Reply #79: Thousands of British citizens claim to be from Zimbabwe. [View All]

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Zimbabwe outlawed dual citizenship in 1984 and dual citizens had up to the end of 1985 to renounce foreign citizenship. Those who failed to do so became mere residents with the right to work and own property but without the right to vote.

Many of those Brits don't even live in Zimbabwe.
But yet and still they are trying to destroy this African nation.

The official Ziana news agency also said the government was cutting to five years from seven the time in which a citizen could stay out of the country "without lawful excuse" before losing Zimbabwean citizenship. It quoted a government spokesman as saying President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party - which faces an unprecedented challenge sparked by a severe economic crisis - had been forced to tighten the rules to sideline opponents hiding under dual citizenship.
"There are concerns that those with dual citizenship are behind efforts to discredit the government to use diplomatic and other means to topple the Zanu-PF. "Lines of credit, aid and other forms of assistance have been systematically stopped over the last couple of years to pressure the government," added the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper.
Government officials estimate that up to 20,000 whites with Zimbabwean passports also hold British passports or can claim British citizenship. Whites make up less than one percent of Zimbabwe's 12,5 million people, but are currently under pressure from the government, which accuses them of bankrolling the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/citizen/zimbabwe.htm