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Dabengwa's late wife granted State-assisted funeral
IN a poignant display of honour, the late Mrs Zodwa Dabengwa nee Khumalo, the widow of National Hero Cde Dumiso Dabengwa, has been granted a Atate-assisted funeral by the Government. Today, she will b...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's Mnangagwa bootlicking remarks spark outrage
BULAWAYO rights groups have reacted angrily over utterances on Wednesday by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to the effect that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the best boss ever, saying Ncube was exhib...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland activists 'under siege'
HUMAN rights activists have accused authorities of employing unorthodox means to hound government critics following reports that armed police raided the house of a leader of a Matabeleland-based milit...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Children of ZAPU/ZPRA donate food hampers to war vets
COZZ representative Felix Silundika (in black suit) hands over the food parcels to Mafela Trust director Zephaniah Nkomo while Sithembile Ndlovu looks on.The newly formed Children of ZPRA/ZAPU...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Christmas SOS for Zapu, Zpra veterans
CHILDREN of Zapu and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) have come together in a fundraising drive to mobilise financial resources to bring Christmas cheer to liberation war veterans.A...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Welfare fund for destitute ex-Zpra veterans
CHILDREN of Zpra/Zapu Veterans (COZZ) has launched a welfare campaign programme to fundraise for struggling war veterans who are unwell, elderly and frail.The association works with the Dumiso...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe youths being robbed of the prime'
ZIMBABWE is now a sad story where youths have been robbed of a whole generation of prime time, the selfexiled director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Hanana has claimed.Hanana who ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa insincere on Gukurahundi
THE Matabeleland Forum (MF), a consortium of civic society organisations (CSOs), which recently snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's meeting with other regional civic groups, has dismissed governmen...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa Foundation seeks hero status for Lesabe, Moyo
THE Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation, an organisation founded in honour of the late national hero and former Zipra intelligence supremo, has started making consultations with various stakeholders to lobby g...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma cancels Bulawayo trip
Former South African President, Jacob Zuma's planned visit to Bulawayo did not materialise after some members of his security team reportedly failed to secure seats in the South African Airlink flight...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa foundation director returns
THE director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation, Mthulisi Hanana, has reportedly returned to Zimbabwe after escaping to a neighbouring country following threats to his life.Hanana fled the coun...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CIOs hack Dabengwa Director's mobile phone
Suspected state agents are reported to have hacked the mobile phone belonging to Director General of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Muduzi Ncube Hanana. Hanana who is currently in exile a...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 08:48hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Director's Life in grave danger: Q & A Interview
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) has had contact with the Director of the Dr Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation who is now in hiding and fears for his life. We put to him a co...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 16:46hrs | 1 | by Thembani Dube
Suspected CIOs besiege Dabengwa Foundation offices
Suspected members of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation on Tuesday descended at the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation offices with an aim to intimidate the staffers. One of the staffers sa...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 12:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa's Director flees CIOs...skips border
Director General of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Mduduzi Ncube Hanana missed the organisation's family fun day on Sunday after crossing the border fleeing members of the dreaded Central Int...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dumiso Dabengwa books to be published
TWO books and memoirs of the late liberation icon and national hero, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa are being finalised and will provide an insight into the life of the man who dedicated most of his life to the l...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIOs target Dabengwa's Director
Suspected state agents on Thursday launched a manhunt for Director General of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Mduduzi Ncube Hanana for crimes including undermining the authority of the P...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 16:51hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - End of an era, resilience of a vision
Speaking notes for ZAPU statement at the funeral of party President Dr. Dumiso DabengwaNtabazinduna, Umguza District, Matebeleland North, ZimbabweDr. Strike Mkandla, Secretary GeneralSatur...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:09hrs | 11 | by Dr. Strike Mkandl
Zanu-PF blasted for monopoly over national hero status
ACTING Zapu president Isaac Mabuka yesterday said the Zanu-PF politburo should not have the monopoly to declare who national heroes are and called for an independent body to be set up to select people...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Programme for late National Hero: Dr Dumiso Dabengwa : 9:00 - 13:00
A memorial service for the late national hero Dumiso Dabengwa will be held in Bulawayo on today, ahead of his burial in Ntabazinduna on Saturday.Bulawayo residents will get an opportunity to p...Published: 31 May 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by DD Trust
Dabengwa Foundation threatens ZANU PF
The Director of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Mduduzi Hanana Ncube has fired salvo at the ZANU PF Members of Parliament for their refusal to observe a momement of silence in parliament in honour...Published: 30 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1893 MHRRM condolence message to Dabengwa family and Nation
It is with deepest and most profound sadness that the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) has learnt of the passing of our great and illustrious liberator and freedom fighter...Published: 26 May 2019 at 18:30hrs | 12 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Dabengwa family thanks Government as liberation icon's body arrives
THE body of the late liberation war icon and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa will arrive this afternoon at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Internationl Airport, accompanied by his widow, Zodwa....Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - 6 December 1939 to 23 May 2019 - A Tribute
A giant has fallen. Zimbabwe mourns. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa personified the war of liberation. Affectionately known as ‘the Black Russian', in reference to the fact he was one of the few liberation war ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:13hrs | 4 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe plunged into mourning
LIBERATION war stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was a confidante of a number of Government ministers and helped them on issues of national importance, Deputy Minister of Defence...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on Dabengwa hero's status
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has strongly hinted that the former Zipra intelligence supremo and Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa will be declared a national hero following his death in Nairobi, Kenya, yest...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa: Struggle stalwart, war strategist, epitome of unity
he death of liberation struggle stalwart Dumiso Dabengwa after battling with a liver disease has robbed the country of a distinguished military strategist and leader who shaped and influenced the 16-y...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Sifelani Tsiko
BREAKING: Dumiso Dabengwa dies
ZAPU President and former Home Affairs minister, Dumiso Dabengwa has died. He was 79.Reports indicate that the former ZPRA Intelligence Supremo passed on in Nairobi, Kenya while ...Published: 23 May 2019 at 10:59hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police 'block' Chief Ndiweni solidarity march
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday blocked a solidarity march organised by various political and civil society groups in support of Ntabazinduna's Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is being hounded for al...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches pray for Dabengwa
Churches have come together to pray for ailing Zimbabwe liberation war stalwart Dumiso Dabengwa, wishing him a speedy recovery.The Zapu leader, who has been unwell since November last year, wa...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa's photo on wheelchair explained
The Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation has explained that the photo of the former ZIPRA Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa on a wheelchair was taken after Dabengwa complained of fatigue and it does not mean he is now un...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa and Matabeleland leaders finally find each other
Yesterday, 21 March 2019, more than 120 civic societies, church bodies, faith based and community based organisations' leadership met the President of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnanga...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Matabeleland Collective
WATCH: Chamisa meets Dabengwa
The MDC President Nelson Chamisa on Friday attended the launch of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation in Bulawayo. The event was graced by struggle stalwarts including the wife of the late Nikita Mangena a...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 11:08hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thabo Mbeki to grace Dabengwa Foundation awards
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki will be the guest of honour at the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation inaugural awards meant to celebrate the country's unsung liberation war heroes and heroines....Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 10:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa launches Ihawu Awards
Dumiso Dabengwa and the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation will launch the Ihawu Awards on the 7th of December. The Awards are meant to honour men women who have sacrificed a lot for Zimbabwe.The Foun...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:55hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa postpones foundation official launch till after elections
OPPOSITION Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa has postponed the official launch of his pro-democracy foundation until after this year's general elections to avoid being accused of using the programme as a ca...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa's letter asking Russia for weapons
The Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation (DDF) which was formed by Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa to, among other things, push for restorative justice for the Gukurahundi and political violence victims in the coun...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Dumiso Dabengwa
Police refuse to open Mugabe Gukurahundi docket
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday reportedly declined to open a genocide docket against former President Robert Mugabe after members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) sought to have him charged for Guk...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shona dominated commission disrupted
SOME Bulawayo civil society groups led by separatist movement Mthwakazi Republic Party yesterday disrupted National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) stakeholder consultations challenging the...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa writing memoirs, documenting ‘true' history
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa on Tuesday said he was now taking time to write his memoirs and documenting the country's "true" history, as he embarks on his journey of withdrawing from active politics....Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Military coup - Zimbabwe on high alert
Dumiso Dabengwa, has reportedly said that a military coup "cannot be ruled out" in the country following the sacking of former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa.According to VOA, Dabengwa said...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Should Grace Mugabe take over, Zimbabwe faces worse dictatorship'
ZAPU leader, Dumiso Dabengwa, yesterday said the country faces a "worse dictatorship" should First Lady, Grace Mugabe take over from her soon-to-be-94-year-old husband President Robert Mugabe....Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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