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Relations between the UK and Zimbabwe have been complex since the latter's independence in 1980. The territory of modern Zimbabwe had been colonised by the British South Africa Company in 1890, with the Pioneer Column raising the Union Jack over Fort Salisbury (modern-day Harare) and formally establishing company, and by extension, British, rule over the territory. [1]
Zimbabwe became an independent nation in 1980 following the Lancaster House Agreement on 21 December 1979. Initially Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations 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 Zimbabwe cricket team are scheduled to tour England in May 2025 to play the England cricket team. [1] The tour will consist of a four-day Test match. [2] It is due to be the first Test match between the two teams since 2003, [3] and only the second four-day Test match played by Zimbabwe. [4]
It is located in Zimbabwe House, a Grade II* listed building at 429 Strand in central London. [2] It was previously a high commission and became an embassy after Zimbabwe's departure from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003 in protest of international criticism of Robert Mugabe 's regime's human rights record and its policies.
Having been a High Commission since Zimbabwe's formal independence in 1980, on Zimbabwe's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations in 2003, the High Commission became an Embassy. Based in Zimbabwe House on the Strand, London , the embassy dates back to the establishment of the High Commission of Southern Rhodesia in 1924 after that colony was ...
Zimbabwe and Zambia introduced a universal visa on 28 November 2014 called KAZA Visa. This visa can be obtained on arrival and is valid for both countries for visits up to 30 days while remaining within Zambia and Zimbabwe (including day trips to Chobe National Park in Botswana at Kazungula). [5]
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