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Mthwakazi in global advocacy to address Gukurahundi
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned the United Nations (UN), seeking international intervention and support for justice over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland an...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Riot police besiege Bulawayo High Court
Heavily armed riot police yesterday descended on the Bulawayo High Court, blocking journalists and activists from attending a high-profile hearing in which opposition leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo sought ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:14hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Swiss Ambassador accused of meddling in Gukurahundi hearings
Switzerland's ambassador to Zimbabwe, Stephane Rey, has come under fire for allegedly interfering in the Gukurahundi hearings, with accusations that his actions are aimed at sabotaging the sensitive r...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 09:41hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mixed feelings in Matebeleland region as Independence Day beckons
As Zimbabwe prepares to mark the 45th anniversary of its independence this Friday, a growing chorus of concern from stakeholders in Matabeleland has emerged, expressing disappointment with the governm...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:45hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi massacre survivors want museum in Tsholotsho
Villagers from Mkhonyeni Village in Matabeleland North's Tsholotsho district are demanding national recognition for the atrocities committed by the Fifth Brigade during the Gukurahundi era, and have p...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF urges govt to return Zipra properties
ZANU-PF has called for the immediate return of properties belonging to the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) that were seized during the 1980s civil unrest in Matabeleland and the Midlands....Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:51hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings set to begin
The much-anticipated Gukurahundi hearings, under the Matabeleland Peace-Building Outreach Programme, are edging closer, with the steering committee expected to announce the official start date soon. A...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:32hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt procures vehicles to kick-start genocide hearings
The Government of Zimbabwe is in the process of procuring all-terrain vehicles for use during the Gukurahundi hearings programme, which is set to begin soon. The announcement was made yesterday by the...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:28hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Government's compensation plan for former white farmers sparks outrage
The government's recent announcement of compensation for 444 former white commercial farmers has ignited widespread anger among citizens. Many are questioning why the liberation struggle was fought ov...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 20:32hrs | 384 | by Stephen Jakes
Gukurahundi hearings stalls amid logistical challenges
The Gukurahundi public outreach programme, initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July 2024, has hit a major roadblock due to unresolved logistical issues.The programme, designed to prov...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 18:44hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 361 | by Silas Nkala
Mthwakazi tells people's chiefs to withdraw from Gukurahundi hearings
The secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has launched an online petition to prevent Matabeleland chiefs from leading the Gukurahundi hearings, a task assigned to them by President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Chief Bango protects his supper, threatens villager over Gukurahundi petition
Chief Bango of Matabeleland South has reportedly threatened a villager who circulated a petition on the Sontala WhatsApp group, calling for chiefs to be excluded from the Gukurahundi hearings....Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Allow Mnangagwa to go and rest
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will not extend his term beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms, saying he will go and rest.This adherence to constitutionalism brings speculat...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
Mashonas welcome Gukurahundi genocide outreach programme
People from Mashonaland have welcomed the launch of the Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme by President Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, viewing it as a significant step towards national healing and recon...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:35hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confronting the Gukurahundi ghost
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday initiated a Gukurahundi hearings outreach program led by chiefs from the Matabeleland region. The aim is to gather information about the atrocities that occurred...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens 'detractors' undermining Gukurahundi outreach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued a stern warning to those fostering internal divisions and undermining Zimbabwe's efforts to address the sensitive Gukurahundi issue."Gukurahundi," a term me...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:31hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims want apology from Mnangagwa
Survivors and victims of the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s have cautioned the government against dictating how this sensitive issue should be addressed, insisting that they are still alive to spe...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:44hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs not fit to lead Zimbabwe genocide consultations'
TRADITIONAL leaders tasked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to lead Gukurahundi consultations are ill qualified to deal with the emotive matter, an academic Samukele Hadebe has said.Hadebe made...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide outreach to begin by July
Public hearings to document and address the violent disturbances of the 1980s are set to begin in July, marking the start of a significant national healing and reconciliation process.These hea...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa won't allow Gukurahundi genocide to happen again
Zimbabweans should continue to discuss Gukurahundi "openly accept and understand" what happened during the dark period in the country's history, to ensure such events will not happen again, President ...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MRP activists under fire for turning Gukurahundi into a money making scheme
In a startling revelation, it has been uncovered that the Gukurahundi issue has transformed into a lucrative industry for certain opposition activists, particularly within the Mthwakazi Republic Party...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by George Tshuma
Survivors petition chiefs over Gukurahundi hearings
A CIVIC society organisation (CSO) fighting for victims, the Gukurahundi Genocide Survivors 4 Justice (GGS4J), has cautioned traditional leaders not to be hoodwinked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moyo urges Gukurahundi hearings rethink
Former speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo has cast doubt that the yet to be held Gukurahundi public hearings will deliver justice, healing and reconciliation as he urged authorities to consider the R...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Allow media at Gukurahundi genocide meetings
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Veterans Association has implored the President of the National Chiefs' Council, Chief Mtshane Khumalo, to allow media coverage of the upcoming Gukurahu...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide being addressed, says conflicted Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was a key player during the Zimbabwe genocide era, yesterday said his government was committed to resolving the thorny Gukurahundi issue through public hearings on th...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Britain should be in Zimbabwe genocide dialogue'
WAR veterans from the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) have expressed concern over the exclusion of Britain in the Gukurahundi hearings arguing that the former coloniser had a hand in the ...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns critics
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned his opponents that their attempts to disrupt his efforts to address Gukurahundi and attack the chiefs he has appointed, through disinformation and political man...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:39hrs | 3 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Alleged gukurahundi genocide 'enforcer' meets Matebeleland chiefs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who is alleged to be the gukurahundi genocide 'enforcer', is today expected to meet chiefs from the Matebeleland region and the Midlands Province to finalise the process that will...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC senator recounts Gukurahundi disappearances
ONE will not understand the pain of another's wound until he or she falls into the same predicament, goes an adage.This is the feeling that many Gukurahundi victims and survivors ponder daily since 19...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt trying to create a certain narrative about Gukurahundi genocide
THE Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will this month hold a Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme in Bulawayo targeting the media sector where editors from different publication...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Enforcer to launch Gukurahundi hearings
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who was the enforcer during the dark days, is expected to soon launch the Gukurahundi hearings to mark the commencement of an important process that is anticipated to bring closur...Published: 14 Jan 2024 at 20:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Push to identify Gukaruhundi victims' mass graves
Ibhetshu LikaZulu, a Matebeleland-based human rights' watchdog, has sent an SOS for funds needed for installation of memoralisation plaques at unmarked mass graves where Gukurahundi victims are ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:02hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
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
2023 another wasted year for Matebeleland
Former principal director in the office of the prime minister Samukele Hadebe, says 2023 has been another year of deferred hopes for Matebeleland, a region that has suffered years of marginalisation....Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Resolve Gukurahundi to stop rights violations'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum says the culture of abductions, enforced disappearances and murder by State security agents will continue as long as the Gukurahundi issue remains unsolved....Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi truth telling demands grow
ZIMBABWE is fast losing an opportunity to effectively resolve the emotive Gukurahundi issue through a truth-telling process as the victims and perpetrators are dying because of old age and other reaso...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to resolve Gukurahundi genocide issue
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) chairperson Trevor Ncube this week said President Emmerson Mnangagwa should move swiftly and resolve the Gukurahundi issue as part of nation buildng.Gukurahundi is o...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Stop using Gukurahundi for political millage: Ex Zipra
Ex Zipra cadre, Max Mkandla has warned politicians especially from the opposition political parties to stop using the Gukurahundi issues in their po...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 09:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gukurahundi, disputed polls' frustrations manifest in Barbourfields violence
Highlanders' supporters recently shared a poignant story, perhaps a release of pent-up emotions. Allan Bhasvi, tasked with overseeing a much-anticipated match between old rivals Dynamos and Highlander...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 20 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zanu-PF loses grip in Matebeleland
Zanu-PF's support in Matebeleland has shrunk as seen in the recent elections where the ruling party surrendered a number of seats to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Th...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zapu demands Gukurahundi resolution
OPPOSITION PF Zapu has appealed to all former members to rejoin the party to collectively demand a lasting solution to the emotive Gukurahundi issue.Following the December 1987 Unity Accord th...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's victory will not benefit people in Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the just-ended harmonised elections will not benefit people in Matebeleland region, civic society organisations (CSOs) have said.In separate interview...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland sweeps away big guns
SOME five months ago, Zimbabwe's Finance minister Mthuli Ncube sauntered like a decorated knight in shining armour into Cowdray Park, a sprawling settlement north west of Bulawayo.The professo...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere vows to bring 'closure' to emotive Gukurahundi issue
Former Zanu-PF political commissar and CIO driver under the late strongman Robert Mugabe's regime, and now independent presidential candidate, Saviour Kasukuwere intends to address the thorny Gukurahu...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: Siphosami Malunga discussed the Gukurahundi issue on SA's Radio 702
Zimbabwean human lawyer Siphosami Malunga joined South Africa's Clemence Manyathela on Radio 702 to discuss the ever-sensitive Gukurahundi issue on African Genocides programme.Sipho is the son...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 19:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vet pleads for tolerance ahead of elections
Zanu-PF local government candidate and war veteran Ivan Mbengo has pleaded for tolerance ahead of elections to achieve multiparty democracy.The Mutare Urban ward 11 candidate, Mbengo spoke on ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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