Information Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has thumbed his nose at the British government, which has stood adamant Zimbabwe was not yet eligible to rejoin the Commonwealth as it was lagging behind on key political and economic reforms placed as a basis for readmission into the prestigious bloc.
Writing on his twitter on Wednesday, Mutodi said the country was not too desperate to rejoin the Commonwealth which he said was an organisation more important to the former colonial master than Zimbabwe.
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