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Mnangagwa blames Gukurahundi genocide on the nation's 'detractors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday sought to wash blame for the massacre of thousands of civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces four decades ago on the nation's "detractors" as he took p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:43hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa Gukurahundi genocide project illegal, futile without truth telling'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa maintains his government is leading and bankrolling the entire process of "bringing finality" to the Gukurahundi atrocities cognisant of potential external interference se...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo musician, poet releases song on Gukurahundi
Bulawayo musician and poet, Comfort Ndlovu, recently released a powerful song and music video titled "Qiniso", aimed at encouraging healing and reconciliation among young Zimbabweans still hurting ove...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
90% Gukurahundi survivors suffer mental health, rights commission report says
Approximately 90% survivors of the early 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands state sponsored atrocities, commonly referred to as Gukurahundi, are suffering from mental health impairments caused by trauma,...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army deserters fight deportation from Botswana
AT LEAST 300 Zimbabwean political refugees, some of them army deserters, are fighting imminent deportation from Botswana.They fled to Botswana in 2008 during a violent election season that for...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops terrorise Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) arrested more than 105 bogus police officers in the first eight months of 2020 for terrorising unsuspecting members of the public around the country.In the s...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukupe drawn into army uniform saga
A Zimbabwe National Army official from the artillery division, Fungai Previous Makoni, who was named as the source of the army uniform which was used by a Zanu-PF youth to terrorise residents during t...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army uniforms for Zanu-PF members saga deepens
A Harare man who disclosed in court that he was issued with military uniform at the Zanu-PF headquarters, which he used to terrorise residents during the January protests, has revealed the identity of...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa: An epitome of courage, endurance and integrity
HE used to call me at random and odd times; almost always late at night. The last time he did was at 11pm several weeks ago. He wanted to tell me he was in South Africa and was not well. This was the ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Bravo to Chamisa and team MDC
Besides celebrating the High court dismissal of an appeal to interdict the about-to-start peoples congress in Gweru, we congradulate Advocate Nelson Chamisa for his courageous leadership against eleme...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:22hrs | | by Benny Gudo
Gukurahundi commander declared national hero
The late Brigadier General Emilio Munemo, a former commander of the notorious Fifth Brigade which is accused of carrying out a genocide in Matabeleland in the 1980s, has been declared a national hero....Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 18:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi commander dies
Brigadier General Emile Munemo, a former commander of the notorious Fifth Brigade which is accused of carrying out a genocide in Matabeleland in the 1980s, has died.Munemo, the father of polit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:32hrs | | by ZimLive
Rogue police, soldiers turn to crime
More and more members of the security services are being arraigned before the courts for playing a major role in perpetrating blue-collar and violent crime.Analysts attribute the breakdown of ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senile Mugabe; misdirected bitterness
Dear Mugabe, At 95, an age that most will not get to, there is a lot to be thankful for. Chief being that, you have lived long enough to experience nine and half decades. A long time to have a...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:38hrs | | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Protesters stole our guns, shot people, claims Army
The military yesterday alleged that protesters broke into police armouries and stole guns which they used to kill citizens, including a police officer, during last month's national shutdown that turne...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso will not yield to player demands
HIGHLANDERS have vowed not to bow to player power and club chairman Kenneth Mhlophe said the fate of players that walked out of a pre-season camp on Tuesday will be determined today.Seventeen ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Military deployments to continue
The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has not ruled out the works of rogue army deserters masquerading as genuine soldiers for brutalising and terrorising innocent civilians during and after the violent p...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 21:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs flee govt terror
Dozens of MDC officials and civic society leaders have gone into hiding as there is no let up by government against pro-democracy and political activists it accuses of being part of last week's crippl...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa govt riots explanation laughable'
Questions have been raised over government's claims that police and army deserters were responsible for the riots and mayhem that characterised a three-day stay-away, which reportedly led to the death...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police open murder dockets into August 1 'army' killings
POLICE say they have instituted investigations into the killing of six civilians during the August 1 post-electoral violence in what could further rile the opposition which claims a government cover u...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by newzimbabwe
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | | by zimlive
'MDC has militant army deserters'
Commander of the Presidential Guard, Brigadier General Anselem Sanyatwe says the MDC Alliance has a militant wing that probably consists of army deserters and they were in action during the Augu...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi skeletons tumble out of the closet
AS Zimbabwe inches towards critical general elections on Monday, skeletons of Gukurahundi massacres - which remain an emotive political and electoral issue in the country - are tumbling out of the clo...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges deserters to, 'Come back home'
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday encouraged Zanu-PF supporters, who might have joined the MDC during the previous administration, to return home and assist in developing the country. H...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa tackles Gukurahundi head on
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent a fortnight ago, laid the blame of the Gukurahundi atrocities on the former Zapu leadership which was then led by the late...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader breathes fire over critics' attack
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo is breathing fire against critics who accused his followers for allegedly disrupting the public meetings organised by the National Peace and Reconciliatio...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Of MDC-T crisis and the man Strive Masiwa
It is very unfortunate that Dr Morgan Tsvangirai is not feeling well and his condition has affected opposition politics in Zimbabwe .With the courage that Tsvangirai has bestowed in fighting an ...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
War veterans apologise to Jabulani Sibanda
THE Chris Mutsvangwa-led executive of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) says it has made peace with former chairperson, Jabulani Sibanda, having vilified him for clai...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former ZPRA High Command speaks on Heroes' Day celebrations
The surviving members of the former ZPRA High Command would like to give honour and praise to the Head of State, the President of this country for allowing special dispensation for Heroes and Defence ...Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
People losing hope in grand coalition
Zimbabweans who had pinned their hopes on the possibility of a grand coalition of opposition political parties to challenge President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF in the 2018 elections should be disappoi...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 18:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe on wanted list of SA police - MLF
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has said it does not shock them to learn that first lady Grace Mugabe is on the wanted list of the South African police for human rights violation.David Magagula sai...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai hooligans were bussed from Harare to Bulawayo
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai allegedly hired the thugs that assaulted party bigwigs in Bulawayo on Sunday, it has emerged. One of the opposition party's vice presidents Ms Thokozani Khupe, nation...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh details of MDC-T violence emerge
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai allegedly hired the thugs that assaulted party bigwigs in Bulawayo on Sunday, The Chronicle reported on Tuesday.One of the opposition party's vice presidents ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Not only War vets should rule Zimbabwe
A RECENTLY launched war veterans' association on non-aligned ex-combatants, the Concerned Freedom Fighters (CFF), has said it does not subscribe to the notion that only those with liberation war crede...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over to you, Nkosana Moyo!
One of the worst-kept secrets in Zimbabwe is out.Nkosana Moyo has finally announced his long-anticipated formal entry into next year's presidential race with many people not taken by surprise ...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 19:50hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Soldiers warned against tarnishing ZNA's image
SOLDIERS have a duty to safeguard the image of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and therefore their conduct should always be beyond reproach.Addressing 107 officers drawn from the Zimbabwe National...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe is stalling development,' says Zapu
A TOP Zapu official has accused President Robert Mugabe of deliberately stalling development by deploying "known thieves and failed leaders" in the region.Zapu secretary for economic affairs, ...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fikile Mbalula brew another shocker : 'I was misunderstood'
South African Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula has made shocking claims that he was controversial remarks on ex-Zimbabwean soldiers whom he accused of fueling crime inn that country.The maver...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe army warns Fikile Mbalula
The government of Zimbabwe says it finds it most regrettable and unfortunate that South Africa's Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula, issued an inflammatory and accusatory statement alleging th...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 22:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pseudo-Reformists: When Beasts of England Roar
A cryptic but interesting response to my piece last week came from one "yowe" who advised me to read George Orwell's classic, Animal Farm. I can only surmise that "yowe" is unaware that literature, En...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
How Zimbabwe's dictatorship has played out
While 2016 ominously came to a close with long bank queues nationwide owing to egregious economic mismanagement by the Robert Mugabe regime, 2017 is set to be another annus horribilis for Zimbabwe, pr...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Paul Simon
Dr Tsvangirai deals coalition talks body blow
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) has scoffed at the so-called coalition talks among opposition parties that ended in South Africa yesterday, insisting that Zimbabwean political parties do not...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's war veterans demand $500,000 each
WAR veterans have upped the ante and are now demanding $500 000 each, which could cost $17 billion and collapse Zimbabwe's economy, it has been learnt.This came as the Zanu-PF factional fights...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is the end nigh for Tendai Biti?
THOSE who live by the sword, die by the sword.In a classic case reflecting this adage, the embattled leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Tendai Biti has been left nursing wounds aft...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:36hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu and Tendai Makaripe
Jonathan Moyo told to carry his own cross
OPPOSITION parties and war veterans yesterday rubbed salt on Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy, Godfrey Gandawa's bruised political careers, saying they should face up to the ...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Border Gezi service graduates ready to deal with protestors
NATIONAL Youth Service (NYS) graduates are geared to respond to the activities of opposition protestors who have been causing commotion in the major cities of the country.Zanu-PF National ...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's actions put his family in peril'
WAR veterans have warned that President Robert Mugabe risked eroding his legacy and exposing his wife, First Lady Grace Mugabe, and children to Zanu PF vultures by refusing to step down.Zi...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Chiwenga threatened Chimene
Some securocrats allegedly agreed to flex their muscle in the Zanu-PF succession wars after Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister savaged Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of plotti...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 14:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru wows war veterans
OPPOSITION Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) leader Joice Mujuru was the star attraction at Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya's bail hearing in Ha...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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