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Zimbabwe war veterans explode
WOES are continuing to mount for veterans of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle, who say their welfare is continually being neglected, with tertiary learning institutions refusing to enrol their chi...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:38hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala launches his movement
Former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has dumped Citizens Coalition for Change launching a mass nationwide democratic consultative process as he seeks to form a new national movement.Spea...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's lifetime of sackings
ZIMBABWE'S political cauldron bubbled over this weekend with the abrupt firing of Christopher Mutsvangwa as the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:13hrs | 2835 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is cursed'
OPPOSITION Zapu leader has described Zimbabwe as a cursed nation because of bad politics since the country attained independence in 1980.Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son to the late nationalist Jos...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:46hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses another application filed by Chamisa's CCC
High Court Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has dismissed yet another application filed by main opposition CCC MPs challenging their arbitrary recalls by self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu....Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:19hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Zuma rejects Ramaphosa
Former president Jacob Zuma will not be voting for the ANC in the upcoming election — and will also not be campaigning for the party.The former ANC president, who has been a member of the pa...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 15:19hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Why is Welshman Ncube being ethnically targeted and bullied?
I repeat and for good reasons, no matter what it takes, Shona ethnic majoritarianism, Gukurahundism and imperialism has to be fought in the following spheres: culture and language , education, healthc...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 08:48hrs | 1425 | by Bekithemba Sibhalwa Jnr
Zanu-PF ropes in war vets for Sakupwanya's campaign
Zanu-PF has gone for broke in its bid to win the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency in the December 9 by-elections, roping in war veterans and collaborators to campaign for the party's candidate, Pedzisai "S...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt awards chiefs hefty bonuses
The government has awarded traditional leaders a 100% bonus this year as a "performance reward" after they played a key role in mobilising their subjects to vote for Zanu-PF during the August election...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:52hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Minister Mutsvangwa challenged to act on payment of recently vetted war collaborators
EX Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has challenged the Minister of War Veterans Christopher Mutsvangwa to intervene and assist the recently vetted war collaborators and war veterans who did not get vette...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 21:05hrs | 404 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe war veterans fume over delayed compensation
Veterans of the liberation struggle from the 1970s, who successfully completed a recent vetting process, are expressing frustration over the government's delay in compensating them for their wartime c...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zipra war collaborators feel betrayed by govt
Tensions are mounting among former Zipra liberation war collaborators who underwent vetting in 2021 to determine their eligibility for monthly payouts promised to them.These unarmed combatants...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 20:30hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Hakainde Hichilema's reckless attempt to export puppetry
We note with great concern and embarrassment, the dishonorable and subjective activities of Mr Nevers Mumba, who was appointed as the Head of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission to Zimbabwe by Mr H...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:49hrs | 951 | by Fred M’membe
Former ZUD President endorses CCC's Chamisa
OUTSPOKEN liberation war heroin and former Zimbabwe Union of Democrats leader, Margaret Dongo, has publicly endorsed opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa ahead of next...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 07:02hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
War vets drum up support for Zanu-PF, Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association are campaigning for Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa in next week's harmonised elections. The association's national executive has sinc...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 07:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Forces 'a vital cog in growth drive'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are a vital cog in the ongoing national socio-economic modernisation and development of the country and Government will continue to capacitate its service personnel through...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Thousands celebrate Defence Forces Day
Tens of thousands of appreciative citizens yesterday thronged various centres countrywide to commemmorate defence forces day with the main celebrations being held at the National Sports Stadium yIn Ha...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is an indomitable machine, says Mahiya
Zanu-PF is indomitable and will not be defeated in the upcoming general elections because of the revolutionary fundamentals that continue to drive and cause Zimbabweans to maintain that victory from 1...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Nkomo receive statue honours
Two statues are set to be erected for the late former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe and the late Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo at two separate points in Harare in recognition of t...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: Ndebeles amongst noise makers in Zimbabwe?
A wannabe Zimbabwe President who turns a blind eye on Matabeleland restoration cause is making a fatal political miscalculation which may lead to unprecedented political upheaval.As we navigat...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:46hrs | 83 | by Israel Dube
War vets pledge support for Mnangagwa?
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has reaffirmed its support for President Mnangagwa, pledging to leave no stone unturned as they drum up support for the ruling party ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Govt has neglected us,' says war vets
DISGRUNTLED veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle are clamouring for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to improve their measly monthly allowances and pay-outs to surviving spouses and...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
War veterans ready to lead Zanu-PF to victory
ZANU-PF secretary for War Veterans Affairs, Douglas Mahiya has said veterans of the liberation struggle are geared to lead Zanu-PF to victory in the coming harmonised elections as they are the backbon...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Vote in defence of independence'
Zimbabweans should vote in the defence of their independence in the forthcoming harmonised elections, to protect the legacy bequeathed to the country by national heroes, President Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
From Trump to Biden, it is getting 'more worse!'
In black English, former president Donald Trump was a lunatic, a loud-mouthed New Yorker, whose mouth was unfiltered, a thoroughly "worse guy". If that is so, US president Joe Biden (lovin...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 7 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe war veterans fire warning shots
WAR veterans say they are tired of empty government promises, and being used as 'graders' to campaign for the ruling Zanu-PF towards elections. The x-combatants have been a vital cog for ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in bid to weather Kasukuwere's influence
GOVERNMENT'S decision to take the Independence Day celebrations to Mashonaland Central province is an effort by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime to neutralise former G40 key member Saviour Kasuku...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 20:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zihlo announced ZAA host as Diaspora Insurance named headline partner
Media personality Samantha Nozihlobo Ndlovu, popularly known as Zihlo, will be the host of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) UK Edition dinner gala on 22 April at The Leonardo City Hotel in London, ...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 23:06hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Chamisa calls for Sikhala's release in Independence message
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described post independent Zimbabwe as characterised by bad governance which rendered the liberation promise empty as the country marks 43 years of s...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean author to turn book into cartoon series
EUROPE-BASED Zimbabwean academic, writer and poet Mthulisi Ndlovu (27) is set to publish a children's book titled Maria Goes To Africa, which he says is based on Afrocentric history paying more attent...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt charms war collaborators ahead of 2023 general elections
GOVERNMENT has been frantically charming war veterans, ex-political prisoners, detainees, restrictees, non-combatant cadres and war collaborators by increasing pensions ahead of polls later this year,...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets get 35 mines
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa allocated 35 mines to war veterans two years ago to empower the liberation war icons, but officials entrusted with the responsibility to handover the claims have not done so amid a...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
120 000 more join war vets gravy train
OVER 120 000 ex-combatants, including ex-detainees, have been successfully vetted to receive monthly pay-outs from government for their role during the country's 1970s liberation war.Governmen...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'White commercial interests dominating Zimbabwe,' says Biti
HARARE East legislator who is a Former Finance Minister and one of the leaders of Nelson Chamisa's Citizens' Coalition for Change Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe government's land ownership structure was st...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt registers over 200 000 veterans of the liberation struggle
Following the launch of the first phase of vetting of the veterans of the liberation struggle by President Mnangagwa in 2021, a total of 207 103 applicants registered for vetting by the end of that ye...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shadowy group sends shivers down voters' spines
A Zanu-PF-affiliated organisation, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), has deployed tens of its members in Masvingo province to collect personal voter information from each rural household, raising fea...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
D'Banj visits Mnangagwa
NIGERIAN music star D'Banj who is still being investigated over fraudulent activities visited Zimbabwe where he met President Emerson Mnangagwa at the State House during the week.D'Banj's visi...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF affiliate wants Winky D music banned
An organisation linked to the ruling party ZANU PF has called for the ban of Winky D's music following the launch of his highly subscribed latest album Eureka.While addressing the media today ...Published: 03 Jan 2023 at 20:19hrs | 6 | by Desmond Nleya
Mthuli Ncube under fire over war vets payout
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has come under attack for his plan to splurge US$57,5 million on war veterans, a gesture seen as shoring up support for the ruling Zanu-PF party ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Golden handshake for Zimbabwe's war veterans
GOVERNMENT has handsomely rewarded war veterans by availing mining concessions to them to ostensibly boost its chances of turning the mining sector into a US$12 billion industry.The developmen...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt appeases war vets with $4.6 billion
IN a bid to appease war veterans, who play a crucial role in Zanu-PF election campaigns, the government has set aside ZW$4.6 billion to invest in farms, mining and tourism.Finance and Economic...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 09:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA commander Mbedzi was a brave, committed freedom fighter
JOSEPH Mbedzi pseudo name Sibuko who died at Mvurwi Hospital recently belonged to a rare breed of freedom fighters who despite the odds heavily staked against them put their heads on the block all for...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Protest vote is anti-development, says Mutsvangwa
Voters must now be politically mature and shun the culture of the protest vote during elections, as this is self-defeating and counter developmental, a senior Zanu-PF official has said.Address...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
'War vets hold Mnangagwa to ransom'
WAR veterans have cornered President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding that he approves "commensurate benefits", including loan guarantees and rebates for duty-free car imports before they could back his r...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cleric showers praises on Mnangagwa
FAMILY of God Church founder and leader Andrew Wutawunashe has compared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the biblical Joshua and claimed he was "God-sent" at the just-ended war veterans conference held...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no to tribalism, regionalism
Government will intensify direct support to farmers through various programmes during the 2022/2023 summer cropping season to stimulate enhanced grain production and guarantee national food self-suffi...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:12hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
New league warns against reversing gains of struggle
WAR veterans yesterday warned the country's detractors and their willing tools in the form of puppet opposition parties that Zimbabwe's liberators will not sit and watch mischievous elements trying to...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF throws war collaborators under the bus
THE ruling Zanu-PF party, which recently introduced a war veterans league as the fourth wing of the party, has barred war collaborators from contesting for positions in the unit, claiming they were no...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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