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: …
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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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 …
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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead the anti-sanctions crusade from the front, with Zimbabwe’s Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces expected to address tens of thousands of marchers in Harare next Thursday. The march is in support of the decision by the 16-member Southern African Development Community to declare October 25, …
War veterans have recommended that Government pronounce October 25, 2019 a public holiday. Sadc leaders recently declared October 25 as a day for the Southern Africa region to show solidarity with Zimbabwe in the fight against illegal Western sanctions, and war veterans say that historic gesture by the bloc would be well-complimented by making the …
African diplomats are solidly behind Zimbabwe in its fight against the two-decade-old illegal sanctions regime on the country. In a recent interview ahead of Sadc Solidarity Day Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe, Dean of the Africans Diplomatic Corps and DRC’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mwawapanga Mwana Nanga said the country had continent’s support. Sadc Heads of State …
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Industrialists have described Sadc’s decision to declare October 25, 2019 a solidarity day against illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe as historic, and requested the day be declared a national holiday. Zimbabwe National Business Council president Mr Langton Mabhanga said, “Sadc’s decision is plausible and historic. We have now been vindicated as a country that the Third …
Sadc countries have declared October 25 as Solidarity Day Against Illegal Sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and resolved to conduct various activities in their respective countries on that day to resoundingly call for the immediate removal of the sanctions. The secretariat has also since been tasked to escalate the lobby with the current African Union chairperson, …
ZANU-PF United Kingdom/Europe district will hand over a petition to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, demanding an end to illegal Western sanctions on Zimbabwe. Sadc leaders last month reserved October 25, 2019 as a day of solidarity with Zimbabwe on the issue of the sanctions. Zanu-PF UK/Europe district secretary for administration Cde Xavier Zavare said …
The following edited article by renowned author and political philosopher Chinweizu was first published in 2008. His argument on how the West has treated Zimbabwe has many lessons for Africa today. *** Britain is inflicting a war of re-colonisation on Zimbabwe under the guise of promoting democracy. For years, Britain, with its European and …
