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Mr. Mnangagwa, before talking about colonial reparations, why not pay Gukurahundi reparations first?
In a recent address at State House, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa renewed his call for former colonial powers to pay reparations to their ex-colonies, suggesting that such reparations could ...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 21:25hrs | 462 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans should now see it's corruption, not 'sanctions', causing their suffering!
Zimbabweans has been engulfed in a seemingly unending debate as to what is the real source of their two-and-a-half-decade-long suffering.There have been two dominant narratives.Unsurpr...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 21:50hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Skepticism over Gukurahundi hearings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government have been accused of dragging their feet in addressing the emotive Gukurahundi issue by delaying the rollout of public hearings, which are a critical el...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Skepticism over Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi hearings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government have been accused of dragging their feet in addressing the emotive Gukurahundi issue by delaying the rollout of public hearings, which are a criti...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
How hope dies with every election in Zimbabwe
"People died. The fear of being asked whether you wanted a short or long sleeve cut (cutting your hand or your arm) by soldiers made people vote in fear, not with their heads. We were voting with our ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 4 | by Beauty Dhlamini
US foreign policy and the Zimbabwe dollar!
In my life journey, my three years stay in Jamaica was probably the most traumatic and most revealing as to how the imperialists work.I am, therefore, surprised that Mthuli Ncube and his handl...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | 5 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mliswa kicked out of Parliament over Gukurahundi mention
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa was on Tuesday ejected from Parliament after accusing Zanu-PF of killing thousands of people in Midlands and Matebeleland provinces in the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi targets full control of Matebeleland
THE secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) says it is targeting to gain full control of Matebeleland region after this year's polls.Party president Mqondisi Moyo made the remarks at a cam...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu Likazulu hits back at Chief Mtshane Khumalo
IBHETSHU LikaZulu has hit back at the Chiefs Council deputy president, Chief Mtshane Khumalo for accusing the pressure group for allegedly stifling the resolution of the post-independence Gukurahundi ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 attem...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:41hrs | 3 | by Thembani Maphosa
Mnangagwa's new Gukurahundi whitewash
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial biography, A Life of Sacrifice, which trended upon its launch this week – mainly for the wrong reasons – has many shades of grey, but it does not compl...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Gukurahundi genocide massacres
LAST week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was shown the Hanging Tree in Bulawayo, where many Ndebeles were hanged by the colonial regime in the 1890s.After visiting the tree where colonialists h...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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
Calls for new body to tackle Gukurahundi
ZIMBABWE needs an independent commission to effectively address the emotive Gukurahundi issue as the statutory National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has proven to be a disaster, critics ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Let's forget about Gukurahundi' Obert Mpofu tells Zimbabweans
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu has reiterated his unpopular sentiments that Zimbabweans must forget the Gukurahundi Genocide that killed more 20 000 citizens of Midlands and Matabele...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 10:44hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Open letter to Jacob Mudenda: What was your role during Gukurahundi?
Hon Jacob Mudenda Sir, I would like to applaud you for your speech recently. In this speech Advocate Jacob Mudenda, you urge the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to advocate f...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
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 | 4 | by Siphosami Malunga
Gukurahundi cannot be wished away: Williams
ON March 21 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa flew from Harare to Bulawayo on a jet chartered from the United Arab Emirates - an extravagant arrangement - for a meeting with Matabeleland-based civil ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's aide defends Gukurahundi genocide
The announcement by the government that it was rolling out a number of measures to help victims of Gukurahundi to get birth certificates and death certificates for their slain relatives has divided op...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Munemo's national hero declaration & ED's speech dilemma during burial
Who is a better devil between a messenger and the sender? You should be able to help me in answering this question by the end of this discussion. The news that Brig-Gen Munemo has been declared a nati...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa given Mzilikazi's knobkerrie during Gukurahundi?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was given Ndebele King Mzilikazi's knobkerrie so that there could be peace in the Khumalo family, a source from the Khumalo family has said."President Mnangagwa was ca...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:24hrs | 246 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans commemorate Gukurahundi genocide
On 22nd December 2018, Zimbabwe shall be commemorating 31 years since the 1987 signing of a pact between Robert Mugabe of ZANU PF and Joshua Nkomo of PF-ZAPU forming a 'united party' called ZANU...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Mbuso Fuzwayo
Our right to remember as 22 December approaches
On 22nd December 2018, Zimbabwe shall be commemorating 31 years since the 1987 signing of a pact between Robert Mugabe of ZANU PF and Joshua Nkomo of PF-ZAPU forming a 'united party' called ZANU PF. T...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:27hrs | | by Mbuso Fuzwayo
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Jonathan Moyo says he has never been Mnangagwa's ally
EXILED former minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed he has never been a political ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa even during the days of the Tsholotsho Declaration, adding he holds the country'...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots to rig on an industrial scale, says Jonathan Moyo
Former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said that Mnangagwa's candidacy on July 30 is illegitimate not only because he's a product of a military coup but also because he was the brutal chie...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
'Doctor cry' mother killed during Gukurahundi?
One of the commenters on an article about a Doctor who cried while trying to find a softer word to describe Mnangagwa, claimed that the Doctor's mother was killed in Zhombe during Gukurahundi. I have ...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Multiverse Dungani
Was Prophet Chiza right apologising for Gukurahundi? - Community discussion
Join the discussion: http://bulawayo24.jungonet.c...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:28hrs | 13 | by iNdaba Ndaba
'Mnangagwa must apologise for Gukurahundi genocide' - Tshinga Dube
THE Zimbabwe Independent this week engaged former minister, senior Zanu-PF official and liberation struggle fighter retired Colonel Tshinga Dube who usually speaks out his mind, including during ex-pr...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and David Stannard led Gukurahundi, says Mugabe
Former President Robert Mugabe has opened on several high profile secrets Zimbabweans have always had questions on.In a wide ranging interview with The Independent newspaper, Mugabe takes a sw...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 08:52hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
American meddling must be resisted
THE word "coon" is short for raccoon; - and in the old American South was (and, if we are honest, is) used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black person.It is equivalent to "nigger"...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Mugabe blame 'Ndebeles' and Zapu for Gukurahundi
Q: What role have you played in the formation of the National Patriotic Front, the new opposition party led by Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri? Are you a member? Is the former first lady a...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mugabe one-on-one interview
Q: What role have you played in the formation of the National Patriotic Front, the new opposition party led by Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri? Are you a member? Is the former first lady a...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa personally lining up alleged dissidents during gukurahundi
President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally lining up alleged dissidents during gukurahundi. Mnangagwa is seen in the video in a blue shirt and a Afro hairstyle.On March 5 1983, at a rally in Vict...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 18:39hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
War vets, Mthawakazi on kamikaze run
WAR veterans in Matabeleland North province have called on political leaders and Cabinet ministers from the province to rein "rogue" Mthwakazi activists who continue to disrupt National Peace and Reco...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'remains mum over Itai Dzamara abduction'
Activist Patson Dzamara has said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has remained "mum" over his brother Itai's disappearance nearly 3 years ago. Itai went missing on March 9, 2015,...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Justice for Zimbabwe genocide victims
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and Technology minister Jonathan Moyo has indicated that he is prepared to raise the Zimbabwe genocide issue outside the Mnangagwa government until there is justice fo...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Does Jonathan Moyo think Mnangagwa is afraid of Gukurahundi?
SO Professor Jonathan Moyo is convinced that President Mnangagwa is afraid of Gukurahundi? He really thinks the Gukurahundi issue should leave ED paralysed with fear? It's a shame, but that's the tomf...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Bishop
Does Jonathan Moyo think Mnangagwa is afraid of Gukurahundi?
SO Professor Jonathan Moyo is convinced that President Mnangagwa is afraid of Gukurahundi? He really thinks the Gukurahundi issue should leave ED paralysed with fear? It's a shame, but that's the tomf...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
POLL: Should Mnangagwa address Gukurahundi?
Please share your views, thank you!...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Mnangagwa and the Gukurahundi - fact and fiction
As journalists and a veritable army of newfound Zimbabwe "experts" join the bun rush to describe the history of Robert Mugabe's replacement, Emmerson Mnangagwa, there has been much talk about his role...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Stuart Doran
Mnangagwa's presidential oath to mention Gukurahundi?
All systems in place indicate a likelihood that former VP Mnangagwa will be the interim president of the country of Zimbabwe following the "resignation" of RG Mugabe.However, a number of peopl...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 23:43hrs | | by Mthokozisi Ndiweni
Where was Chiwenga when our People were butchered during Gukurahundi?
Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has said the level of hypocrisy and grandstanding by the Zimbabwe military through Constantine Chiwengwa cannot go unchallenged if the unfolding events...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 09:19hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's blind believers have risked everyone's freedom
ZimFirst Leader Maxwell Shumba has said President Robert Mugabe's blind believers have made him run away with everyone's rights and freedom.He said Zimbabwe has become a nation of blind believ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
How Mugabe, Mnangagwa fallout started
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe this week fired his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa following a systematic attack on the vice-president by First Lady Grace Mugabe and her G40 allies, who are accusing him of fanning...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 10:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa didn't want to share the spoils after Mujuru ouster
THE rift between Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the G40 faction coalesced around First Lady Grace Mugabe emerged days after he was appointed as President Robert Mugabe's deputy following the ou...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: Tsvangirai 'justifies' Gukurahundi
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has intimated that the reason why Gukurahundi had to be meted out on the people of Matabeleland was because they 'promoted ethnicity'. He labeled as 'dangerous' people w...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans' passiveness a huge enticement for dictators
As I was watching a news report on the protests by Kenyans who felt cheated in the recently held elections, won by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, I could not help but be bewildered by Zimbabweans' ap...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 12:10hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grace Mugabe why do you think Mat'land will show love to their relative's mass murderers?
In the crowd whose size surprised you, were people fathered by gukurahundi gang-rapists commanded by officers of the 5th Brigade who reported directly to your husband and you think they will vote for ...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
MRP surely taking part in destroying Gukurahundi evidence
In our quest as Mthwakazi people to see ourselves being a free and an independent State, we should use all ammunition in our disposal to realise that dream and Gukurahundi Genocide is one incident we ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 09:37hrs | | by Dalubuhle Dube
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