The BZS has many public programmes online and offline during the year and publishes a Zimbabwe Review four times a year. As a voluntary organisation we welcome the general public but also have a growing membership. The Zimbabwe Review archive is also available freely online ine. Check the latest June 2026
Saturday 31 January 2026 Guardians of Knowledge
Guardians of Knowledge – Libraries and Information in Zimbabwe will hear from a stunning panel of speakers on their experiences of setting up and running libraries for their local communities, and making them work as places to fire the imagination, drive creativity, and build understanding.
We will be looking at libraries in the wider ecosystem of writers and readers, publishers and booksellers, and their importance as storehouses of memory.
Take a look at the programme
BZS Research Day 2026
Our Research Day will be held on Saturday 28 November this year on the theme of Encountering the Everyday Research on life in Zimbabwe and its diaspora. You will find a link to our Eventbrite registration and on page 16 of the June issue Zimbabwe Review.
and previously……….BZS Research Day 2025 Friday 20 and Sat 21 June
This year its a two day event in person at St Antony”s College Oxford but also available online for those unable to attend. For online attendees the event is free but you should register for one or both days in advance.
The theme: History, histories and historians: reflecting on legacies and new directions in Zimbabwe’s past, and shaping of its Present and Potential futures.
Fore the initial programme check out the March edition of the BZS Review
Please register via Eventbrite link here to get the zoom link for the free online event and latest programme
Research Day 2024
The overarching 2024 RD topic was”Climate, Environment and Development in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora“. RD 2024 was a platform for hearing Zimbabwean/diasporan and wider perspectives on this as it pertains to Zimbabwe and beyond. We worked on RD 2024 with Dr Raffaella Taylor- Seymour [formerly at Oxford, but currently moving to the US] + Climate Action Network [CAN] Zimbabwe – they presented at the BZS CDO’s virtual event last year. The 2024 RD happened on Sat 22 June.
You can now download the report of the event
We had our first Zimbabwean Book Fair on 3rd March in London in person and 4 March via a virtual programme and our second in March 2024
You may have missed our wonderful artists as part of our 40th celebration arts event. Here is a wonderful animation by Pelagia Nyamayaro our Instagram editor
The BZS was formed in 1981 in response to Zimbabwe’s independence the year before, and in the belief that a new relationship was needed between the peoples of the two countries. It
- is a network of friends of Zimbabwe
- supports people-to-people links
- informs and educates
- promotes understanding and respect
- encourages open discussion and debate
The BZS is committed to relationships based on reciprocity and fairness and to bridging the South-North gap in wealth and power.
What do members receive?
- contacts, news, information and advice
- quarterly BZS Zimbabwe Review (incorporating the BZS Newsletter)
- members’ email news list
- networking support for educational, development, cultural and linking projects
- Download the latest information for 19 June 2021 about the forthcoming Research Day
- RD draft programme
- Opt in Whats App group discussion and information update
The BZS maintains an active network of wider contacts. It works in co-operation with organisations that work with the Zimbabwean community in the UK and concerned with Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. It supports Zimbabwean asylum seekers by providing expert advice on the local situation in Zimbabwe. The Society has established a panel of academic experts on Zimbabwe who between them have been able to assess hundreds of asylum appeals.
For the latest posts and activities
Constitution
Please download the latest version of BZS Constitution