2007 in Zimbabwe

none August 2026 2007 The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Zimbabwe. Incumbents President: Robert Mugabe Prime Minister: Morgan Tsvangirai First Vice President: Joice Mujuru Second Vice President: Joseph Msika Events February 21 February - Police in Zimbabwe ban rallies in parts of Harare that are seen as strongholds of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR2007022100988.html Police Ban Rallies in Zimbabwean Capital 21 February 2007 10 January 2015 March 11 March - Leading opponents of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, including Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, and four other members of parliament and party activists, are arrested for defying a ban on protest rallies in Harare. Riot police shoot one activist dead.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6439013.stm Zimbabwe opposition leader held 11 March 2007 10 January 2015 12 March - The High Court of Zimbabwe rules that detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change must either be brought into court on Tuesday or released.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6444259.stm Tsvangirai due in Zimbabwe court 13 March 2007 10 January 2015 13 March - Tsvangirai appears in court limping and with a head wound after having been arrested on Sunday. Tsvangarai is later taken from court to a hospital under police guard.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/world/africa/13cnd-zimbabwe.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin& Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Appears in Court 13 March 2007 10 January 2015 17 March - Three activists in the Zimbabwe opposition are arrested as they attempt to leave the country for South Africa including Arthur Mutambara, leader of a faction in the Movement for Democratic Change. Two of the activists were seeking medical treatment after having been arrested a week ago.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/17/AR2007031700880.html Zimbabwe Opposition Members Re-Arrested 17 March 2007 10 January 2015 22 March - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Pius Ncube calls for mass protests to force President Robert Mugabe from power.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6482723.stm Archbishop urges Zimbabwe protest 22 March 2007 10 January 2015 28 March - The Movement for Democratic Change says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been arrested by police. He was later released but other activists remained in police custody.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6503061.stm Zimbabwe police in new crackdown 28 March 2007 10 January 2015 April 22 April - Investigating officer Wellington Ngena accuses the government of South Africa's Scorpions intelligence department of training members of the Movement for Democratic Change in combat to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe.http://allafrica.com/stories/200704200779.html Zimbabwe: South Africa Linked to MDC 'Terror' Bombings 22 April 2007 10 January 2015 June 13 June - Zimbabwean Minister of Lands Didymus Mutasa says the government will remove all remaining white farmers from their farms and divide their land among landless black citizens.http://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-harare-repeats-threats-kick-out-white-farmers Zimbabwe: Harare repeats threats to kick out white farmers 12 June 2007 10 January 2015 22 June - Inflation in Zimbabwe rises to 11,000%; U.S. ambassador Christopher Dell predicts it will reach 1.5 million percent by December.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6229284.stm US says Zimbabwe change is afoot 22 June 2007 10 January 2015 July 5 July - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions votes to strike for higher wages as inflation in Zimbabwe rises above 10,000%.http://allafrica.com/stories/200707050585.html Zimbabwe: Labour Union Resolves to Strike Over Worsening Economic Crisis 4 July 2007 10 January 2015 31 July - The International Monetary Fund estimates that inflation in Zimbabwe could reach 100,000% by the end of 2007.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-08-01/zimbabwe-inflation-could-reach-100000pc-imf/2518620 Zimbabwe inflation could reach 100,000pc: IMF 1 August 2007 10 January 2015 September 7 September - Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, accused Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia and Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, of selling out his country to the Western world and plotting with foreign intelligence agencies during an SADC conference in August. President Mwanawasa later apologized to Mugabe, saying Mugabe had misunderstood an earlier comment.http://allafrica.com/stories/200709070981.html Southern Africa: Mugabe Had Tantrum At SADC Meeting 7 September 2007 10 January 2015 26 September - The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe passes legislation transferring control of all foreign-owned businesses to Zimbabweans.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-09-27/zimbabwe-seizes-foreign-owned-businesses/682058 Zimbabwe seizes foreign-owned businesses 27 September 2007 10 January 2015 November 18 November - George Charamba, the spokesman for Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, says the Mugabe government is preparing for a British invasion.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7100737.stm Zimbabwe 'ready for UK invasion' 18 November 2007 10 January 2015 21 November - Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Luís Amado says Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is not welcome at the December European Union-African Union summit in Lisbon. United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he will not attend if Mugabe is present.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7106004.stm Lisbon wants Mugabe to stay away 21 November 2007 10 January 2015 27 November - Zambian Airways ends direct flights to Harare. British Airways ended flights last month and Ethiopian Airlines will end flights to Zimbabwe in December, leaving only three foreign airlines with planes flying to Zimbabwe in 2008.http://allafrica.com/stories/200711261960.html Zimbabwe: Zambia Airways to Stop Direct Flights to Harare 26 November 2007 10 January 2015 December 15 December - Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, the Information Minister of Zimbabwe, calls Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany a "Nazi". Ndlovu responded to the German government's criticism of rising human rights abuses in Zimbabwe by telling Merkel to "shut up".http://allafrica.com/stories/200712140740.html Zimbabwe: Muckraker - Giving Colonisers A Good Name 14 December 2007 10 January 2015 References 2007 in Category:2000s in Zimbabwe Category:Years of the 21st century in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe