Ambassador to the US Simbi Veke Mubako of Zimbabwe

Simbi Veke Mubako is the ambassador of Zimbabwe to the United States.

Ambassador Simbi Veke Mubako is on the line with US, the Zimbabwean ambassador to the United States.

Sitting back in his chair in the Zimbabwean Embassy, Mubako accepts that his country is experiencing an international public relations disaster.

Mubako is reminded of a recent announcement by State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, in which he spoke out against the "environment of fear and intimidation" that hung over local elections taking place later that week, and said that the Zimbabwean government had "failed to take necessary steps for a credible democratic election.

Whereas, after working for two years as a journalist, he went to Lesotho for his university studies.

Mubako was recalled home and was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.

Ambassador of Zimbabwe Simbi Veke Mubako is an optimist.

in his chair in the Zimbabwean Embassy, Mubako accepts that his country is experiencing an international public relations disaster: The United States, the European Union and neutral Switzerland have placed travel and financial restrictions on the countryís leaders.

Mubako is keen to highlight the great changes that are coming in Zimbabwean agriculture.

Irrigation is the key to overcoming the drought, he adds, and Mubako is hoping that the new resettled communities will be able to put that in place.

Despite the current state of relations, Mubako says he is grateful to the United States and Britain for their humanitarian aid and doesnít try to disguise the seriousness of the situation facing his country.

sman Richard Boucher, in which he spoke out against the ìenvironment of fear and intimidationî that hung over local elections taking place later that week, and said that the Zimbabwean government had ìfailed to take necessary steps for a credible democratic election.

Mubako has had a long history in both politics and law, which served as training for one of Washingtonís toughest diplomatic posts.

When the country needed someone with a lot of experience to take up what was to become an almost impossible diplomatic task, Mubako was close at hand.

Law Faculty at the Midlands State University.