๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ญ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—” ๐—–๐—”๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก?

This article explores why the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Reconstruction Act (ZDERA) cannot be classified as a sanction. It delves into the legal and practical distinctions between sanctions and the provisions of ZDERA, highlighting Zimbabweโ€™s debt challenges, its historical ties to multilateral loans, and its intervention in the Congo. The post also examines how ZDERA differs from traditional US sanctions, clarifying key legal aspects, and questions Zimbabwe’s current fiscal strategies. Written by Rutendo Matinyarare, the article provides a critical perspective on Zimbabwe’s economic landscape.

๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—  ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐—–๐—ž ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—›๐—จ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—”.

The Zimbabwean government must act to secure fire engines withheld by Lithuania under EU sanctions, as per ICJ and Maastricht Principles on human rights obligations. These principles mandate Lithuania to protect Zimbabweans’ rights to emergency services. If diplomacy fails, Zimbabwe can pursue legal action, including reparations. Additionally, Zimbabwe has a duty to protect its citizens from toxic GMOs smuggled from South Africa, enforcing human rights and food safety laws.

๐—ญ๐—œ๐— ๐—•๐—”๐—•๐—ช๐—˜ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ. ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ช ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜.

Zimbabwe must pursue reparations for illegal U.S. sanctions, which deprived civilians of basic human rights, as confirmed by a U.S. Congress report. With the law on Zimbabwe’s side, including ICJ guidelines on state responsibility for human rights violations, these reparations could restore infrastructure, compensate farmers, and strengthen the economy. International lawyers are ready to represent Zimbabwe in seeking justice for these sanctions-induced violations.

๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—  ๐—œ ๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—  ๐—š๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ?

Many people have never understood why I am frustrated at the way the Zimbabwean government has handled the removal of…

๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—ž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—  ๐—œ๐—™ ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š.

          Between 2020 and 2024, before the U.S. removed its executive order sanctions which expressly prohibited…

๐—ญ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—” ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ญ๐—œ๐— ๐—•๐—”๐—•๐—ช๐—˜, ๐—•๐—จ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—จ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ.

All sanctions on Zimbabwe as a country were removed in March 2024; only 11 targeted sanctions remain on individuals and…

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ญ๐—œ๐— ๐—•๐—”๐—•๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฌ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜.

For the record, the U.S. Zimbabwe Sanctions Program was terminated by the U.S. President on March 4, 2024. This means…

๐—ญ๐—˜๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—— ๐——๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ญ๐—œ๐— ๐—•๐—”๐—•๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—˜๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ.

Last week, Thabo Mbeki came out saying that in 2008, nefarious but unnamed elements, orchestrated xenophobic violence upon Zimbabweans to…

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ข ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ.

Today, Innscor and I were back in the Johannesburg High Court, following Innscor’s urgent application asking the court to order…

DEMYSTIFYING THE MUTAPA INVESTMENT FUND.

The Mutapa Investment Fund is the sovereign wealth fund of Zimbabwe, established by The Sovereign Fund Act, Chapter [22.20], as…

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