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Coffin prices skyrocket
THE prices of coffins has gone up by more than 100 percent in recent months forcing dozens whose relatives are dying without funeral covers to turn to small entrepreneurs whose prices are still afford...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:08hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Complications of the congress season
WELCOME to the MDC Congress season. The circus has just dropped right down at Harvest House. All the actors have already donned their stage costumes, save for Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, whose congress ap...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1482 | by Chenai Mutasa
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | 1746 | by BBC
Zanu-PF Bulawayo goes to polls
HUNDREDS of Zanu-PF members aspiring to be part of the Bulawayo Provincial Executive Council on Monday thronged the party offices at Davies Hall to submit their CVs and application letters.Zan...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:47hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Dembare receives kit, car for coach
Dynamos yesterday received training equipment from Belgian Gino Laureyssen as well as a car for coach Tonderai Ndiraya donated by supporter Brighton Ushendibaba.The equipment which consists of...Published: 15 May 2019 at 09:53hrs | 3781 | by Staff reporter
War vets act on Gukurahundi
Zpra war veterans have established a committee on Gukurahundi to address issues specific to them after indications the government is now ready to address the 1980s killings.The Zpra Veterans' ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:21hrs | 1751 | by Staff reporter
'Fascist Mthwakazi denying people a voice' - we must remove dictators and stop fascists
"A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply," wrote Nomazulu Thata. "We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of ma...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:14hrs | 518 | by Wilbert Mukori
Israel Dube warns Mnangagwa govt on one and threatens the people of Mathebeleland on the other hand! Is that not fascism!
A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of mass-shallow graves in this ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:32hrs | 6648 | by Nomazulu Thata
Velaphi Burial; Mnangagwa shy away from Gukurahundi issue
After saying people are free to talk about Gukurahundi, Zimbabwean President himself avoided talking about the genocide when given the perfect opportunity to do so. In his speech at the National Heroe...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:21hrs | 5600 | by Harare Correspondent
Mnangagwa claims to have solutions to shortages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government has solutions to the biting fuel and foreign currency shortages threatening to bring the economy into recession.Mnangagwa - speaking at the bur...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:03hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to fix price madness
President Mnangagwa has assured the nation that Government will - without fail - address the various economic challenges being faced by the generality of the people. The President said this wh...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabwe to desist from dividing country
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe to desist from practices and attitudes that divide the country. The Head of State and Government said dialogue was a central plank in the Second Republic. ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Let's dream, think Zimbabwe'
Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E.D. Mnangagwa, at the burial of the late Mishack Ntundu Velaphi, National Heroes' Acre, May 9, 2019 ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 540 | by ED Mnangagwa
Tsvangirai turns in his grave as Chamisa tramples on democracy
When the late MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai championed the formation of the party while he was still the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), he alleged that there was no...Published: 08 May 2019 at 14:09hrs | 3662 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa overruled politburo on Ncube hero status
Former Bulawayo provincial minister Angeline Masuku declared that she too must not be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare after the Zanu-PF politburo initially turned down a request to have M...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | 16794 | by ZimLive
Poser for Gukurahundi mass graves
The exhumation of the remains of Gurahundi victims buried in mass graves dotted around Matabeleland and those thrown into mine shafts will pose ethical challenges as it will require the consent of all...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:39hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
The horrors of Gukurahundi relived
At a time when former president Robert Mugabe's government avoided debate on Gukurahundi massacres to an extent that talk about the bloody past was criminalised, a human rights activist was helping th...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:38hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Commemorative Day 2019, UK
Each year the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders, will be organising and encouraging the organising of Matebeleland Gukurahu...Published: 04 May 2019 at 22:42hrs | 406 | by 1893 MHRRM
Mnangagwa bankrolls Tsvangirai memorial
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is bankrolling the memorial service of the late former Zimbabwe Prime Minister and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, which is being held at his Buhera ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:19hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa paying tuition for Tsvangirai's kids in Australia and South Africa
President Mnangagwa has once again come to the aid of the family of former Prime Minister and the late MDC T founding leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai by providing financial and logistical support to the ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | 7037 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi to embark on peace building programme countrywide
The national healing and reconciliation process has contributed to the country's security by removing social threats while building and fostering sustained peace and national cohesion, Vice President ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Expert help for Gukurahundi reburials
Ukuthula Trust, which was responsible for the recent successful exhumation and reburial of a Gukurahundi victim in Tsholotsho, says it is ready to assist families rebury their loved ones as part of ef...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:57hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa tampers with evidence
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to sanction the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi Genocide victims is an attempt to tamper with incriminating evidence South African based political analys...Published: 02 May 2019 at 10:43hrs | 15267 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo talks tough
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has condemned the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims being conducted by the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led government. Moyo...Published: 02 May 2019 at 09:29hrs | 13013 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cost of dying goes up in Zimbabwe
A NEW wave of price increases has seen hard-pressed Zimbabweans grappling with counting the cost of dying.Funeral insurance companies, hit by a failing local currency, have joined the bandwago...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 4019 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet chiefs in Cyclone Idai-hit areas
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to meet with traditional leaders from areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai to discuss efforts to rebuild the affected districts. This was said by the Minister...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:42hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
MDC regalia banned at Tsvangirai memorial
THE family of the late MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said they will not allow wearing of party regalia at the memorial service for the former Prime Minister in Buhera at the weekend....Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:58hrs | 2167 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Gukurahundi exhumation and reburial video
Ukuthula Trust working with the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission exhumed the remains of a Gukurahundi Genocide victim in Sipepa, Tsholotsho on Sunday. The victim had been bur...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 3221 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiefs reject Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cocktail of measures to pacify the south-western parts of the country that bore the brunt of the 1980s massacres by the army have been greeted by strident opposition fro...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2872 | by Staff reporter
Villagers witness exhumation of remains of Mnangagwa linked genocide
VILLAGERS in Sipepa, Tsholotsho, in Matabeleland North province yesterday witnessed the exhumation of the remains of a villager who was killed during the 1980s political disturbances, as the peace and...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2860 | by Staff reporter
Nust student in mystery suicide
A National University of Science and Technology (Nust) second year Actuarial Science student was found hanging at home in Nketa suburb on Friday in a suspected case of suicide. Misheck Siwela ...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Gukurahundi victims exhumed and reburied
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission has overseen a process that has led to the exhumation and reburial of a coup who were victims of Gukurahundi in Sipepa Tsholotsho. Senior Journ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 17:36hrs | 5399 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1893 MHRRM Launches Genocide Memorial Day Commemorative Events in the UK and South Africa
Each year the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders will be organising and encouraging the organising of Matebelela...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 249 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Mnangagwa's reform programme steams ahead
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), this writer was asked what reforms President Mnangagwa had undertaken.The journalist asking the question was reminded that her ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:31hrs | 140 | by Nick Mangwana
Devolution for development
Mupuyo Hill, that unmistakable and unique cone shaped landmark of Chinehasha Village in Chiweshe. Discussions about Mash. Central Province would be incomplete and half-baked if the iconic Mupuyo Hill ...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 22:35hrs | 750 | by Thomas Murisa
'Gukurahundi survivors perpetrators prosecuted'
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has been in the spotlight in recent days over its role in government's attempt to address grievances emanating from the Gukurahundi era, where a...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:25hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Collective demands gukurahundi truth from Mnangagwa
PRESSURE groups coalescing under the banner of the Matabeleland Collective are ratcheting up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure that a truth-telling and associated prissuesprocess prec...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is reforming for the better
Reforming is a process of improving or changing for the better, especially as a result of correction of legal or political abuses or malpractices. Economic and political reforms are normally d...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 14:49hrs | 2305 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Of the Zimbabwe bird and political ignoramuses
In the morning of the eve of the celebration of our 39th Independence anniversary last week, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa torched a storm on the social media when he insinuated that the Zimbabwe bir...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2195 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mr Selo Nare's "Justice" must be Real Justice.
A report by CITE quotes Mr. Selo Nare the Chairman of the National Peace and Reconciliation as saying that he wants to see justice prevailing on the issue of Gukurahundi. These are good words but the ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 11:02hrs | 1560 | by Bhobha Mazhandu
uLoyiko ensemble to Premiere at Pretoria's Momentum State Theatre in South Africa
South African theatre ensemble, uLoyiko has informed umthwakazireview.com that it will premiere at Pretoria's Grand Momentum State Theatre in South Africa in...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 506 | by Thembani Dube
11 dead in kombi, Honda fit head-on accident
Eleven (11) people are feared dead following an accident involving a commuter omnibus and a Honda fit near Headlands this morning.The tragedy once again hit the Apostolic Christian community a...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | 3560 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise for his role in gukurahundi genocide
VICTIMS of the 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands massacres, known as Gukurahundi, have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the killing of over 20 000 innocent civilians, sayi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 3195 | by Staff reporter
A potent enemy always lives within
Hallelujah. . . But wait . . . why was he killed in the first place?You see, over time, societies evolve into hierarchical and stratified communities that pit the powerful against the powerles...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 131 | by Bishop Lazi
Lupane East MP's burial unites Zanu-PF, MDC
THE Lupane East Member of Parliament and liberation war heroine Sithembile Gumbo was yesterday buried at the Matabeleland North Provincial Heroes' Acre at Lupane Centre.Gumbo (56), died on Mon...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5918 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai buried people with their belongings
WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming fr...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4814 | by Staff reporter
Top Pastor blasts Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has come under fire from a prominent Bulawayo pastor Anglistone Themba Sibanda who is accusing him of grandstanding over Gukurahundi genocide. ...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 13:17hrs | 6313 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe commissioned gukurahundi genocide reports 'have been lost'
Reports of two government commissions of inquiry into post-independence massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands "have been lost", the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it has...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 19:49hrs | 2550 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 8900 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi healing, reconciliation timeframes set
GOVERNMENT and the Matabeleland Collective, a group of civil society organisations, have agreed on strict timeframes for the implementation of the Gukurahundi healing and reconciliation implementation...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:09hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
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