ZIDERA

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Wednesday claimed that Zimbabwe has lost over US$150 billion due to targeted sanctions imposed by Western countries, led by the United Kingdom, the European Union and the United States of America (USA)…
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By Hopewell Chin’ono I have written extensively before arguing that The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) is indeed unhelpful, but I refuse to accept that it is the root cause of our suffering, it isn’t. Doing so…
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US President Donald Trump has signed into law new sanctions against Zimbabwe on Wednesday, ending hopes for better ties with the Trump administration.
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Hopewell Chin’ono - I had a chat with an amiable insider who was in the delegations that met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week on Saturday. In what has been described as a spirited but calm performance to help his administration…
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Hopewell Chin’ono - The ZIDERA Amendment Bill sponsored by American senators, Jeff Flake and Chris Coons reminds me of the then US Assistant Secretary of State, Johnny Carson. He made the now infamous “Choices Have Consequences” speech when…
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By Kudakwashe Chikwanda Zimbabwe has been ridiculed, belittled, choke-slammed and demonized from around late 1990s. It has survived but on hand-to-mouth; credited be all Zimbabweans for surviving that piece from hell. The reasons for…
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By Gift Phiri US President Donald Trump’s phone call to South Africa President Jacob Zuma highlights neighbouring Zimbabwe’s high political risk and that Washington does not consider President Robert Mugabe a serious factor in…
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The past decade has witnessed immense debate on what could have destroyed a promising African economy with mainly two proposed theories or rather narratives. These accounts are partly shaped by a polarized political discourse.
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A group of Zanu PF activists on Tuesday disrupted US ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton’s tour of Sangano Dairy Farm in Makoni District while protesting against targeted sanctions slapped on the Mugabe regime.
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This week Charles Ray, America's ambassador here, called on President Robert Mugabe at the President's Munhumutapa Offices. It was a meeting so long in coming, one heralded by "shadow" meetings involving both bureaucrats and party officials…
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