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Mnangagwa honours King Lobengula's commander
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
National Hero status for Gen Mtshana Khumalo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours General Mtshana Khumalo with National hero status
The Second Republic has been commended for honouring revered General Mtshana Khumalo who has been granted National hero status. Gen Khumalo was the commander of King Lobengula's Imbizo Regimen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 3040 | by Staff reporter
New dispensation used and dumped us: Zipra
Zipra war veterans have complained that they were used by the new dispensation during the November 2017 military take over and later dumped.They also accused the government of squandering an o...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 13:40hrs | 2221 | by Stephen Jakes
Mutsvangwa attacks Archbishop Christopher Ndlovu
Statement by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Hon Monica Mutsvangwa (Senator) on August 15, 2020TOMORROW (today) is Sunday, a holy day on the weekly Christian c...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1089 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Imbiber dies on heroes day
A 40-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin man died on Heroes Day after consuming excessive illicit brew Kachasu.Golden Chimbodza of Manzou village, chief Kandeya in Mount Darwin was lying unconscious by his ...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 18:03hrs | 1823 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnanaggwa urged to amend laws
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu PF government has been urged to amend laws and enshrine the principles in the African Charter on Democracy and Governance (ACDEG) in order to improve issues of huma...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fret over curfew breakers
Curfew breaking is widespread in Harare, with a growing number of cars seen driving around northern suburbs late at night, although shopping centres are abandoned in these suburbs, and with vending an...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:43hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trashes govt critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at government critics, describing them as "renegades" bent on derailing the country's economic recovery, the Daily News reports. Addressing the nation...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:59hrs | 1511 | by Staff reporter
It's up to Mnangagwa to turn around Zimbabwe
YESTERDAY, Zimbabwe held a subdued 40th commemoration of its National Heroes Day - to salute and celebrate the heroes and heroines who took up arms to emancipate the country from colonial rule....Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:58hrs | 1699 | by Staff reporter
SA envoys shows Chamisa the middle finger
SPECIAL envoys appointed by African Union chairperson, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to probe reports of gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe jetted out of the country yesterday after a...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 8032 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean liberators have turned oppressors
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions yesterday castigated "a few rogue elements" in the security sectorwho were allegedly benefiting from the feeding trough and abusing Zimbabwean citizens whenev...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says they are denied freedom to honour heroes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his administration had consolidated democracy, constitutionalism and rule of law in the pursuit of social justice, but main opposition MDC Alliance and othe...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts graft door?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated his administration's unwavering fight against corruption saying the door to graft has been shut warning that those who want to pursue that route would face dir...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:12hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to immortalise Mtshana Khumalo, Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo, Mgandani Dlodlo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Government is engaged in a programme of erecting statues of eminent liberation icons from the First and Second Chimurenga/Umvukela to immortalise their supreme s...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa decries 'divisive falsehoods' over rights abuse claims
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday called criticism of human rights abuses by his government "divisive falsehoods" and said his administration was under renewed attack from domestic and...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 19:42hrs | 2085 | by Reuters
'We must unite to fight against detractors'
ZIMBABWEANS must remain united and resolute in the fight against renewed glaring, and unjustified attacks by the country's perennial detractors, both inside and outside our borders, said President Emm...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows will not relent on restoring democracy, fighting corruption
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated his government will not relent in its attempts to remedy the dire socio, economic and political situation in the country.He was delivering his addre...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 17:03hrs | 976 | by newzimbabwe
We remain a nation of heroes
Today, Zimbabweans celebrate Heroes Day; that day when national valour is honoured and cherished on our land.It is that day when we remember, salute and commemorate the huge sacrifice th...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:21hrs | 323 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa to address nation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to address the nation as Zimbabweans commemorate Heroes' Day at home due to the threat of Covid-19. Over the years, commemorations were punctuated by spectacular ...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:49hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna and the liberation struggle
ONE of the country's longest serving traditional leaders, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, is recovering from a stroke he suffered in August last year, but when one mentions the Heroes Day, which the country w...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:48hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Beyonce won't vote in Zimbabwe
The Bishop laughed his lungs out last week when he saw the desperate efforts of some activists who were trying to foist their latest hashtag movement on US singer Beyonce.There was a lot of eu...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:43hrs | 403 | by Bishop Lazarus
Cabinet rescheduled
THE Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has said next week's Cabinet meeting rescheduled to August 18 would be held on a virtual platform.In a statement, Dr Sibanda...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 17:45hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
We'll triumph, says Mnangagwa
Despite several hurdles on the country's economic revival path in the form of natural disasters, successive droughts, divisive opposition politics and foreign economic aggression, the country will ult...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:04hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to put down protests
AHEAD of tomorrow's planned mass demonstrations, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned that security forces will deal robustly with all unsanctioned protests, the Daily News reports.This com...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:33hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Police uncover demo plot
POLICE yesterday unearthed a plot by some vigilante groups linked to the country's opposition parties to commit acts of banditry that include burning service stations and barricading roads to trigger ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against demos
President Mnangagwa yesterday warned that the security forces "will be vigilant and on high alert" to deal with any attempts to destabilise the constitutionally-elected Government or create a public h...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:53hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
'Security forces ready to deal with demos'
President Mnangagwa yesterday warned that security forces "will be vigilant and on high alert" to deal with any attempts to destabilise the constitutionally-elected Government or create a public healt...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:50hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe heroes, ZDF holidays to be held online
THERE will be no public gatherings during the Heroes Day and Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day holidays and commemorations will be held online to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country is set to c...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Day a celebration of imperialism
THE celebration of June 1 as the anniversary of the declaration of Bulawayo as a city by the colonisers is an insult to the history of the country in particular that of Matabeleland, analysts have sai...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 189 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 3760 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Why we interrupted Solomon Mujuru: Ex-fighter speaks out
There is an Associated Press Television News (APTN) video clip played repeatedly by the national broadcaster, ZBC TV, during Independence and Heroes Day commemorations.What captures the imagin...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2409 | by Staff reporter
Ministers hail Mnangagwa
PROVINCIAL Affairs Ministers have hailed the decision by President Mnangagwa to rotate the holding of the main programmes to commemorate national holidays like Independence Day and others across the c...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:56hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Council honours ZPRA veteran
THE late Zapu secretary for security Canaan Ncube has been honoured by the Bulawayo City Council and will be interred at the Lady Stanley Cemetery where the city's senior illustrious citizens are buri...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:12hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Freedom trains from Bulawayo to Harare for sanctions day march
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will run special free passenger trains for people travelling from Bulawayo to Harare for the Anti-Sanctions march on Friday. In a statement, NRZ Public ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:03hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played.The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage.Rage that ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 303 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa to chair SADC disaster committee
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will chair the SADC committee that constitutes a minister from each Member State responsible for coordinating disaster-related issues, an official has said. The setting up ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 97 | by Staff rpeorter
Ambuya Nehanda's bones stuck in UK
The Executive Director of National Monuments and Monuments of Zimbabwe Dr Godfrey Mahachi will be the guest of honour at an Ambuya Nehanda Repatriation Conference that will be held on the 5th of...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:26hrs | 2414 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Council dolls stands to fallen hero's spouses
THE Beitbridge Municipality says it will offer families of fallen heroes of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle residential stands at half the normal price as an appreciation of their selfless sacrifices....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC cross swords
DAGGERS have been drawn between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC over the latter's Friday protests, with Zanu-PF political commissar and Defence deputy mini...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:39hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
7 perish, 40 injured in Heroes accidents
Seven people were killed, while 40 were injured in separate accidents that occurred in Beitbridge and Guruve yesterday.In Beitbridge, seven people died on the spot, and nine were injured when ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:23hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
MDC protests 'will not happen', claims Matemadanda
A series of planned nationwide protests by the MDC "will not happen", the deputy defence minister Victor Matemadanda declared on Monday.Matemadanda, who previously declared that the army would...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 16:04hrs | 2859 | by ZimLive
'Chinese nationals impregnate young girls in Zimbabwe'
Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that Chinese nationals who are running production firms in his constituency are impregnating young girls who are below the age of consent. ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 11:35hrs | 6281 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to shun violence, corruption
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday urged Zimbabweans to shun violence and corruption and focus their efforts in rebuilding the economy.The president made the remarks in his addr...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 926 | by Xinhua
Mnangagwa beefs up security
DRONES, sniffer dogs, security cameras, heavily armed soldiers and police officers, hundreds more embedded in the crowds turned the National Heroes Acre into a virtual cantonment area as President Emm...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 5180 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt pour cold water on security sector reforms
GOVERNMENT has poured cold water on calls to reform the security sector, saying the system was working very well and desires no reforms.Speaking on the sidelines of the Heroes Day commemoratio...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Economic reforms are necessary, says Mnangagwa
Economic reforms being undertaken by Government are necessary to guarantee sustainable development and prosperity for the country and efforts should now be on national peace, unity and increasing prod...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:12hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Interbank trades hit US$5m daily
Over US$5 million is now being traded daily on the interbank foreign exchange market as business confidence on the platform continues to grow. President Mnangagwa revealed these statistics in ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unfazed by Mugabe's heroes acre threats
On Friday 9 August, The Zimbabwe Independent reported that former President Robert Mugabe has told his family members that he does not want to be buried at Heroes Acre. He also apparently said he does...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 22:35hrs | 4780 | by Staff reporter
Patrick Zhuwao talks tough
Zimbabwe sadly remembers its heroes and heroines whilst the World commemorates the United Nations International Youth Day. The liberation struggle that dismantled the yoke of colonialism was executed ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 18:18hrs | 5975 | by Patrick Zhuwao
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