Britain Zimbabwe Society (BZS)

BZS serves as a network for contacts and information exchange, and brings together individuals and organisations with wide-ranging interests in development, education, health, politics, trade and investment, travel and tourism, art, music and culture, community linking and simply staying in touch.

The main purpose of BZS is to increase knowledge, understanding and respect, and to promote good relations between the peoples of Britain and Zimbabwe. The Society was formed in 1981 not long after Zimbabwe's independence. It expressed the need for a new relationship between Zimbabwe and its former colonial power, based on mutual respect and equality.

BZS is independent of any government or any political party in either Zimbabwe or Britain, and our members represent a wide range of viewpoints and opinions.

We are committed but critical supporters of Zimbabwe's independence. We wish to see better relations between Britain and Zimbabwe, and are concerned that serious historical issues and responsibilities in that relationship remain to be addressed.

We encourage open discussion and debate about Zimbabwe, within an overall framework of support for human rights and democracy, and a more just and equitable world order. We seek to bring people together and to keep channels of communication open across as wide a spectrum as possible.

We encourage support for creative initiatives by Zimbabweans on issues of peace and justice, poverty and equity, knowledge and understanding, in whatever sphere of activity it happens to be.

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