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BREAKING: Mphoko snubs Heroes Acre burial
The late Phelekezela Mphoko, a former Vice President of Zimbabwe, diplomat, businessman, and military commander, will be laid to rest at his family home in Douglasdale suburb, Bulawayo, in accordance ...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 09:50hrs | 3016 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
China urges Western countries to lift illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe
China urges the very few Western countries, including the United States, and organizations to lift their decades-long illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 17:15hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Major events turn Bulawayo into hive of activity
Bulawayo is witnessing a surge in activity as the city prepares to host two significant events this week: the 21st Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference, set to begin tomorrow, and the 5th SADC ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army commander calls for closer regional security ties
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe, has called for closer ties and enhanced security cooperation among Southern African nations to foster unity and peace, in t...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:18hrs | 191 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says workers are wheels of change
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday pleaded with the country's workforce to join in the fight for the removal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government fo...Published: 02 May 2023 at 09:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites African finance houses for talks
ZIMBABWE is ready to tap into available financial services provided by the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to bolster its industrial transformation ...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa back home from AU Extra-Ordinary Heads of States Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has arrived back home after attending a high-level African Union (AU) Extra-Ordinary Heads of States Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Transformation that was held in Niamey...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa jets off again
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was last night expected to leave Harare for Niamey, Niger, where he is set to join other Heads of State and Government today at the Session of the African Union (AU) Summit on Indu...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fluttering the Triple C dovecote
Horror times for Triple CKikikiki, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have caused a perfect storm in Chamisa's already troubled, and inexorably shrinking space. They have written to "c...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two-faced Mnangagwa honours Rwanda genocide victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday toured the Kigali Memorial to pay tribute to over 600 000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in a sharp contrast to his continued crackdown on Gukurahundi memo...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Don't muzzle Gukurahundi genocide survivors'
THE United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop restricting Gukurahundi survivors from mourning and holdin...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Craft 2023 elections peace pledge'
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has urged the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to ensure that a peace pledge is implemented before the watershed 2023 polls i...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sulu scoffs at family rift narrative
Dendera musician Sulumani Chimbetu says he is not moved by those trying to sidetrack him from keeping his father's legacy alive through peddling falsehoods about an imaginary family rift.Sulum...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
As Rhodes falls Nehanda arises
WHILE Zimbabweans bemoan the little money spent to remember a mother of our liberation, the Black Lives Matter Movement engulfs the globe after the massacre of George Floyd. Resultantly, statues and m...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
'Rights defenders' demand Dzamara's safe return
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum yesterday urged government to take the necessary measures to ensure the safe return of journalist-cum-activist, Itai Dzamara, who was allegedly abducted by suspecte...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours King Lobengula's commander
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Hero status for Gen Mtshana Khumalo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for Mama Mafuyana gala
THE Joshua Nkomo Legacy Restoration Trust (JNLRT) says it is organising a memorial gala for the late Father Zimbabwe's wife, Johanna Fuyana also known as Mama MaFuyana, who died in June 2003.T...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Activists, parties blast 'sell-out' Obert Mpofu
MATABELELAND based pressure groups and political parties have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF top politician, Obert Mpofu's contemptuous dismissal of anti-Gukurahundi activists he claimed were least qualif...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF bigwigs endorse Obert Mpofu's book
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration's Obert Mpofu's book has received endorsements from senior Seniior ZANU PF and government officials. The biography titled On the Shoulders of the struggle ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndabaningi Sithole immortalised
In a show of common purpose never experienced in Chipinge district for years, thousands of people of different statuses poured at Freedom Farm at Mount Selinda for the official launch of the Friends o...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils stamps
President Mnangagwa yesterday unveiled commemorative stamps conveying the "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra at a function held at his Munhumutapa offices. The stamps were issued by Zimpos...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi commemorate Gukurahundi in UK
Rights pressure group, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) will this Saturday launch a campaign for an inquiry by the United Nations into the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres....Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni, the chief who dared bell the cat
IF ever you did history in a Zimbabwean school or at least watched ZBC-TV, you are sure to have come across the name of Manicaland traditional leader Chief Rekayi Tangwena, who is famed for helping Ro...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Join Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Day on 29th June 2019
Join Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Day on 29th June 2019Location: St Martin's Church Centre, 33 Parkstone Road, Desford, LE9 9HY, Leicestershire, United KingdomTime: 12:00...Published: 27 May 2019 at 14:36hrs | | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
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 | | by 1893 MHRRM
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 | 1 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
The curse and case of Linda Masarira
When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | | by Michael Mhlanga
Mtukudzi's video exposes family cracks
A VIDEO of the late music superstar and national hero Oliver Mtukudzi promoting the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) scheduled for March 29 has appeared online, stirring people's emotions...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe to hold MDC-T 19th anniversary celebrations
THE MDC-T formation led by Thokozani Khupe will hold its 19th-anniversary celebrations, a senior official has confirmed.According to NewZimbabwe.com, Khupe's deputy Obert Gutu said they were n...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gabriel Nyoni warns Dembare
HIGHLANDERS striker Gabriel Nyoni has warned rivals Dynamos ahead of their postponed league match despite a 2-0 loss in a President Mnangagwa inauguration challenge match on Sunday.The speedy ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: How to identify fake Mandela bank note or coin
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) recently launched a new public awareness campaign alongside the introduction of the new Mandela commemorative series of banknotes and R5 circulation coin....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I can help in bid to address Gukurahundi'
Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni has said he will move to convince fellow traditional leaders in his bid to seek the best way forward in addressing the thorny Gukurahundi atrocities issue w...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fallout over Bhalagwe meeting continues
RADICAL pressure group - Ibhetshu Likazulu still smarting from its failure to commemorate Gukurahundi victims - has written a letter of complaint to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission deploring poli...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbizo Khumalo backs Mzilikazi II, denounces opponents
A descendant of King Mzilikazi Khumalo whose great grandfather was a sibling of Sikhonkwane Khumalo, a son of King Mzilikazi, Mbizo Khumalo has criticised those opposed to Mzilikazi II's ascenda...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 16:04hrs | | by Thembani Dube
High Court dismisses sex workers application
THE High Court has dismissed an application by a Bulawayo-based organisation representing prostitutes which was suing Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo and the police for refusing to sanction a ma...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
100 years of exemplary leadership: Nkomo we remember and Love you
"The very big day is drawing nigh, the Dr Joshua Nkomo commemorative day, which will take place on the 1st July 2017 in Rotherham, we would like to thank the people for the massive response to our fir...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 10:16hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Dr Joshua Nkomo speaking to young generation beyond his grave
Today I (Thulani Nkala- TN) was lucky to have an opportunity to talk to Ms Sipho Sibanda(SS) who is the spokesperson for the organisers of the Dr Joshua Nkomo commemoration in the United Kingdom for 2...Published: 26 May 2017 at 20:27hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
R5 commemorative circulation coins cause a stir
Cape Town - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has had to step in and calm the fears of concerned South Africans after R5 commemorative circulation coins caused a stir, ...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 11:49hrs | | by fin24
ZPRA Veterans 'undress' Mugabe, and blames Zanu-PF
ZPRA Veterans Association Speech Johannesburg Wednesday 21st March 2017 Salaam Alaykum brothers and sisters / Mabuyani/ SalibonaniThank you for ...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 10:52hrs | 4 | by ZPRA Veterans Association
Don't let Mugabe dictate methods for your struggle
On the 5th November 2016 saw the biggest gathering of the Mthwakazi nation at Gadade, commemorating the gallant stand by the Mthwakazi defence forces in defence of the Mthwakazi nation. In 1893, 3rd N...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 20:13hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Let's all protect brand Zanu-PF, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am unable to fully address you this week, as you are all aware that I am away for yet another important engagement.I should make it very c...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 21:16hrs | | by CZ
ZMC to celebrate Press Freedom Day in Kwekwe
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is holding belated Press Freedom Day Celebrations at the Golden Mile Hotel on Friday 27, May 2016.The Mirror confirmed the event in an interview with ZMC chairm...Published: 20 May 2016 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Correcting of names : Reclaiming identity
WHEN Cecil John Rhodes and his Pioneer Column started pegging out land and stands more than 120 years ago, they gave certain areas names that depicted who they were and what they stood for. The countr...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:32hrs | | by Mbongeni Msimanga
'I was not protected by the law!' charged Mukoko - 'sworn to secrecy' was Mutasa's feeble defence
Jestina Mukoko reminded the people of Zimbabwe not to be so easily fooled by ZPF leaders like Didymus Mutasa forgetting who these individual really are. She was speaking at the commemorative service o...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 09:21hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Land Rover Defender takes over London
South Africa, Pretoria - Londoners were delighted when they spotted a one-of-a-kind Land Rover Defender 'taxi' driving through the streets of the capital. The Defender, one of the world's best-loved 4...Published: 09 Dec 2015 at 12:38hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Mugabe accused of changing Airport road's name from Joshua Nkomo Express
Gwanda resident Bekezela Fuzwayo has accused President Robert Mugabe and some of his ministers for clandestinely surreptitiously misnaming the airport road which was supposed to be Joshua Nkomo to be ...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Joshua Nkomo's name erased from Harare Airport Road
IT WAS meant to be a highway modernised in honour of the late Father Zimbabwe, but a mixup by Transport and Infrastructure Ministry officials saw an upgraded road being unveiled as the Harare Intern...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by Clemence Manyukwe
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