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Chatambudza's 'A lion eating its cubs?' is a disinformation campaign against ZPRA
I do not usually review scholarly material or critique academic work, but I must make an exception for Takawira Chatambudza's outrageously misleading article, "A Lion Eating Its Cubs? Assassinations, ...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:23hrs | 1772 | by Zenzele Ndebele
Mnangagwa buried a hero who was forgotten while he lived
Makhethi Ndebele, better known as Jack Mpofu, was a towering figure in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.He passed away on July 27, 2024, at his home in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, at the age of 82. ...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:42hrs | 2398 | by Staff reporter
National Hero 'Jack Mpofu' burial tomorrow
Makhethi Ndebele, a late National Hero and former member of the ZPRA High Command known as Jack Mpofu, will be buried tomorrow at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, with President Mnangagwa presiding...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:05hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra member declared national hero
General (Retired) Makhethi Ndebele, also known by his pseudonym Jack Mpofu, has been declared a national hero. Mpofu, a former member of the Zimbabwe...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:25hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
National hero status for Jack Mpofu recommended
Bulawayo province has recommended that former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) High Command member and pioneer liberation fighter Makhethi Ndebele, known by his pseudonym Jack Mpofu, be de...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:15hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dishes cash, cars to ZPRA, Zanla stalwarts
THE Second Republic has rolled out brand new set of wheels to surviving members of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) and Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) High Command as...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Top war hero sends SOS
VETERAN freedom fighter and former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) deputy chief of personnel and training, Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$2 300 to enable him to undergo a hip replace...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vet sends SOS
A former high-ranking Zimbabwe People's revolutionary Army (ZPrA) official Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$7 310 to finance a hip replacement surgery at a Bulawayo hospital.Mpofu, the ex-deputy...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
How Zipra rose from the ashes
IN our previous instalments of our Column Lest We Forget we have been carrying out articles on former Zipra camp commander, instructor and a member of the High Command, Jack Mpofu. Mpofu, the late Rog...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:31hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zipra prepares to re-launch operations after internal problems
IN our Lest We Forget column today we continue our interview with former Zipra instructor, camp commander and a member of the High Command Jack Mpofu.Mpofu is one of the guerillas who witnesse...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:18hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
LEST WE FORGET: The Zipra commander who lost his sight in combat
PEOPLE from all walks of life will tomorrow converge on various places across the country to commemorate the Heroes Day, a day set aside to remember the sacrifices made by the gallant sons and daughte...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:09hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
The man who fired live bullets above trainees
I first met Eddie Sigoge Mlotshwa at Morogoro, which was a ZPRA training Camp in Tanzania. His pseudonym was Cassius Moya. Our group was composed of young men who had volunteered to join the armed str...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:30hrs | 11 | by Retired Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane
Dabengwa calls Obert Mpofu bare-faced liar
ZAPU leader Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has accused Zanu-PF politburo member Dr Obert Mpofu of lying to the nation about his exploits in the liberation struggle.Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club ...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 22:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu 'fakes' his liberation war credentials
OFFICIALS from the Zipra Trust have accused Transport minister Obert Mpofu of faking his liberation war credentials by over stating his role in the struggle.Mpofu recently brandished his lib...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu seek correction of war 'distortions'
A clique of former liberation movement,-PF Zapu, cadres have formed a research body to investigate the then Joshua Nkomo-led party's contributions to the struggle for independence.In a stateme...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 09:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Javan Maseko a loyal, disciplined cadre laid to rest
The late Major-General Jevana Maseko (Retired) has been described as a loyal and disciplined son of the soil whose contribution to the liberation struggle is unquestionable.Speaking at the bur...Published: 26 May 2013 at 14:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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