days after his government's v...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:03hrs | 1962 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
South Africa interference in Zimbabwe 'problematic'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest diplomatic push to find a solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe drew an angry response from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesmen on Tuesday.Mn...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 5347 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stands by Tagwirei, Sakunda
Zanu-PF has castigated the United States for listing businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his company Sakunda Holdings on the sanctions list saying there was no justification for doing so.In...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:12hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mounts diplomatic offensive on Mnangagwa
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa plans a charm offensive against President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pressure the region and the international community to force national dialogue to res...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 9945 | by Staff reporter
The reason why the special envoy from South Africa snubed the opposition revealed
The opposition was breathing fire over the snub by the envoys from South Africa. They were quick to spread wrong information and casting aspersions with sole aim of soiling the good name of Zimbabwe. ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 15:51hrs | 1474 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF squeals over Tagwirei sanctions
GOVERNMENT yesterday reacted angrily to the decision by the United States government to slap businessman and President Emmerson Mnangagwa ally's Kudakwashe Tagwirei with sanctions, claiming the move w...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe remains our partner, claims US
THE United States of America (USA) senate Foreign Relations Committee says Zimbabwe will remain its county's international partner despite Zanu-PF's hostile stance to it.This comes after Zanu-...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:28hrs | 3735 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is still in charge
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has assured his followers that he is still in charge of the main opposition political party in Zimbabwe, and dismissed what MDC-T leaders Thokozani Khupe,...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:11hrs | 4983 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water pumps saga takes new twist as supplier dodges questions
The resort town of Kariba is currently being likened to "The Fool" in Reggae great Bob Marley's hit single "Rat Race", who goes thirsty in the abundance of water. The song is a serious social commenta...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1329 | by Laiton Kandawire: Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Massive political implosion beckons
BACK in the day, there was nothing as maddeningly hectic and nerve-fraying as the monthly pilgrimage of shepherding cattle to the communal dip tank.It really tested your tolerance, patience, s...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:40hrs | 288 | by Bishop Lazarus
Tendai Biti in crusade to deny Zimbabwe World Bank support
AT a time when the country is grappling with devastating effects of Covid-19, opposition officials are working flat out to ensure that Zimbabwe does not get assistance from international lenders such ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
US wants screws tightened on Zimbabwe
THE United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairperson, Jim Risch, has called for strict accountability and transparency measures for the US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe by the World...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 19:20hrs | 5546 | by Staff reporter
US urges World Bank to closely monitor Zimbabwe
The United States government has written to the World Bank (WB) calling for strict conditions to be attached to any Covid-19 relief funding for Zimbabwe in light of the country's shoddy record in admi...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses MDC Alliance activists' abduction claims
ZANU-PF yesterday said claims by three MDC- Alliance officials that they were abducted and sexually abused after holding an illegal demonstration on May 13 is a diversion of attention from the party's...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Brinkmanship failed Mutodi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally wielded the axe on Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday.The junior minister had become a danger to the country's international image, spe...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3787 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Mnangagwa's other bad crony
IT'S never a clever idea to put a crow among the fowls and keep it there. That will give you a bad name and troubled nights.A crow in the fowl drains the food but doesn't deliver eggs to the p...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:32hrs | 2089 | by Tawanda Majoni
Time to hold MDC leaders to account
IT was in 2000 when I had just begun my "A" level studies at Rupare High school in Bikita, Masvingo.We were going towards the 2000 parliamentary election. Zanu-PF had just lost a constitutiona...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2676 | by Moses Tofa
US warns World Bank on Zimbabwe
THE United States Senate has called on the World Bank to ensure the US$7 million grant to Zimbabwe for the coronavirus (Covid-19) fight is not abused by the ruling Zanu-PF party.This comes aft...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
US tightens screws on World Bank's US$7m Zimbabwe COVID-19 grant
THE United States government has said the US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe by the World Bank (WB) will come with stringent accountability measures to ensure that it is not abused by President E...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:39hrs | 4440 | by Staff reporter
America talks tough on Zimbabwe
The United States Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) says the money donated to Zimbabwe by the World Bank should follow strict rules of accountability to a...Published: 07 May 2020 at 09:28hrs | 11782 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe shall rise again. . .
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2019 I welcome you all ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 827 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa,
'We did not complain when our nationals where mistreated in Zim so you need to shut up when yours suffer,' China tells Zimbabwe
In a very ironical turn around Chinese are blaming foreigners for bringing Corona virus in China . In December 2019 Corona Virus reared it's ugly head in Wuhan. It ravaged the city killing ...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2414 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tsvangirai son in soup over sanctions utterances
THE late founding father of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent - who is the MP for Glen View South - has come under fire from his party after he said that sanctions were not targeted, but were a...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:51hrs | 6824 | by Staff reporter
US wants Zimbabweans to stop Zanu-PF
THE United States yesterday said sanctions alone would not force the Zimbabwean government to end human rights abuses, and urged mass action to make Harare commit to stopping human rights violations....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
US senators urge Trump to add more names to Zimbabwe sanctions list
Two influential United States senators on Wednesday reacted to the blacklisting of two Zimbabwean officials by saying "there remain several others who need to be held accountable", while urging Presid...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 23:50hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
US piles pressure on Mnangagwa's govt
THE United States is ratcheting up pressure on the Zimbabwean government to expeditiously compensate families of the six people who were shot dead and those injured on the streets of Harare by the mil...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 4519 | by Staff reporter
The fight against illegal sanctions continues
The recently held African Union (AU) 33rd Ordinary Session Summit in Addis Ababa passed a resolution on 'The impact of sanctions and the unilateral coercive measures,' on all African Union member stat...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 14:28hrs | 666 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mnangagwa lashed over limited reforms
AN INFLUENTIAL American think-tank has laid into Harare over the economic hardships that Zimbabweans continue to experience — which it says have worsened under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3086 | by Staff reporter
Designation: The new US weapon against Zimbabweans
The United States does not want to leave Zimbabwe alone and has upped its game by using designation of persons as a way of forcing the ZANU PF government to capitulate. In a strange development, the U...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:33hrs | 2001 | by Elijah Chihota
Polad to gobble US$4,5m on foreign trips
GOVERNMENT is set to splurge ZW$80 million (US$4,5 million) on the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad)'s foreign trips which will see members of the controversial grouping visiting various global capita...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Trump tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE United States of America (USA) is mulling adding more top Zanu-PF and government officials to its targeted sanctions list - in a bid to force Harare to embark on much-needed political and economic...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:24hrs | 5430 | by Staff reporter
Trump piles misery on Mnangagwa
UNITED States senators have proposed to add more Zimbabweans on the sanctions list, a move likely to pile misery on embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s government desperate to re-engag...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:13hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Trump to add more names on Zimbabwe sanctions list
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for a review of the sanctions regime on Zimbabwe, with a call for more names to be added to the sanctions list to deter human rights abu...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:08hrs | 3686 | by Staff reporter
We must unite against Uncle Sam
One of the most apparent things I encountered during my recent sojourn in Empire was a huge contingent of immigrants from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.Many can be found even in the outlying...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:09hrs | 121 | by Ranga Mataire
Zanu-PF must introspect, address bread and butter issues
THE ruling Zanu-PF party holds its 18th Annual National People's Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East province next week amid a plethora of challenges confronting the country and re...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 170 | by chronicle
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