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31/05/2025

Zimbabwe and China this year marked 45 years of diplomatic relations. A Zimbabwean think tank, Ruzivo Media & Resource Centre has launched a five part documentary about the past, the present and future of Sino-Zimbabwe relations under the title, "China-Zimbabwe Relations @45: Building a Community With a Shared Future from Strong Foundations". Watch the video below and subscribe to the channel.

The year 2025 marks the milestone of 45 years of diplomatic relations between Zimbabwe and China. China was the first country to establish diplomatic relatio...

19/05/2025

Some of the Chinese nationals who participated prominently in the recently held Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo, showcasing a diverse range of products from traditional and modern medicine to construction materials and technology. Their strong presence highlighted the deepening economic ties between China and Zimbabwe, reflecting growing cooperation in trade, infrastructure, and investment. Exhibitors emphasized their commitment to long-term partnerships, with many viewing Zimbabwe as a strategic gateway into the broader Southern African market.

05/12/2023

𝙐𝙎 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙕𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙬𝙚...𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
The United States of America has introduced a new sanctions regime on that will punish individuals involved in election management and the judiciary for allegedly suppressing opposition during elections.

The measure, dubbed a visa restriction, is likely to elicit a strong response from Harare, as it amounts to interference in local processes. Already, the US has sanctions in place against Zimbabwe aimed at institutions and individuals that allegedly undermine democracy and commit human rights abuses.

The opposition has over the years complained about rigged elections and uneven playing field, including alleged compromised institutions of electoral management and the courts.

And, on Monday, the US Secretary of State obliged by announcing “a new visa restriction policy for undermining democracy in Zimbabwe”.

The punitive measures will immediately apply to those fingered in the elections held last August.

“Under this policy, the United States will pursue visa restrictions, pursuant to Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, for individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Zimbabwe,” Blinken said in a statement.

“Such acts may include manipulating or rigging the electoral process; disenfranchising voters or preventing individuals from exercising their right to vote; excluding members of the political opposition from electoral processes; restricting the ability of civil society organizations (CSOs) to operate and engage in democratic, governance, or human rights related activities; or intimidation of voters, election observers, or CSOs through threats or acts of physical violence.

“They may also include engaging in corrupt acts, including bribery, that undermine the electoral process; interfering with the independent operation of the judiciary during its adjudication of electoral cases; or abusing or violating human rights in Zimbabwe.”
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05/12/2023

Ex-CBZ manager ordered to pay US$82k

By Judith Nyuke
Court Correspondent
Former senior manager at CBZ Bank and seasoned banker, Norman Sambaza, has been ordered to pay US$82,000 after failing to settle the debt two years ago.

This decision by the High Court came after Sambaza failed to defend himself against the claim filed by one Damascus Tazvitya Mabeka. In response to the judgement, Sambaza lodged an application to halt its ex*****on.

However, Justice Happias Zhou rejected the application after ruling that it was solely designed to postpone the payment to the creditor.

“More than two and a half years later the applicant has not paid a cent.

“There can be no real and substantial justice in staying ex*****on in these circumstances where the substance of the claim is not being disputed…

“The conduct of the applicant after the granting of the default judgment betrays an entire want of care.

“He does not expect the court to accept his version that from 2 March 2023 (or whenever it was that he had last communicated with his legal practitioners) he never checked on the progress of the case for more than six months only to be reminded about the case by the service of the writ of ex*****on,” read part of the judgment.

The case originated from a lawsuit filed by Mabeka against Sambaza, seeking payment of a debt amounting to US$82,280, plus interest.

Mabeka also requested a court order declaring a specific immovable property, known as stand 980 Strathaven, as specially executable.

The case was scheduled for a pre-trial conference on March 2, 2023. However, Sambaza did not attend the conference, even though his legal representative was present.

After the default, a court order was issued in favor of Mabeka who caused a writ to be issued.

The writ and the attachment of an immovable property compelled Sambaza to file the current application.

Sambaza gained notoriety as he grabbed the headlines sometime in 2017 after assaulting his wife and children over a sadza dispute.

04/12/2023

𝙎𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚...
Zimbabwe international defender has called on his time at United States professional soccer side .
The former Bantu Rovers player and loanee, who also turned out for locally, joined the (Major League Soccer) side in 2021 after playing in Turkey and South Africa's .
played 39 times for the American outfit and scored twice.
It was not immediately clear at the time of writing where Hadebe is headed. See his heartfelt farewell message below. - Sports Review

01/12/2023

𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎: 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 7 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩
The 2023 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Grade Seven results are out, with the pass rate increasing by 5.48 percent, per .

01/12/2023

𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎: 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙕𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙬𝙚, 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙤 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨
The development allows who hold this special visa to stay until 2025.
At the same time, South African authorities extended the same reprieve to Lesotho, another top migrant-sending country, for two years.
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01/12/2023

𝘽𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙐𝙎 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨
Former CIO boss, Happyton Bonyongwe (63) has been removed from the United States' list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN). The removal of , a once-feared securocrat and former Justice Minister under Robert Mugabe, was confirmed in an updated list this Thursday, Nov 30.
SDNs are individuals and entities located throughout the world that are blocked pursuant to the various sanctions programmes administered by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac). SDNs can be front companies, parastatal entities, or individuals determined to be owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries or groups.
The US maintains a sanctions programme on Zimbabwe, that includes blacklisting of Government and ruling party-linked individuals and companies, which the US claims are responsible for human rights abuses. Harare contends that the sanctions are meant to cripple the governing party and administration to aid regime change.
The US has progressively updated lists of blacklisted peoples often removing the dead or those that are no longer influential in Government.
Bonyongwe was Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister for slightly over a month, before the November 2017 coup that swept away Mugabe, paving way for .
The says regarding Zim sanctions: "Sanctions are not intended to be permanent but to incentivize changes in behavior. Each removal is based on a thorough review and is part of an ongoing effort to keep the sanctions program current, focused, and relevant."
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30/11/2023

Zimbabwe care workers invited to UK ‘exploited on grand scale’

Foreign care staff invited to the UK to help fix a chronic worker shortage are being “exploited on a grand scale”, a trade union has said, after it emerged some had been effectively paid as little as £5 an hour and charged thousands of pounds in unexpected fees.
Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Indians make up the majority of care workers in post-Brexit Britain, through a special visa for care workers, but life has been hell, with reports of exploitation and disillusionment for those that had hoped for better life.
The are also cases of fraud and deception by sponsors of visas, leading to growing concern about the emerging modern day slavery under a scheme of “bonded labour”.
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30/11/2023

𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 '𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆' ...
Former American diplomat, who "finally" died today, was a notable character in international diplomacy and geopolitics. He gained infamy for ochestrating coups and installing US puppets in South and Central America, destabilisation in Vietnam and other eastern countries as well as support for apartheid in South Africa between the late 1970s and 1990s.

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂
Scholars have recorded that Kissinger declared that, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa were but part of "black Africa", essentially meaning that he supported racial segregation in this country as well. Illustratively, Kissinger, as US' Secretary of State, supported the Smith regime and America continued to trade with Rhodesia when the United Nations imposed sanctions on the settler regime. His involvement is blamed on fuelling Angola's civil war and prolonging apartheid in SA and Namibia. He is said to have had a "disdain for black Africa".

'𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒚'
In the Middle East, Kissinger's policies were aptly captured by the term strategic ambiguity, which refers to the deliberate use of ambiguous language on a sensitive issue in order to advance some political purpose. It is widely held that this approach had long term repercussions seen in the instability of the region today. - Global | Review & Mail

29/11/2023

𝙃𝙤𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚: 𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚

Entertainment Review Writer
Ice Spice, real name Isis Naija Gaston, is an American rapper.
Born on January 1, 2000 and raised in the Bronx in New York City, she embarked on her musical career in 2021 after meeting American record producer RiotUSA while studying at college.
She has been one of the top talents of 2023, with 3 of her songs getting into the top 5 of Billboard’s Hot 100, and also racking awards.
Her featured performance on and friendship with pop star Taylor Swift has propelled her fame to dizzy heights.

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27/11/2023

𝙕𝙞𝙛𝙖, 𝙈𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙...
The Zimbabwe FA says it has mutually agreed to part ways with manager Wellington Mpandare and other top officials who were made redundant following the coming in of the so-called Normalisation Committee which is seeing the post-Fifa ban reconstruction of the local game.
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