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Legendary 'Laqhasha' has died
Don Mlangeni Nawa has died.A statement shared by the Nawa family on his social pages revealed the veteran actor died on Wednesday but did not disclose the cause of his death. "He was t...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:38hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Top 6 Members of Parliament who shook Bulawayo in 2024
Bulawayo's political landscape was alight in 2024, with six Members of Parliament shining brightly for their transformative and relentless efforts to uplift their constituencies. Using a sophisticated...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 22:31hrs | 884 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Ex ZPRA commanders appeals for assistance
FORMER Zpra commander John Maluzo Ndlovu is bitter over the neglect of veterans of the liberation struggle as he appealed to well-wishers to fund his medical bills for injuries sustained during the wa...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:34hrs | 15 | 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
Dabengwa snub irks war veterans
Zapu ex-combatants have expressed frustration after the state failed to recognise Zodwa Dabengwa nee-Khumalo, the widow to the late liberation war stalwart, Dumiso Dabengwa, as a national heroine....Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
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...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Vacancies for 3000 school heads and deputies
THE Government is set to recruit 2 988 headmasters and deputies to fill primary and secondary school vacancies in a massive recruitment drive set to improve pass rates and maintenance of infrastructur...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:55hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Matobo councillor, villagers clash over land
VILLAGERS in Ward 24, Matobo North in Matabeleland South are at loggerheads with their councillor for allocating land to a white man.The villagers told Southern Eye that they believe that thei...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lookout Masuku: An exceptional, patriotic fighter
SOME of the greatest wars in history were not only won through the competency of soldiers on the battlefield, but through the astute leadership of the men and women engaged in the fighting. Th...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Walter Muchinguri
Bosso lose $265 000 to employee
HIGHLANDERS FC lost $265 543 to their clubhouse manager Bonisani Mafela following a stock take and cash count conducted by the club's auditors PN and A Chartered Accountants.Presenting the clu...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 92 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Zapu, Zipra mourn Nkomo
ZAPU and Zipra have said the death of Mafela trust director Zephaniah Nkomo has dealt a blow to efforts to rewrite the true history of the party which used to be led by the late vice-president Joshua ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Snubbed Zipra man gets liberation hero status
MAFELA Trust director and liberation hero Zephaniah Nkomo was buried today morning at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre in Nkulumane suburb.Nkomo (70) died on Sunday at a private hospital in...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:17hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zipra veteran denied National Hero status
THE late director of Mafela Trust, who was also a former ZIPRA veteran, Zephaniah Nkomo (70) has become the latest senior ex-ZIPRA freedom fighter to be denied national hero status by the ruling Zanu-...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zapu mourns death of Mugabe torture victim
THE Opposition Zapu yesterday mourned the death of Mafela Trust national director Zephaniah Nkomo, who passed away on Sunday after suffering from a respiratory ailment.He was 70, and he died a...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra intelligence officer dies
One of the key figures in Zapu and Zipra's intelligence arm, National Security Organisation, during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Zephaniah Nkomo, has died of Covid-19, a colleague has confirmed. ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 21:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Children of ZAPU/ZPRA donate food hampers to war vets
COZZ representative Felix Silundika (in black suit) hands over the food parcels to Mafela Trust director Zephaniah Nkomo while Sithembile Ndlovu looks on.The newly formed Children of ZPRA/ZAPU...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools demand money for PPE from parents
SOME primary and high schools in Bulawayo are forcing parents and guardians of students to fork out payments for masks and sanitizers, a move the government has declared illegal.In September, ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Christmas SOS for Zapu, Zpra veterans
CHILDREN of Zapu and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) have come together in a fundraising drive to mobilise financial resources to bring Christmas cheer to liberation war veterans.A...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Welfare fund for destitute ex-Zpra veterans
CHILDREN of Zpra/Zapu Veterans (COZZ) has launched a welfare campaign programme to fundraise for struggling war veterans who are unwell, elderly and frail.The association works with the Dumiso...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) 'commits suicide'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb. Mpilo Khumalo's body was ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Children of ZPRA veterans to meet army commanders
Children of former Zimbabwe African People's Union army ZPRA have formed an association that is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the former liberation movement. The movement which is dubb...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mahiya must stop misrepresenting us: Zipra war vets
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have distanced themselves from recent statements made by Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya and warned him to stop misrepresenti...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mafela Trust wants war deaths documented
Mafela Trust, an organisation that has been documenting Zapu and Zipra's history, says there is need to account for people who died or disappeared during the liberation struggle.The organisati...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 4 | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - End of an era, resilience of a vision
Speaking notes for ZAPU statement at the funeral of party President Dr. Dumiso DabengwaNtabazinduna, Umguza District, Matebeleland North, ZimbabweDr. Strike Mkandla, Secretary GeneralSatur...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:09hrs | 11 | by Dr. Strike Mkandl
Ex-Zipra cadre predicts civil unrest
WHITE former Zimbabwe Peoples' Revolutionary Army (Zipra) freedom fighter, Jeremy Brickhill has warned that Zimbabwe is heading for conflict and urged citizens to find each other and stop the blame ga...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-bodyguard bares all on Nikita Mangena
THE late Zipra commander, Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena, was recently honoured by the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by naming a cantonment area which houses Zimbabwe National Defence Unive...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:05hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
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. Th...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
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 Chinhoyi Battle: Did Zanu send its guerrillas on a suicide mission
During the early years of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence, Zanu's military high command based in Zambia infiltrated its first group of Chinese trained guerrillas into Rhodesia with orders to carr...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 12:17hrs | 14 | by Thabo Kunene
ZAPU helping communities
The Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) on Saturday donated 140 bags of cement to a community in Bulawayo Central District as the party lives up to its values and principles of empowering the people...Published: 22 May 2017 at 09:04hrs | | by Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa
'Zanu-PF executives fanning confusion'
THE Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial executive was yesterday attacked by members who accused them of fanning factionalism and creating confusion in the party during a stormy constituency meeting in...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mafela Trust plans joint Zipra, Zanla catalogue project
THE Bulawayo-based Mafela ...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
S'dumo's tombstone removed!
The tombstone has been temporarily removed and will be put back in a few days time. Mafela who had glued many South Africans to their television screens watching the legendary in action has his ow...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 12:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Generations studio to be renamed Joe Mafela Studio
Generations: The Legacy creator has said that the main studio where the popular soapie is filmed will be renamed The Joe Mafela Studio.It is currently Studio 5 but Mfundi said that Joe bro...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joe Mafela 'Sdumo' dies
Veteran actor Joe Mafela has passed away, The Sunday Sun, ENCA, EWN and SABC news reported on Sunday morning. The actor was born in 1942.According to Metro police spokesperson Edna Mamonya...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 08:03hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Joe Mafela dies
Veteran South African actor and singer Joe Mafela has died. Mafela aged 75 died on Saturday night in a car accident in South Africa....Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Alice Dube
REWIND: BCC urged to change City names to restore Ndebele legacy
UMHLAHLO Wesizwe SikaMthwakazi, a group which promotes the Ndebele culture in Zimbabwe is still waiting for the Bulawayo City Council to change some names of suburbs and schools in the city to "...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 21:17hrs | | by Mr. J.S. Silonda
State has no appetite to keep memory of Lookout Masuku- MDC official
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has accused the government of Zanu PF of showing no willingness to have anything identified with the name of the late Zipra commander Lookout Masuku after the Bu...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 04:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Letter To Dr Churchill Guduza: The Deputy of MLF in Relation Mafela Trust and Zipra.
This letter is fundermentally to oppose the views expressed in a news article published in your news platform Bulawayo 24.Without having to be specific on the dates it was published, the artic...Published: 22 Dec 2016 at 07:58hrs | 7 | by Irvine J. Sibhona.
Behind the Closed Doors of the Mafela Trust - Inkunzi Series: Discussion Document 3
1. Introduction The former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, observed that, 'In every era, in every c...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 00:26hrs | 2 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Churchill Guduza must be condemned for his attack on Zapu, Zipra and Joshua Nkomo
As a former ZIPRA cadre and a member of Mafela Trust, which is a group that does extensive research over ZAPU, its leadership as well as its forces ZIPRA, I think it is imperative that I correct my fo...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 20:39hrs | 74 | by Josiah Ndlovu
Neglect of ex-Zipra cadre irks Mafela Trust
Mafela Trust has expressed outrage at the government's failure to accord hero's status to a late ex-Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) intelligence official, Simeon Nkomo, who died last F...Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa to headline armed struggles in Southern Africa conference
ZIMBABWE liberation war stalwart and Zapu president, Dumiso Dabengwa, is set to headline a conference on politics of the armed struggle in the region at Witwatersrand University in South Africa at...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Alfred Nikita Mangena: Unique ZAPU Soldier
Lookout "Mafela" Masuku Memorial Lecture SeriesDelivered by ZAPU President Dr. Dumiso DabengwaIbhetshu likaZulu, Fidelity Towers, Bulawayo, 28 October, 2016Distinguished GuestsColl...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 07:08hrs | 54 | by Dumiso Dabengwa
'Joshua Nkomo saved Zimbabwe from civil war'
This year on April 5, Ibhetshu likaZulu gave me the honour to deliver the inaugural Lookout "Mafela" Masuku memorial lecture. This year is the 20th anniversary of the untimely death of Lt General Look...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:17hrs | 1 | by Dumiso Dabengwa
Ngenhlonipho enkule langokuzehlisa okukhulu phambi kukaMahlabezulu
I greet all who have suffered from the hatred from Zanu PF since day 1. Peace to you all. With reverence to the departed Lookout Masuku, and family. To all who have left us by the doing of the Zan...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Mthwentwe Hlaba
Nikita Mangena: The military strategy genius
ON July 26, 1978, tragedy befell the Zimbabwean armed struggle when Rogers Mangena or Alfred Nikita, the commander of the Zapu's armed wing, ZIPRA, died.He was killed by a landmine planted by ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | 6 | by Rtd Brig-Gen Abel Mazinyane
Generations Actor Nyembezi buried
SCORES of people turned up to pay their final respects to veteran actor Nyembezi Kunene at the Saul Tsotetsi Sports Complex in Sebokeng, in the Vaal, yesterday.Known for his role as Macingwane...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 09:52hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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