The Sunday Mail
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Ambassador David Douglas Hamadziripi as Zimbabwe’s top diplomat to South Africa.
Ambassador Hamadziripi replaces Ambassador Isaac Moyo, who was appointed Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation in December 2017. The appointment was announced on Friday by Chief Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda in a Government Gazette.
“It is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has, in terms of Sections 110(20(I) and 204 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 20) Aact 2013, appointed Mr David Douglas Hamadziripi as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of South Africa,” reads the notice in the Government Gazette. Yesterday, Ambassador Hamadziripi said he would leave for South Africa in coming days.
“As for the presentation of credentials to the South African President, the date will be determined by their government in consultation with our own Department of Research Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The career diplomat was Multilateral Affairs Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and once served as Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to France. He also acted as Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Hamadziripi has served one several intergovernmental bodies, the United Nations and Unesco. South Africa is Zimbabwe’s largest trading partner as well as a key political ally.
