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20 December 1962. ( 1962-12-20) (age 61) Hanover, Northern Cape. Occupation. Trade union leader SAFTU. Zwelinzima Vavi (born 20 December 1962 [1] [2]) is the General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU). He is the former general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and vice-chairperson ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Zimbabwe is a cabinet ministry of Zimbabwe, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is Frederick Shava. He was appointed by President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, being sworn in on 2 ...
e. A COSATU organised protest in Cape Town calling for an end to state capture and for the prosecution of those involved in the administration of President Jacob Zuma. The Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main ...
From 1987 to 1994, he was the head of the Zimbabwe Trade Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa. From 1994 to 1999, he served as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Italy and the Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization. In Rome, he served on the UN Committee on World Food Security.
The British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo) was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because of common economic interests and to secure British government backing.
Zimbabwe became an independent nation in 1980 following the Lancaster House Agreement on 21 December 1979. Initially Zimbabwe was a member of the British Commonwealth so the UK's diplomatic representatives were High Commissioners. Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 and since then the UK's representatives have been Ambassadors.
The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is the national intelligence agency of Zimbabwe. It was conceived as the external intelligence-gathering arm of the British South Africa Police Special Branch in the early 1960s, under the Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Winston Field, and later served as one of the secret police organizations for President Robert Mugabe's regime.
Zimbabwe has an embassy in Ottawa. Because of Zimbabwe's poor record on human rights and democracy, Canada has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe which include aid suspension and visa -ban to some members of the Harare government. Bilateral trade totalled C$16 million in 2011, down from C$430 million in 1999.