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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 | 2123 | 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 | 1520 | 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 | 313 | 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 | 3469 | 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 | 3157 | 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 | 127 | 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 | 5725 | 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 | 4791 | 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 | 6246 | 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 | 2508 | 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 | 8639 | 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 | 300 | by Staff reporter
After gukurahundi meeting, Mnangagwa gives Matebeleland Collective the Zambezi water project
Government has given back ownership of the Matebeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) to Matebeleland Collective (MC) and its technical partner, the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT).The ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Lupane East MP declared provincial heroine
The late Lupane East legislator (Zanu-PF) and Matabeleland North secretary for administration in the women's league, Sithembile Gumbo, has been declared a provincial heroine.Gumbo (56) died at...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:25hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister speaks on Gukurahundi, past conflicts
GOVERNMENT is committed to dealing with past conflicts including Gukurahundi by formally recognising them as part of the country's history to bring closure to the events and foster national healing an...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Of Zimbabwe media, scarfs, land reform and current affairs
THIS is a weird because some years ago, I worked for ZBC/ZTV. Then we would thrive and take pride in asking well researched questions, the most provocative questions, upfront and mix with questions in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1962 | by zimbabwedigitalnews
MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
DNA tests confirm MDC activist's dumped body
DNA tests results have confirmed that the remains found at a farm in Beatrice, in January were that of MDC activist Blessing Toronga, who was reportedly abducted and tortured during the State-led clam...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Reburial of the victims of Gukurahundi
We the children of Silobela welcome the news of the proposed reburial of the victims of Gukurahundi. We believe it is a noble idea for the government to do its duty that is long overdue. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:01hrs | 874 | by Cde Godfrey Viki
Biti calls for International Commission on Gukurahundi
MDC Deputy National Chairperson Tendai Biti has called for an Internation Commisiion to investigate the Gukurahundi genocide that left more than 20 000 people dead in Midlands and Matabeleland. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | 2397 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Religious leaders must pray for bloodless separation of Matabeleland and Zimbabwe
China's revered revolutionary, Mao Zedong, was spot on when he said, "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". Zimbabwe is the product of the barrel of the gun so is the 2nd Republic tha...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3780 | by MLO
MDC councillor dies
Nyanga Rural District Council ward 26 councillor Elias Mashumba (MDC Alliance) has died.Mashumba died yesterday at Bonda Mission in Mutasa Central after a short illness. Mutasa Central MP and ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
2 women arrested for fraud in Prophet Lukau 'resurrection' drama
Two women have been arrested on fraud charges in a fake "resurrection" incident where a Zimbabwean man known as Brighton Moyo was filmed "rising from the dead" at the South African church of Pastor Al...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1207 | by African News Agency (ANA)
Gukurahundi genocide consultations begin
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has begun community consultations with victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities as part of government's plan to bring closure to the highly-emotive...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Matabeleland Collective in secret Gukurahundi genocide deal?
Matabeleland Collective, one of the key stakeholders on Gukurahundi and national healing, yesterday slapped down attempts by fugitive former Cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo to discredit the b...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 4030 | by Staff reporter
Zambian n'angas jet in to deal with Gukurahundi
Witchdoctors from Lusaka are reported to have landed in the country to conduct cleansing rituals for members of the fifth brigade and other government officials who participated in the Gukurahun...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:25hrs | 3780 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi mass graves exhumation intent - is the Matebelalnd Collective accomplices?
History is littered with many heinous crimes committed by man against man all in the name of power, from the Turkish genocide against the Armenians, the Nazi Jewish holocaust, Pol pot madness, the Rwa...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 936 | by Fikile wa Malikongwa
A simple heartfelt apology can help put Gukurahundi to rest
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba's attempts to explain President Emmerson Mnangagwa's apparent reluctance - or refusal - to apologise for the Gukurahundi massacres of the early to mid-1980s, ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 537 | by Editorial - Newsday
Mutinhiri nominated for MDC vice presidency
THE Mashonaland East Province of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC on Friday nominated Tracy Mutinhiri to run for vice president at the May congress.Mutinhiri was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2011 ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 5383 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Mnangagwa's aide defends Gukurahundi genocide
The announcement by the government that it was rolling out a number of measures to help victims of Gukurahundi to get birth certificates and death certificates for their slain relatives has divided op...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi was a war, says Mnangagwa aide
President Emmerson Mnagagwa cannot be described as an architect of the Gukuruhandi mass killings because he was a mere junior to former president Robert Mugabe at the time, his spokesperson has said....Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:11hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Coltart hails Mnangagwa govt
FIERCE Government critic and opposition politician David Coltart has described the move by the Government to facilitate the issuance of birth certificates and death certificates as well as the exhumat...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:21hrs | 2889 | by Staff Reporter
The fallacy of Zanu-PF and civil society engagements.
Songs of praises from many quarters are now being sung for Mnangagwa after his minister pledged that following a meeting with a collection of Civic Society organizations the regime was going to allow ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 19:36hrs | 1143 | by Lovejean Ndlovu
Gukurahundi healing measures crucial to national healing/unity
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission tomorrow begins the process of taking the country through 21 days of sharing mechanisms on healing and reconciliation. NPRC's outreach programme covers...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:07hrs | 395 | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Are the brutal and vicious attacks on the Matabeleland Collective warranted?
Are the brutal and vicious attacks on the Matabeleland Collective warranted? A new kid on the block has emerged from Matabeleland and has caused a stir, the criticisms it has attracted has forced me t...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 594 | by Thulani Nkala
It's never too late for gukurahundi justice
A FEW weeks ago, a coalition of civil society organisations from Matabeleland met President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss issues affecting Matabeleland region.One of the issues was Gukurahundi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:52hrs | 368 | by Siphosami Malunga
ID, passport delays to persist as resource shortages bite
Registrar General Clemence Masango has said resources needed to print identity cards and passports were in short supply, leading to the issuance of paper identity documents and long delays in processi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3216 | by Staff reporter
Cops sued for not granting post-mortem consent
THE family of a man allegedly killed by police has sued the law enforcement agency for refusing to grant consent for a hospital post-mortem to obtain information on the cause of death.Rights l...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should apologise first for his role in gukurahundi genocide'
DUMISO Dabengwa's Zapu has cast doubt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sincerity in dealing with Gukurahundi after the Zanu-PF leader pledged government assistance in the exhumation and reburial of t...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide healing must include 'truth-telling'
The Movement for Democratic Change says bringing closure to victims of the Gukurahundi genocide must involve a "comprehensive programme of truth-telling."The Gukurahundi was a series of atroci...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 21:08hrs | 774 | by ZimLive
Mthwakazi Human Rights condemns planned Mnangagwa genocide mass grave exhumations
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) notes with grave concern the recent developments regarding the Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide and the way the state crime of this m...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 20:52hrs | 1975 | by Thembani Dube
Mnangagwa's stance on Gukurahundi, farmers encouraging
WE ARE happy that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has agreed in principle to put to closure two of the country's most contentious issues; compensation to white former commercial farmers and,...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:17hrs | 764 | by Editorial - Daily News
Matebeleland pressure groups question Mnangagwa's sincerity on genocide
A NUMBER of lawyers and pressure groups in Bulawayo have questioned the government's sincerity in bringing closure to the emotive Gukurahundi issue.This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:15hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa's stance on Gukurahundi welcome, but....
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's pledge to facilitate the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims as well as offer counselling services, medical assistance, and identity documents to those affect...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | 655 | by Editorial - Nwsday
Mnangagwa told to apologise for role in gukurahundi genocide
VETERANS of the liberation struggle who served under the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra), Zapu's military wing, have urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology first bef...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 2513 | by newzimbabwe
Gukurahundi healing measures, a step in the right direction
The new dispensation has slowly but positively proven that there is an overhaul in the administration of the country's affairs, an indication that Zimbabwe is breaking from the old ways. In the recent...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 12:02hrs | 452 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Jonathan Moyo responds to Mnangagwa
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has blasted the initiative started by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with the issue of Gukurahundi genocide.Moyo said Mnangagwa's p...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 11:39hrs | 14230 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Let there be no reburial of gukurahundi victims anywhere in Mthwakazi
As MLF, we strongly condemn the order by the government of Zimbabwe and its puppet body in Matabeleland Collective, to rebury the victims of Gukurahundi. It is insanity at its worst for someone at gov...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | 1305 | by David Magagula
Mnangagwa to facilitate Gukurahundi exhumations, reburials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to facilitate the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims, provision of counselling and medical assistance to victims and survivors as well as iss...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | 3424 | by Staff reporter
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