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Fact-Checking Blessed Geza
A few days ago, war veteran Blessed Geza released a reckless and inflammatory video on YouTube, packed with baseless accusations and outright fabrications all in a desperate attempt to incite unrest....Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:03hrs | 5302 | by John Mbizvo
Mnangagwa buried a hero who was forgotten while he lived
Makhethi Ndebele, better known as Jack Mpofu, was a towering figure in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.He passed away on July 27, 2024, at his home in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, at the age of 82. ...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:42hrs | 2398 | by Staff reporter
Court clears ZAPU official of contempt of court charges
Andrew Ndlovu, the ZAPU National Secretary for Security and Internal Affairs, who had been facing contempt of court charges after his arrest in April of this year in connection with a property dispute...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Did war vets collapse Zimdollar?
I HEAR many Zimbabweans suggesting that Zimbabwe was driven to bankruptcy and the crash of the dollar by paying war veterans in 1997.However, this perception is wrong because Zimbabwe printed ...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | 3 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
'Real' Zimbabwe heroes struggling to survive
AS the country celebrates Heroes Day Monday, former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) instructor, Grace Ethel Noko remains one of the unsung liberation struggle heroines despite having play...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt should prioritise war veterans' welfare
ZIMBABWEANS will, in a few weeks' time, be celebrating 42 years of independence attained through the sacrifices of fellow countrymen in a protracted war of liberation where thousands died on the battl...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF toilets ‘invaders' released without charge
TWO Zanu-PF officials, who were arrested in Mbare, Harare, after they forcibly took over council toilets and started charging members of the public were yesterday released by the National Prosecuting ...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Number of war vets needing limbs declines
THE number of ex-combatants needing artificial limbs for injuries sustained during the armed liberation struggle has been falling over the years, the Defence and War Veterans ministry has revealed....Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
G40, MDC Alliance exposed in war vets' arrests
THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Chris Mutsvangwa yesterday poured cold water on the latest attempts to divide war veterans by some G40 elements an...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary being corroded by political expediency
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, societal harmony is under threat as the Judiciary, which essentially should be independent from interference, is being corroded by political ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Executive failing corruption fight
ROSA Parks is not just a name in the United States. She is a torchbearer when it comes to civil rights movements. Parks one day decided not to give her seat to a white person in a public bus. ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
When God uncovers mortal men
The true length of a frog is known on the day it dies. Such has been wisdom since time immemorial. Juxtaposing that with the recent deaths of Genius 'Ginimbi' Kadunungure and Lazarus '...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 12:51hrs | 2 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zanu-PF blames everything on sanctions
The sanctions which were imposed by the British, the Americans and European countries on Zimbabwe were as a result of human rights abuses and the land which was taken from the white farmers.I ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Irvine Sibhona
UMD supports fair, just land reform programme
The Zimbabwean masses have been unequivocally sold out and abandoned by the Zanu-PF government in their quest to be legitimate owners of pieces of land in their motherland. The announcement to...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Lovemore Moyo, UMD president
Who Owns England?
Who Owns England? The question sounds oblique, when one considers the country's documented long history of "civilisation". One would think that, by now, this question should have long been settled. Ye...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
In memory of Zimbabwe's Independence
On 18th April 1980, Zimbabweans celebrated their Independence both from Britain and from the Ian settler state. The celebration was rather muted because it was the little headmaster, Robert Mugabe, wh...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 11:46hrs | | by Ngqabutho Mabhena
War vets storm Mnangagwa office
A GROUP of 20 former freedom fighters calling themselves the War Veterans Welfare Committee yesterday stormed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumutapa office to hand over a 10-page petition demandin...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chenjerai Hunzvi's wife dies
THE widow of national hero Chenjerai Hunzvi, Jenny Hunzi, passed away on Friday and has been declared a provincial heroine.She will be buried at the Mashonaland East Provincial Heroes Acre on ...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Struggle, The Delayed Revolution: an Autobiography
The need to account for multiple narratives in the history of the liberation struggle compelled Andrew Ndlovu's autobiography to proffer his narrative from the front. The book serves to demonstrate th...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 28 | by Brian Maregedze
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
30 reasons why Zimbabweans should show Mnangagwa the RED card on july 30
With just some few days and hours before the nation votes in the most anticipated polls since the removal of the former President Robert Mugabe and also the death of the former Trade Unionist Morgan T...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:10hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Hakata
NMB Bank opens sub-branch in Bindura
NMB Bank has opened a sub-branch in Bindura to provide existing and potential customers in Mashonaland Central with ready access to its banking services and products. The sub-branch opened for busines...Published: 23 May 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Agencies
Mutsvangwa fighting attempts to unseat him as war vets leader
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor Chris Mutsvangwa is fighting attempts to unseat him as leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA by opponents emboldened by ruc...Published: 11 May 2018 at 13:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Snakes have been set to Swallow Snakes to Free Zimbabwe by 2019
Snakes have been set to Swallow Snakes to Free Zimbabwe by 2019Vengeance is mine!!!! says the architect of humanity. The Law of Balance soothes all World problems in phenomenal ways. To the re...Published: 06 May 2018 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Multiverse Dungani
Chamisa reaction to High Court ruling treading on contemptuous ground
In an interesting press statement issued this past week, Advocate Chamisa's spokesperson and MDC director of communications, Luke Tambarinyoka had this to say of the recent High Court judgment about t...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
Did the Mugabes deserve immunity?
In 2006 I was part of a few select delegates that attended a workshop that was held by the UNDP in Victoria Falls which included senior officials in the Ministry of Justice led by Patrick Chinamasa, a...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Tafadzwa Masango
Time to end Zanu-PF election rigging, Cdes
MY Comrades, I am pleased to finally announce to you that something is happening on the ground. As you are now all aware, a lot of work is underway to ensure that the New Patriotic Front (NPF), a gran...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by CZ
Zimbabwe in November 2017 and beyond the military temporary takeover
The dust is settling down regarding political anxieties over the roadmap on politics and governance in Zimbabwe, is it really? The nagging truth is that the military world over when faced with a dilem...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 00:07hrs | 2 | by Andrew M Manyevere
ZPRA demands land for own heroes acre
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Veterans' Association has resolved to approach government and the Bulawayo City Council requesting land to set up a separate national heroes' acre for f...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
There is hope for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is poised for economic growth if only there is a free and fair election where the people are allowed to freely chose a leader of their choice without being intimidated and being frog marched ...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 13:23hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Tshinga Dube blames Hunzvi
WAR Veterans minister Tshinga Dube yesterday told Parliament that the late former Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association leader, Chenjerai Hunzvi made grave mistakes in determining the...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'War vets must sign new covenant with people'
War veterans must re-engage with the people if they want to be respected again, MDC deputy secretary-general Tapiwa Mashakada has said.The veterans have been President Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We now fighting to end dictatorship,' say rogue war veterans - no bird ever change its signature call
The rogue (not all war veterans betrayed the revolution and the masses) war veterans led by the late "Hitler" Chenjerai Hunzvi, Jabulani Sibanda and now Chris Mutsvangwa have come a long way. Since th...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
WATCH: Zimbabwe is the most 'passported' country in the world
Listen, listen, who is saying this crap?The man forgets he was a Zanu minister not so long ago. He forgets that the economy went down as soon as Chenjerai Hunzvi and this group of fellas held ...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 13:25hrs | 2 | by Social media
Bikita West a hotbed of violence- Heal Zimbabwe
Heal Zimbabwe trust has said there is escalating violence in Bikita west ahead of the by elections as parties jostle to replace expelled MPO Munyaradzi Kereke who is serving ten year jail term for rap...Published: 29 Dec 2016 at 04:17hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Heroes or herods Day ...political oxymoron of the day
The people of Zimbabwe celebrate Heroes day. A day set aside to remember the lives of disciplined, dedicated and brave sons and daughters who immensely contributed to the well being of our count...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 15:19hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Mugabe, war vets fight overshadows Heroes' Day
In August 1997, President Robert Mugabe suffered the biggest embarrassment at the Heroes' Acre in Harare when war veterans drowned his speech with protest songs.The former fighters were angry ...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 11:02hrs | 15 | by Paidamoyo Mazula
War vets want another indaba with Mugabe over unmet demands
HARDLY four months after meeting with President Robert Mugabe in what was dubbed as a crisis indaba, veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s war of liberation are considering having another meeting with their pa...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa defiant
WAR veterans chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa remained defiant yesterday in the face of his expulsion from Zanu-PF, while his colleagues in the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (Z...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Too many thieves buried at National Heroes acre- analyst
A Political analyst Allan Wenyika has claimed that there are too many thieves who are buried at the national Heroes acre in Harare and quite a number of people who are undeserving were laid to rest...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's end getting close: war vets to his rescue- Commentator
A political commentator Fanuel Nsingo has said President Robert Mugabe is moving towards his end by launching an attack of the armed forces and he will only be rescued by the war veterans."In ...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 05:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chinotimba complain over meager budget allocation to war vets
Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba of Zanu PF has complained that finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa allocated a meager funding to the war veterans despite their contributions to the liberation of the ...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Chenjerai Hunzvi
The former leader of the Zimbabwean war veterans said his movement plans to reclaim more than 800 white-owned farms this week.It came just one day after Dr. Chenjerai Hunzvi escaped an immedia...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 16:15hrs | 2 | by youtube
Zipra heroines were never rewarded
Thirty years on - the heroines of the liberation struggle live in abject poverty, while their male counterparts live in luxury.Former Zipra instructor Grace Ethel Noko (56) remains an unsung h...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 21:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa sensationally claims ownership of 40% Telecel shareholding
FOUNDING Telecel shareholder Dr Phillip Chiyangwa is sensationally claiming ownership of a significant stake in the Empowerment Corporation (EC) - which has 40 percent shareholding of Telecel Zimbabwe...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Chinotimba Dilemma
When Zimrights, one of Zimbabwe's oldest civil society organisations, awarded a human rights defender award to Zanu-PF MP and war-veteran, Joseph Chinotimba towards Christmas, I thought the organisati...Published: 23 Jan 2015 at 11:27hrs | | by Alex T. Magaisa
Strip Chinotimba of Human Rights Award - Former Tsvangirai aide
Former advisor to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Alex Magaisa has criticised a recent decision by Zim Rights to award war veteran and Zanu PF MP Joseph Chinotimba with the Human Rights Defende...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
When Mugabe paid war vets $50k in 1997 it was a bribe, freedom fighters became mercenaries
The war veterans under the command of the late Chenjerai Hitler Hunzvi in 1997 forced Mugabe to award them Z$50 000 gratuity each plus monthly pensions for life. They also demanded to have 20% of all...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
That PhD, the undoing of Mugabe and Zanu-Pf
It has been called many names from microwave PhD with regards to the speed of its remarkable completion, sexually transm...Published: 27 Oct 2014 at 15:05hrs | 2 | by Shingai Mugochi, A concerned lay Zimbabwean.
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