Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday companies and individuals had returned $591 million in funds illegally stashed abroad after a 90-day amnesty to bring back the money expired last week, but $827 million was still outstanding. Mnangagwa announced a three-month amnesty for the return of public funds illegally stashed […]
Policy
After Mugabe-led exit, could Zimbabwe be returning to the Commonwealth?
Zimbabwe withdrew from the United Kingdom-led Commonwealth group of nations back in 2003 despite being a former colony of the U.K. The southern African country’s exit fifteen years ago was preceded by a suspension from the group earlier in 2002 following a chaotic election process. Local journalists have, however, quoted […]
US sanctions blow for Mnangagwa as Trump says Harare ‘still a threat’
US President Donald Trump has reportedly “extended sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year”, saying that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration “remained a threat to Washington’s foreign policy”. According to Voice of America (VOA), the extension was made in a notice signed by Trump on Friday. The notice stressed that the situation in […]
Mnangagwa on land: ‘We don’t think along racial lines… it’s outdated’
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his new government believes thinking along racial lines is “outdated” when it comes to farming and land ownership. The president says white Zimbabwean farmers left on the land had integrated “happily” into the country’s new farming system, albeit on smaller land holdings. “We don’t want to think […]