This article explores the various ways in which the British media, and the broadsheets TheGuardian and The Daily Telegraph in particular, have framed and represented events in Zimbabwesince 2000. It argues that representations of the situation in Zimbabwe have been largely strugglesover meanings and definitions of the ‘crisis’ in the country. The extensive media coverage ofZimbabwe in the British media generated a significant amount of debate and this articledemonstrates how the Zimbabwean government drew upon international media representationsin order to define the situation in Zimbabwe as a struggle against imperialism.