Culture of denial – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 12th March 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/25614638962/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/25105777004/sizes/l Where is Mugabe? The government’s mouthpiece the Herald says he has...
View ArticleMugabe’s ‘hit and run’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 19th March 2016
President Mugabe, stung by the growing opposition of war veterans, complained at a rally in Bindura ‘some of you are going as far as China telling them that we need a new leader’. The comment is...
View ArticleAppeal to MPs – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 26th March 2016
The Vigil has written to two prominent British MPs to seek their support for the expulsion from the UK of a Nottingham GP Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro and his wife Veronica who have seized a farm in...
View ArticleSuggested Letter to your MP
To find your MP, click on http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/, type in your postcode or constituency. This will take you to your MP and their contact details. Your address Dear (MP...
View ArticleThe great demise – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 2nd April 2016
There is growing concern in the diaspora about the well-being of Zimbabweans when Mugabe goes. People in the know have already accepted that one day Mugabe will leave us. They have prepared themselves...
View ArticleCan of maggots – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 9th April 2016
Zimbabweans in exile join in demanding a commission of inquiry into the involvement of Zimbabweans in offshore tax havens and believe it will open a can of maggots that have been sucking dry the...
View Article36 years of destruction – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 16th April 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/26443126756/sizes/m/ As we marked Zimbabwe’s 36th independence anniversary, exiles in the UK were joined by Mugabe himself at Saturday’s Vigil outside the...
View ArticlePeople of Zimbabwe arise: 14th April 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90023465@N03/26152036610/sizes/m/ The Zimbabwe Vigil salutes our sister organization the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) for its participation in the...
View ArticleEmperor with no clothes – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 23rd April 2016
The newish American Ambassador to Harare, Peter Harry Thomas Jnr, has quickly got the hang of Mugabe, speaking this week of his ‘wicked sense of humour’. Commenting on Mugabe’s ‘invisible sanctions’...
View ArticleEmperor with no clothes – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 23rd April 2016
The newish American Ambassador to Harare, Peter Harry Thomas Jnr, has quickly got the hang of Mugabe, speaking this week of his ‘wicked sense of humour’. Commenting on Mugabe’s ‘invisible sanctions’...
View ArticleDéjà vu again – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 30th April 2016
1st May – May Day – is celebrated around the world to honour workers. Indeed, Zimbabwe calls it Workers’ Day. But the MDC says it should now be rebranded Vendors’ Day instead. MDC spokesman Obert...
View ArticleThe megabus arrives? – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 7th May 2016
There is a saying in the UK that you can wait ages for a bus and then several will come along together. It seems the same thing happens with news about Zimbabwe reported in the foreign press. There...
View ArticleFacing reality – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 14th May 2016
Exiled Zimbabweans in the UK welcomed remarks this week by US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Peter Harry Thomas Jr, who called for full implementation of the constitution, an up-to-date voters’ roll, the...
View ArticleWaving the flag – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 21st May 2016
Photos caption: British Ambassador Catriona Laing shares a joke with Vice-President Mnangagwa while Vigil shows support for #ThisFlag....
View ArticleThe big stink – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 28th May 2016
Photolinks: https://www.zimeye.net/in-pictures-mdc-t-march-in-bulawayo/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/26706267133/sizes/m/ Caption: MDC T demonstrate in Bulawayo and at the Vigil...
View ArticleProtest ‘against black oppression’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 4th June 2016
Check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-rgLB-sAuw&feature=youtu.be for video taken at the vigil expressing solidarity with #ThisFlag campaign. The Vigil salutes the activists who are staging a...
View ArticleCash runs dry after Mugabe plunders banks
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zimbabwe-faces-collapse-as-cash-starts-to-run-out-l22vvmbbs Cash runs dry after Mugabe plunders banks Jan Raath, Harare June 6 2016, 12:01am, The Times Zimbabweans...
View ArticleMugabe strikes at activists – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 11th June 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/26997392294/sizes/m/ As activists at the Vigil commemorated the fifteenth month since the abduction by state security agents in Harare of the human rights...
View ArticleMugabe strikes at activists – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 11th June 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/26997392294/sizes/m/ As activists at the Vigil commemorated the fifteenth month since the abduction by state security agents in Harare of the human rights...
View ArticleMugabe strikes at activists – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 11th June 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/26997392294/sizes/m/ As activists at the Vigil commemorated the fifteenth month since the abduction by state security agents in Harare of the human rights...
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