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Ramaphosa plans to charm Brits into lifting Zimbabwean sanctions
When President Cyril Ramaphosa meets newly appointed UK prime minister Rishi Sunak this week, he will try to persuade him to have the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe lifted.This is according to ...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hichilema to work with leaders from neighbouring countries
President Hakainde Hichilema has emphasised the importance of child rights and the need to place a high premium on the plight of children who are leaders of tomorrow, adding that together with his fel...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe back on UK radar
THE House of Lords in the United Kingdom (UK) has raised a red flag over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and called for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of oppositi...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Nehanda's remains must be repatriated first then erection of the statue
One of the greatest achievements of the President of Zimbabwe comrade Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is to honour the heroes. The president has shown that he does not forget those deserving to be honoured...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:40hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Grand plan, gukurahundi, the Unity Accord 1987 - A program of invasion
This is a follow up of my Press Release released on 3rd July 2019. The focus today is Gukurahundi; its origins, meaning, and its role in the unprecedented influx of the Shona community in every part o...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 51 | by King Mzilikazi II
UK hails setting up of Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
OUTGOING United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing, says her country was encouraged" by the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into the political violence of August 1, which led to the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Dabengwa right on Russia and UK backing Munangagwa
Recently the former Zipra intelligence supremo, Dumiso Dabengwa, said Russia and UK could possibly be covertly supporting Munangagwa so he wins the 2018 elections. Two weeks ago l said the same thing ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by AT Kadada
Mugabe a 'deeply conflicted zealot'
In 2017, the Daily Maverick published a series of articles based on Stuart Doran's monumental history of Zanu-PF and Robert Mugabe, titled Kingdom, Power, Glory. In this major review of the book, form...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by David Owen, British politician
British High Commissioner to Zambia statement on resignation of Robert Mugabe
LUSAKA, Zambia - The British High Commissioner to Zambia, Mr. Fergus Cochrane-Dyet OBE, has issued a statement about developments in Zimbabwe."This is a moment of hope for Zimbabwe. Robert Mug...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 18:00hrs | | by APO
Chiwenga, Mugabe, Sekeramayi, Shiri and Zvobgo : The real gukurahundi culprits
THE Ndebele people of western Zimbabwe have a proverb, walutheza olule nkume, which, roughly translated, means "A person picked up firewood in which there was ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 06:22hrs | 4 | by Stuart Doran
Mugabe wanted a Civil War in Zimbabwe
THE so-called Entumbane disturbances of November 1980 and February 1981, during which President Robert Mugabe's then guerrilla army, Zanla, fought that of his nationalist rival Joshua Nkomo's Zipra, a...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 15:18hrs | 6 | by Stuart Doran
Gukurahundi Origins: Myth and reality, part 1 - 'war' in Bulawayo, 1980-1
The so-called Entumbane disturbances of November 1980 and February 1981, during which Robert Mugabe's guerrilla army fought that of his nationalist rival, Joshua Nkomo, are typically cited as among th...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Stuart Doran
British 'excessively defensive' on atrocities in Matabeleland
THIS is the fifth in a series of articles of a detailed research paper by British academic Hazel Cameron on the state-sponsored killings of civilians by Zimbabwean security forces between 1982 and 198...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Hazel Cameron, British academic
Mugabe pursued his objectives with ruthless violence
The ruthless violence with which Mugabe pursued his objectives after Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has prompted biographers, analysts and critics to search for indications of this propensity in earl...Published: 25 May 2017 at 11:54hrs | 3 | by Dr Stuart Doran I Daily Maverick
Britain's vested interests in the newly independent Zimbabwe
THIS is the third in a series of articles of a detailed research paper by British academic Hazel Cameron on the state-sponsored killings of civilians by Zimbabwean security forces between 1982 and 198...Published: 19 May 2017 at 07:57hrs | 7 | by Hazel Cameron ,British academic
UK 'turned blind eye' to Gukurahundi killings, Mnangagwa 'fully aware': Study claims
New research has claimed that UK officials apparently downplayed the massacre of up to 20,000 dissidents by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe in the 1980s to protect the UK’s interests.According to ...Published: 16 May 2017 at 22:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe mum on Gukurahundi report
THE Zanu-PF government has refused to comment on recently-released allegations that it worked with British diplomats and military officers to hide the Gukurahundi massacres.A report on a study...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
What Britain did (and didn't) on Gukurahundi
CONTRARY to allegations that Western governments "did nothing" when Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's army went on the rampage in the early 1980s, they may have helped prevent total slaughter. But ...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 17:30hrs | 2 | by Stuart Doran Historian & Author
Mugabe conspired with Britain to Kill over 20 000 people in Matabeleland- British researcher
Fresh revelations over 30 years after President Robert Mugabe’s government of Zanu PF unleashed the fifth brigade soldiers to butcher suspected PF Zapu members of the Ndebele origin exposes that Bri...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 18:22hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Britain wilfully turned a blind eye to Gukurahundi
President Robert Mugabe not only got military support, but was actively aided by the British government to conceal to the world Gukurahundi atrocities soon after the country's independence, a ...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Notice of demand for the restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:50hrs | 13 | by Paul Siwela
Notice of Demand for The Restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 5 | by Paul Siwela
Chevening Scholarships open
The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for 2017/2018 Chevening Scholarships on the Chevening Website from 8 August until 8 November 2016.Chevening Scholarships are awarded to indi...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 15:35hrs | | by British High Commission Pretoria
Coltart: (Hi)story and our story as Africans
As I sit down to write this piece, it is February 18, 1978, and David Coltart has just taken off for South Africa, to start his university studies at UCT, the University of Cape Town. He leaves behind...Published: 07 May 2016 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Britain has bloody hands in Zimbabwe
Donald Trelford exposed Robert Mugabe's murderous methods 25 years ago, but couldn't persuade Whitehall to intervene ------- The baby was already dead, but the crowd weren't to know t...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN honours Nehanda, Kaguvi
The original Rhodesia police dockets and court judgments that saw First Chimurenga heroes Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi executed are now on the Memory of the World Register, recognising their roles ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Mugabe's Gukurahundi role exposed
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, some of his ministers and senior army officials were closely involved in the planning and execution of the Gukurahundi massacres, new research and recently declassified Austr...Published: 18 May 2015 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera investigates the battle for Africa
"When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers"- African proverb The Battle For Africa, the first in a two-part People & Power invest...Published: 27 Aug 2014 at 08:00hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Did Ian Smith fare better than Mugabe under sanctions?
Some questions are better not asked. Some questions are better asked for posterity.After the proclamation he explained: "There can be no happiness in a country while the absurd situation cont...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Tendai Kwari
'Zim elections were not credible,' says British high commissioner
ZIMBABWE's July 31 elections were not credible because they did not provide a level playing field, even according to the country's own rules, the departing British high commissioner to South Africa, ...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sata, stay away from Zimbabwe please
The revelations that president Michael Sata is donating millions of tons of maize worth more than $50 million to Zimbabwe to aid President Robert Mugabe win the coming presidential elections in that c...Published: 24 Jun 2012 at 18:29hrs | | by Wright Musoma
How a General stole a farm: My family's story
This narrative was written by Zimbabwean farmer Guy Watson-Smith in 2004, recounting his experiences at the hands of General Solomon Mujuru. We are re-printing it as ...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Guy and Vicky Watson-Smith
For crying out loud! Try another Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe federation
IN March 2009, I wrote an article entitled "A New Federation" which suggested that Malawi may be moving slowly, and without anybody really noticing, towards the Federation which had been so firmly rej...Published: 05 Jun 2011 at 15:11hrs | 3 | by Nick Wright
Britain warns Malawi in diplomatic spat
Britain warned Malawi to avoid escalating a diplomatic spat caused when its ambassador criticised President Bingu wa Mutharika, saying there would be "consequences" for bilateral ties.The Fore...Published: 20 Apr 2011 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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