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How African dictators are groomed! Akot will be one!

When I saw Emmanuel Akot from Uganda talking to President Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe, I despaired. I could not help but said to myself: this is how dictators are born and nurtured in Africa. The young innocent boy soiled himself: the audience h…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:04hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata

Operation Dudula perpetrating genocide: Black on Black violence in SA

Operation Dudula is hunting down people and killing them by burning and stabbing them to death. Zimbabweans, together with other foreign nationals, all blacks are hunted down by criminals - Operation Dudula in South Africa; ruthlessly murd…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 16:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies

The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with a closed-door private witness testimon…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nyarota aided and downplayed the Gukurahundi Genocide

When someone dies, their entire life is spotlighted..their greatest attributes as well as their awful weaknesses and terrible vices. Many speak glowingly of Geoff Nyarota's attributes as a journalist, especially for his role in the Willowg…

Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 13:30hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga

How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide

IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, Bulawayo.One of the weapons the Gukurah…

Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | | by Moses Mzila Nkalange

Gukurahundi genocide closure needs sincerity, maturity and solemnity

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is not conscionable for you to rope in tribal chiefs in the process of bringing closure to the Gukurahundi atrocities. Commonly, crimes of violence are beyond their jurisdi…

Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana

Remembering gukurahundi genocide

The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecurity of the people of Mthwakazi has spiralled out of…

Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza

Zanu-PF caught pants down

The Editor,This talk about an opposition sweep in Zimbabwe is misguided. Let us  not waste time talking about oppression, changing people's votes, killing, closure, arresting, torture, censorship of newspapers, interruption of the mea…

Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:42hrs | | by Thembani Maphosa

Zapu position on Zimbabwe government's machinations on Gukurahundi genocide

It is an objective reality that Zimbabwe cannot move forward as a nation towards peace and development unless and until the thorny issue of Gukurahundi is properly and effectively addressed. The attempts to assuage the pain and suffering c…

Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:41hrs | 5 | by Thembani Maphosa

Mnangagwa must not be taken seriously

Following the meeting between the Head of State Mr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and Traditional Leaders on the 21st of August 2021, I am convinced more than ever that the Government of Zimbabwe is not sincere about solving the issue of Guku…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 14:05hrs | | by Sibangilizwe Michael Nkomo

A Gukurahundi genocide survivor's story

Last week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence, the first point of call is the home of my uncle.Apart from being my neighbour, he is a brother to my…

Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda

Mnangagwa can't just sweep genocide under the carpet

IT is normally serene on Zimbabwe's diplomatic scene, but there was high drama last week when government summoned United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols after Washington imposed sanctions on Ambassador-designate to Tanzania Ans…

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 14:06hrs | | by Owen Gagare

Gukurahundi genocide revisited

Between 1939 and 1945, during WW 11, an estimated number of 6-7 million Jews perished at the hands of Hitler and the German Nazis. The International Military Tribunal was set up in Nurenberg in 1945 to investigate and conduct trials on cri…

Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 19:06hrs | | by Japhet M. Zwana

Zapu's position on gukurahundi genocide

It is an objective reality that Zimbabwe cannot move forward as a nation towards peace and development; unless and until the thorny issue of Gukurahundi is seriously and effectively addressed. The assuaging of the pain and suffering brough…

Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Zapu

Sober approach to the Gukurahundi genocide problem

I take a bow to my lovely sister Nomazulu Thata who says she lives in Germany and stays in Berlin and Bremen interchangeably. This is in particular to her article entitled 'Israel Dube: First Things First', which was published in Bulawayo2…

Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 18:03hrs | | by Clemen Moyo

Mthwakazi welcomes Mnangagwa's interest to address the Gukurahundi genocide

Mthwakazi National Party is carefully following the developments with regards to the resolution of the Gukurahundi genocide. Gukurahundi was a criminal offence aimed at exterminating a political group based on ethnic hatred and its final c…

Published: 10 May 2019 at 21:48hrs | 2744 | by Mthwakazi National Party

Zapu Presidency Sets up a Gukurahundi Committee And Calls for Sincerity

The Presidency of Zimbabwe African People's Union - Zapu has set up a Committee on the Gukurahundi genocide. This comes after numerous activities and talks about the issue. The Zapu Presidency noted that while Zapu was the direct political…

Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu, Zapu Presidential Spokesperson

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 Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Day (MGGMD) Comme…

Published: 04 May 2019 at 21:42hrs | | by 1893 MHRRM

Charamba's obsession of arrogance

President Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba who has dedicated his life to justify all evils perpetrated by Zanu-PF over the decades displayed once more his arrogance as he gave Zanu-PF's position and its attempts to hoodwink the peo…

Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 09:16hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu

African Union hypocrisy

The African Union's condemnation of the military coup in Sudan exposes the hypocrisy of the organization. The chair of the AU Commission said it was not the appropriate response to the challenges facing Sudan and the aspirations of its peo…

Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1280 | by ZimVigil

A simple heartfelt apology can help put Gukurahundi to rest

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba's attempts to explain President Emmerson Mnangagwa's apparent reluctance - or refusal - to apologise for the Gukurahundi massacres of the early to mid-1980s, despite setting up mechanisms to deal w…

Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 05:44hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

Mnanagwa's stance on Gukurahundi welcome, but....

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's pledge to facilitate the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims as well as offer counselling services, medical assistance, and identity documents to those affected is a commendable move, as it marks t…

Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 06:26hrs | | by Editorial - Nwsday

An open letter to VP Kembo Mohadi - 'Genocide Was Nation Building'

The late hero and favourite ZAPU's Makokoba member of Parliament, Honorable, Sydney Donald Malunga once observed that once one drank from the ZANUpf cup, one will never be normal. Today his words have been fulfilled. Sydney Malunga said th…

Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by David Magagula

Motlanthe commission condemned for Zimbabwe genocide arrests

Fellow Matebeleland nationals and friends of Matebeleland, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), reaches out to you today once more, as our Nation is under siege from the forces of gross and systematic Matebele…

Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 14:07hrs | | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity

International community should intervene in Zimbabwe Gukurahundi genocide

What do we think of when we hear of which such names as Rohingya, Ndebele, Tutsi, Kazakh, Armenia, and Jew - especially, when they are all in one sentence?...most likely genocide and the Holocaust.These are the most outstanding names of gr…

Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda

Matabeleland Culture day draws nigh

The second of June is set to be that milestone achievement day as far as the revival of the Ndebele culture is concerned. All thanks to Bambanani Association who gave birth to the idea and are currently hard at work nourishing it to life.B…

Published: 19 May 2018 at 17:19hrs | | by Simingenkosi Nkala

The Gukurahundi atrocities

The Mnangagwa peace and reconciliation commission has either gone owl or it still keeps its operations and itinerary unknown to the people that it's supposed to serve. So far we haven't heard of any place that they have visited and scored …

Published: 16 May 2018 at 12:22hrs | | by Clement Moyo

Running with Mother explores Gukarahundi atrocities

Have you got a haunting or rather dangerous story to tell? Just give the task to a child narrator. Christopher Mlalazi's narrator in Running with Mother, Rudo Jamela, recounts the story of the Gukurahundi atrocities committed by the 5th Br…

Published: 08 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Beniah Munengwa

What changes can Zanu promise after elections?

Elections are soon to be held again in Zimbabwe in 2018 and perhaps for the ninth time opening pages of active democratic choices hopefully without fear of victimization from Zanu or her imagined innuendos through regrouping and redirectin…

Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 19:43hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere

The Matabeleland genocide; Mugabe finally accepts his responsibility

In the early 1980s weapons were "discovered" in ZAPU owned farms, by the way by whom, the white led CIO and the newly intergrated ZANU- PF cadres. True arms of war were in some of these farms, but why, one would then ask. Mugabe and his to…

Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Clive Zulu

Gukurahundi: When sorry seems to be the hardest word to say

In the past few days, two things happened that make me worry about this country's future, as there seems to be a concerted, but tragic effort to airbrush the country's history in an effort to portray villains as heroes and vice versa.Presi…

Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi

Can the NPRC overcome a legacy of failure?

Our country has witnessed great deal of violence. The liberation war claimed around 50 000 deaths. During the Gukurahundi atrocities, an estimated 20 000 people were killed. In 2005, Operation Murambatsvina displaced over 700 000 people. P…

Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Paul Themba Nyathi

Mnangagwa and Matebele genocide denialism and minimalism

The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) notes with grave concern the attempt by Mnangangwa to whitewash Matebele "Gukurahundi" Genocide on an international platform by refusing to tell the Truth about the Genocide…

Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 12:16hrs | | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Co-Secretary for Information and Publicity

ZPRA veterans once again sold a dummy!!!

I remember very vividly early this year, our party's National Spokesperson Cde Mbonisi Gumbo in his response to the derogatory message by one of the ZPRA war veterans against my party, who claimed that we were a project of ZANU PF. Gumbo s…

Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Ackim Mhlanga (MRP Secretary General)

Audrey Chimwanda is a gukurahundi genocide denialist says Dr Mhlanga

On the 12th September 2017, Audrey Chimwanda the host of the ANN7's Africa Tonight show interviewed the duo of Siphesakhe Youth Organisation Mr Ayanda Manala and Mr Yanga Mhluzi. Siphesakhe is best known for its theatre show- uLoyiko, whic…

Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 05:43hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

Closure of 40 Matabeleland South schools atrociously genocidal and unjust

The decision by the failing Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to close 40 Matabeleland South schools on the basis of low enrolment figures (as communicated by the Permanent Secretary Dr Slyvia Utete-Masango on Monday 22 May 2017)…

Published: 23 May 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by Benedict Sibasa

Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?

Some of the biggest blows to the progressive cause in the past year have often been due to the votes of white men. If white men were not allowed to vote, it is unlikely that the United Kingdom would be leaving the European Union, it is unl…

Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 17:18hrs | | by Shelley Garland, Huffington Post, April 13, 2017

Enact legislation criminalizing Gukurahundi genocide denial

1. Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) joins the international community in commemorating the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims which falls on 24…

Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 11:16hrs | | by The General Secretary

Gukurahundi 2 is approaching

Forced closure of schools in Bulawayo and some other parts of Matabeleland South to pave way for the celebrations of a long term ruler and oppressor is an indication of that Gukurahundi part 2 is coming.This is not only violation of learne…

Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 10:15hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Mugabe's genocide victory ceremony

Mugabe's birthday celebration near Bhalagwe disused mine is a genocide victory ceremony and endorsement of Gukurandi massacre of the Ndebele people.Forensic psychology states that a serial killer will at most return to the crime scene to c…

Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 12:48hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa

uLoyiko condemns Mugabe's upcoming macabre and Gothic Birthday Bash in Matebeleland

uLoyiko theatre activists once again take this opportunity to extend their invitation to all people from all walks of life to its 380 Degrees Imbizo Demonstrati

Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Yanga Mhluzi, Siphelo Mtshetsha, Prosper Nkosi and Ayanda Manala

Loyiko's Matebele Immigration Protection Letter to Malusi Gigaba

4556 Griffith Mxenge Str Samora Machel 7785 NPO no: 096-615 South AfricaHon. Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba, MP.Minister of Home AffairsDepartment of Home AffairsRepublic of South Africa. 19th September 2016 Dear Minister Knowl…

Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Siphesakhe Youth Organization

Gukurahundi was necessary on national radio

On the 7th October 2016 Mr Yanga Mhluzi PR officer for Siphesakhe Youth Organisation and Mr Ayanda Manala who is its chief researcher and renowned international human rights activist were interviewed on SA FM regarding their gukurahundi pl…

Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 11:23hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

Failure to arrest Mujuru proves that Gukurahundi was GENOCIDE

Dr Joshua Nkomo, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, General Lookout Masuku and others were accused of treason and plotting to assassinate Mugabe back in the 1980s. We all know what happened, they were harangued before courts of law (which courts cleared …

Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 19:16hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Rwanda Remembers

 How private groups and government try to heal the wounds of genocideIn Rwanda, every corner hides a memory; in the land of a thousand hills, the memories tell of incredible forgiveness, of stories that unite and heal and encourage al…

Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 19:32hrs | | by Noam Shuster-Eliasi

The case for the reburial of Gukurahundi Genocide victims

It is cause for much regret that most contributions to the Zimbabwean political debate are taken not in good humour but in ill will as attacks on the political establishment. In my previous article to this esteemed news portal I wrote to q…

Published: 19 Jan 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Bantubenkosi Sithole

Is Mr. Kenneth Roth a Genocide Denier?

On April 16th 2013 the Alison L. Des Forge Memorial Committee and the University of Buffalo in New York co-sponsored a symposium to gain understanding about the current volatility in both the Middles East and in Central Africa. The theme o…

Published: 20 Apr 2013 at 17:28hrs | | by Louis Gakumba

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