The illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West have cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenue and lines of credit, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo has said. He said this when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade to brief them on …
US$42 billion and counting … here is the cost of sanctions to Zimbabwe Read More »
Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 17-18 August 2019 1. The 39th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, on the 17th and 18th …
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Following the adoption of October 25 as the Sadc Day of Solidarity Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe, the chair of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Cde Kindness Paradza (Zanu-PF) called on Zimbabweans and the world to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s socio-economic reform agenda. Here are excerpts of that interview. *** Q: …
The illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe are outdated and should be removed as they benefit neither Zimbabwe nor the United States, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo has said. He said this on Wednesday when he had lunch with the Westminster Africa Business Group in London, United Kingdom. Dr Moyo said the …
SANCTIONS imposed on Zimbabwe are illegal and unjust, and should be removed as they cause underdevelopment and suffering of innocent people. Addressing delegates at the commissioning of a US$10 million brick and tile manufacturing plant at Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company (SZCC) on the outskirts of Gweru yesterday, China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Guo Shaochun said …
Zanu-PF secretary for War Veterans Affairs Cde Douglas Mahiya says the United Nations should play an integral part in influencing the removal of illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe. In an interview in Harare yesterday, Cde Mahiya said “There is need for the UN to be a player in calling for the removal of sanctions in Zimbabwe, …
Zimbabwe will leverage on its natural resources and will not be deterred by Western economic sanctions that have caused untold suffering of ordinary people, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. President Mnangagwa said this after the signing of an investment agreement on Southern Serui Platinum Concessions between Government and the Bravura Consortium for aero-magnetic exploration of …
The new Sadc Chairperson, Tanzania’s President Dr John Magufuli, has called on the international community to remove sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the country has “now opened a new chapter and is ready to engage with the rest of the world”. In his acceptance speech after the official ceremonial handover of the chairmanship of the …
Zimbabwe scored a major diplomatic victory in its anti-sanctions lobby when Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame recently told the leaders of the world’s economic powerhouse, the Group of Seven (G7) at their France Summit, to end the illegal embargo. The G7 consists of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and Canada. President …
International organisations are adding their weight to the Southern African Development Community’s demand for an end to illegal Western sanctions on Zimbabwe. Sadc, at its recent Summit in Tanzania, declared October 25, 2019 a Solidarity Day Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe. Now, other international organisations – some of them openly hostile to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration …
