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Zvamaida Murwira
Senior Reporter
President Mnangagwa on Thursday hailed Sadc member states for standing behind Zimbabwe in the call for the unconditional removal of the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America and her Western allies.
The Head of State and Government, who is also chairperson of the regional bloc, said this at State House in Harare ahead of the Sadc-initiated Anti Sanctions Day that is commemorated on October 25 every year.
“It is noteworthy that our region has made tremendous progress since 2020 when the 40th Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government designated the 25th of October as the Sadc Anti-Sanctions Day. Sadc member states have always stood in solidarity with Zimbabwe,” said President Mnangagwa.
“The summit’s decision added impetus to our collective resolve to fight against these illegal measures, which violate the basic human rights of ordinary Zimbabweans.
“I wish to echo the unrelenting voices and pleas by the outgoing Sadc chairperson, His Excellency João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, and other past chairpersons and, indeed, our brothers and sisters in the region, in condemning and calling for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the sanctions.
“It is the ordinary people, particularly the vulnerable, who bear the brunt of these heinous and inhumane measures, which also stifle economic and social progress in Zimbabwe.”
The US and the European Union imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe after the country embarked on the land reform programme aimed at correcting historical land imbalances and rationalising land ownership from white minority to black majority
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