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History will judge us by our social media timelines

When the story of Zimbabwe in these years is finally written, I suspect it will not be remembered for what we suffered, but for how lightly we took it. The record will not be one of famine, mismanagement, and squandered opportunities. It w…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 20:59hrs | 263 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

The dangers of colonial nostalgia and Amnesia

The legacy of colonialism remains a stain on our society - something that cannot be whitewashed. It remains a source of trauma - a source of collective pain.  Four decades after independence, its ghost still haunts us. In Zimbabwean d…

Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 11:21hrs | | by Innocent Mpoki

Zanu-PF and its history of violence

ZIMBABWE'S ruling party subjugates the country's people so as to rule illegitimately and loot resources with impunity.This looting by individuals in Zanu-PF results in "unequal power and unequal life chances" between the beneficiaries and …

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Thandekile Moyo

Zanu-PF remembers Joshua Nkomo with Bulilima rally?

THE Zanu-PF rally to be addressed by President Mnangagwa at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima District, Matebeleland South Province today is a celebration as it is the rolling out of the ruling party's massive campaign machinery ahead of th…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime

Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MPYESIZWE GUDUZAAs I convey my greetings to you all, I would like to remind you that last year (2021), my book titled, The Trials and Tribulations of a ZIPRA S…

Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 14 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza

Chamisa's futile attempt to steal Zanu-PF history

DURING his visit to Boston in 1921, Albert Einstein made a famous statement. "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of minds to think," he said. This statement by one of the greatest scientists of all time quickly came t…

Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)

'Late journalist a moving BaKalanga encyclopaedia'

THE Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA) has described the late veteran journalist Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, who was one of its long-serving trustees, as a "moving" BaKalanga encyclopaedia.Ndlovu, a writer and war veter…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zipra war history under-reported

THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra), the military wing of PF-Zapu, participated in the liberation struggle, but very little has been written about it.Its commander Alfred Nikita Mangena was killed by a landmine planted under h…

Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Alexio Rashirai

Constitution changes: Understanding the history and motivation

There are extensive deliberations back and forth in May, June and July 2012, resulting in Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee) formally adopting a draft national constitution on July 21.This document is taken for adoption at the Se…

Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Arthur Mutambara

Doing "History without Walls" at Seke One High School

Seke One High school, located in Chitungwiza District under the Ministry of Primary and Secondary has remained consistent with its motto, "flying high at Seke One High" with efforts to make sure that learners enjoy their subject of History…

Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 12:03hrs | | by Brian Maregedze

A letter to Mugabe that could have changed the course of Zimbabwe's history

An Eritrean diplomat friend sent the attached letter to me last night and I was blown away by how prophetic it was to Zimbabwe's situation, and how if Robert Mugabe had applied the advice given to him in the letter by a Comrade, Zimbabwe w…

Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 7 | by An introduction by Hopewell Chin'ono

Zimbabwe: A history in retrospect and precision

1980 was a definitive year in which Zimbabweans voted and gained independence after years of traumatic experiences under the white settler Government that maintained segregation and separate development in which blacks were the underdogs, …

Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Nhlanhla Dube

Learning Factory: studying History and modern technology in Zimbabwe

To those studying History at advanced level, there is a way of learning History using the most convenient way made possible. Manners Msongelwa, the current president for the Zimbabwe History Teachers Association now disseminates History no…

Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 20:16hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze

2018 Elections and our place in History

How are we, as youths, going to be remembered after this year's election?The first historic installment without the country's first executive president - Robert Mugabe, an election being held in a peaceful environment were the opposition i…

Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Mapozho Saruchera

MDC-T's history of failure

In October 2012, Nelson Chamisa wrote a piece titled "MDC-T: Last mile towards real change," where he stated Zimbabwe "saunters towards the demise of the ultimate phase of a hard transition."He said he believed the people of this country h…

Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Reason Wafawarova

The dark chapter of Zimbabwe's history that won't go away

With Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa just concluding a 100-day timeline to addresses what he considered the country's most pressing issues, which focused on economic revival, human rights activists have their own timeline.Survi…

Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by IPS

Chamisa on cusp of Barrowian history?

The Gambia is a small river country, named after the river which cuts through its heart, the smallest country on mainland Africa, which is entirely surrounded by Senegal on one side and the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean on its western si…

Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 10:14hrs | 4 | by OP ED BY VIVID GWEDE

How intellectuals made history in Zimbabwe

The history of Zimbabwe has been revised in the service of the governing ZANU-PF party. A 'patriotic' version of history, disseminated by public intellectuals and state media, has distorted legitimate grievances. Critics of patriotic histo…

Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Dr Blessings-Miles Tendi

Mnangagwa and the theft of history

IT is with indecent haste that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has of late been seeking to flag his increasingly questionable presidential credentials and ambitions before Zimbabwe and the world. They usually stumble and fall those that …

Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana

Zimbabwe: A history in retrospect and precision

1980 was a definitive year in which Zimbabweans voted and gained independence after years of traumatic experiences under the white settler Government that maintained segregation and separate development in which blacks were the underdogs, …

Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 12:44hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Dube

Zimbabwe: A history in retrospect and precision

1980 was a definitive year in which Zimbabweans voted and gained independence after years of traumatic experiences under the white settler Government that maintained segregation and separate development in which blacks were the underdogs, …

Published: 19 Dec 2016 at 08:33hrs | | by Nhlanhla Dube

Has ambition corrupted Mujuru?. . . but history does not lie

On many levels, the question of Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru's corruptibility is largely rhetorical. Her story in Government for the 34 years to 2014 when she was booted out as Vice-President and expelled from Zanu-PF has an u…

Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:11hrs | 4 | by Tichaona Zindoga and Stanely Mushava

Our unsung Heroes

History usually is meant to convey the truth about our past to future generations, that's a norm world over.History is the narration of the past as it unfolded. Museums are meant to be warehouses of our past story. National monument are cr…

Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:30hrs | | by Somhambi Zilangwe

This day in History

Friday November 11 is the 315th day of the year. There are 50 left.Today its 11-11-11 and at 11:11 on 11.11.11 some people expect somwthing awesome to happen.11-11-11 in America today the surviving veterans of the Vietnam War celebrate thi…

Published: 11 Nov 2011 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by -

Today in History

1854 - The nearly month-long siege of Makapane's Cave took place after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (MakâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¥pane) massacred 23 Voortrekkers, who were on a hunting expedition in northern Transvaal. During the siege, this Ndebe…

Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 11:20hrs | | by -

Solomon Mujuru a leader who made, unmade history

Speculation about the possible political developments in Zimbabwe in the aftermath death of Solomon Mujuru (herein referred to as "Rex"), his  legendary nom de guere this week, is understandable given his historical role in both the s…

Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 19:03hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza

Tekere forever part of Zimbabwe's defining moment

EVERY nation has its defining moments. Every nation keeps in its memory key episodes that define its character and, in many ways, aspirations. Defining moments often being the work of mankind, such authorship is more often than not written…

Published: 09 Jun 2011 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Alex T. Magaisa

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Family yet to bury loved one 2 years after mysterious death

'Eat my wife, I kill myself'

RBZ policies, not banks, driving high lending rates

Zimbabwe to host major Africa trade fair from 2029

Govt urged to tighten screws on human trafficking

Zimbabwe night vending ban falters

Hughton, Redknapp among 200 applicants for Warriors job

Levy scandal as Harare buys only 2 ambulances

Chiwenga missed Mnangagwa's SONA

Mega Pak Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd manager up for fraud

Fugitive car dealer arrested after 5 years on the run

Harare Councillors and directors snub 2026 budget announcement

Bulawayo Polytechnic gutted by fire

Six Dead, 40 Injured in Harare–Mukumbura Road Bus Crash

No to 2030 extension

Police confirm Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident

Zimbabwe loans ARVs to Botswana, donates portion in regional health solidarity

Govt to launch Responsible Mining Initiative amid worsening land degradation

MP Mhangwa urges govt to cut LPG Import Bill through local gas substitution

Man dies in bicycle accident

Relegation-threatened Bosso players boycott training

Pavillon bus involved in a serious accident

Tragedy in Mt Darwin as cow falls into well, killing young woman

Zimbabwe announces strict enforcement of axle load limits

Zanu-Pf, Eureka Mine unleash violence on artisinal miners

Church Leaders Unite to Tackle Africa's Social Crises at Landmark Summit

Minister to Lead Sanitation Awareness Drive in Guruve Amid Open Defecation Concerns*

BCC launch blitz on traffic laws violator

Gray Hair: Nature’s Warning Signal or Cancer Shield?

'Power cut at Parly during SONA was deliberate'

Police confirm Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident

No to 2030 extension

Six Dead, 40 Injured in Harare–Mukumbura Road Bus Crash

Man dies in bicycle accident

Zimbabwe loans ARVs to Botswana, donates portion in regional health solidarity

Tragedy in Mt Darwin as cow falls into well, killing young woman

'Power cut at Parly during SONA was deliberate'

Relegation-threatened Bosso players boycott training

Pavillon bus involved in a serious accident

ZRP disciplines cops over viral video

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