Zimbabwe Vigil

The Vigil is sorry that our brothers and sisters in Malawi will suffer for President Mutharika’s hubris. Britain this week froze aid to Malawi because of its expulsion of the British High Commissioner for (privately) describing Mutharika as…
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It’s been a busy week for vigil supporters, with our Independence Day demonstration against violence and our appeal to the Foreign Office to withdraw the invitation to attend the Royal Wedding unthinkingly issued to Mugabe’s Ambassador in…
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Members of the Zimbabwe Vigil in the United Kingdom have sent a letter to the UK Foreign Office protesting the invitation of Zimbabwe’s ambassador to London Gabriel Machinga to the royal wedding.
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On 18 April Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) will mark the 31st anniversary of Zimbabwean independence with a lunchtime vigil, outside the Zimbabwe Embassy. It will pay tribute to those who fought, suffered and sacrificed for the…
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The Zimbabwe Vigil recently launched an attack on the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards for accepting the nomination of pro-Mugabe academic George Shire. Below is a response directed at the Zimbabwe Vigil. My name is Shelley Cox and I am on the…
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I admire members of the Zimbabwe Vigil for their committed protests against the Mugabe regime every Saturday for over 8 years at the Zimbabwean embassy in London. I am however increasingly appalled by their bully-boy tactics of targeting…
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If the British government has any strategy to ensure that the promised elections in Zimbabwe are free and fair it is not letting on. That’s the conclusion reached by Vigil supporters who attended a meeting at the Chatham House think-tank in…
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Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 30th October 2010 The Vigil missed a trick today. With Halloween ghouls taking over the streets of London we could have put the fear of God into them with our Mugabe mask.  And, come to that, we should have terrified…
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About 300 Zimbabweans gathered at Lancaster House in London on 27th October for a meeting to hear a senior Home Office official Phil Douglas answer questions on the sudden ending of the four year moratorium on sending home failed Zimbabwean…
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Halfway through the 30 day period given by SADC to the interim government to resolve their differences there has been no discernible movement and the Vigil doubts there will be. So we are preparing to hold a demonstration on 18th September…
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