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Pressure mounts on govt over Gukurahundi hearings
Political activists and opposition leaders in Matabeleland have called on the government to immediately halt the ongoing Gukurahundi public hearings, citing concerns over their lack of transparency an...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:34hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi to protest at UN Office in Pretoria
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to stage a demonstration outside the United Nations (UN) offices in Pretoria this Friday, July 4, as the party intensifies its calls for justice over the Guku...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | 263 | 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
High Court dismisses ZAPU bid to halt Gukurahundi hearings
The Bulawayo High Court has dismissed an urgent application by the opposition party ZAPU seeking to stop the government-led Gukurahundi Outreach Programme, ruling that the matter did not meet the thre...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:22hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for Gukurahundi hearings court challenge
The Bulawayo High Court is set to hear a case today brought by ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo, who is contesting the manner in which public hearings into the 1980s Matabeleland massacres, commonly kno...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:22hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Zapu seeks court order to stop Gukurahundi hearings
The opposition Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (Zapu) has lodged an urgent application in the High Court seeking to stop the commencement of the Gukurahundi community outreach hearings scheduled to beg...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies
The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:43hrs | 467 | 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
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
GUKURAHUNDI KILLINGS: Hearings set for January 2024
Public hearings addressing civil disturbances during the 1980s, particularly the Gukurahundi era, are poised to commence early next year. Spearheaded by over 70 traditional chiefs from Matabeleland No...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chiefs conduct last batch training for Gukurahundi hearings
THE National Council of Chiefs has completed the training of 144 rapporteurs and is now focused on training the last batch of the hearings' committee as preparations for the commencement of Gukurahund...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says citizens allowed Gukurahundi genocide issue to divide them
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with communities affected by Gukurahundi atrocities to co-operate with traditional leaders during consultations to solve the emotive issue.Addres...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mashonalanders and Mnangagwa takes over Gukurahundi genocide resolution
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has launched a manual on the Gukurahundi community engagement processes by chiefs including a report on their consultative meetings as the Second Republic takes a bold step towards...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa at pains to charm Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made desperate moves to appease the people of Matebeleland over the early 1980s Gukurahundi genocide which claimed 20 000 lives.Mnangagwa, who is yet to public...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not be taken seriously
Following the meeting between the Head of State Mr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and Traditional Leaders on the 21st of August 2021, I am convinced more than ever that the Government of Zimbabwe is not ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Sibangilizwe Michael Nkomo
Mnangagwa says 'Gukurahundi issue should not be tribalised'
Today, this 21st day of August, 2021, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa met members of the National Council of Chiefs to receive recommendations to resolve th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 12:49hrs | 3 | by Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa
Gukurahundi a priority for the whole nation
AFTER attaining full independence in April 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on a journey of nation building but along the way, conflict was unavoidable in the young nation. Factors including tribalism,...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi exhumations inch closer
GOVERNMENT will soon convene a meeting with traditional leaders from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to finalise plans to begin the exhumation and reburial of victims of the post-independence dist...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe @ 41: The victim's lasting solution to the Gukurahundi Holocaust
Zimbabwe is still at rail-road crossing with regard to the Gukurahundi genocide whose resolution remains elusive forty-one (41) years on. The signage is unambiguously restricting any break-through wha...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Thousands denied citizenship in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's discriminatory citizenship laws have rendered thousands of people stateless and pushed them to the fringes of society, depriving them of access to education, healthcare, and housing, Amnest...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sibanda recounts Gukurahundi horror
MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda says memories of the Gukurahundi killings in the Midlands Province are still haunting him as he called for truth-telling.Sibanda sa...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Civic group remembers Gukurahundi abductees
A MATABELELAND-BASED pressure group, Ibhetshu likaZulu, will on Sunday commemorate the abduction of 16 Silobela villagers who disappeared at the height of Gukurahundi massacres on January 31, 1985....Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pleads for national unity, silent on gukurahundi genocide
AS THE country commemorated Unity Day yesterday, the ruling Zanu-PF implored Zimbabweans to shun violence and unite to foster enduring peace and national development.At the same time, the form...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lack of funding stalling Gwayi Shangani Dam construction
LACK of funding is reportedly stalling progress at the US$121 million Gwayi Shangani Dam, with only 39% of the project funds having been expended to date, while government is failing to secure more to...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam to displace 350 families
OVER 350 families close to Gwayi-Shangani Dam are facing imminent displacement to pave way for the construction of the largest water body in Matabelaland North province.The Gwayi-Shangani Dam ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa starts budgeting for Gukurahundi reburials
CONSULTATIONS over the exhumation and reburial of victims of post-independence disturbances in the Matabeleland and Midlands provinces will commence early next year, with Government now crafting a roa...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide must not be swept under the carpet, says Gandawa
EXILED former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, Godfrey Gandawa has called for truth telling and prosecution among perpetrators of the Gukurahundi atrocities before steps could be put in ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders take over Gukurahundi exhumations
TRADITIONAL leaders will now take over the exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands while the Government will now only be involved in funding the process as part...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must talk less and listen more
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is today scheduled to meet Matabeleland traditional leaders in Bulawayo to, among other things, discuss the emotive Gukurahundi issue, marginalisation and development of t...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA veterans turn to Mohadi on seized properties
ZPRA veterans are now turning to Vice President Kembo Mohadi in their latest attempt to reclaim their property from the government.Their properties, now estimated to be worth billions of Unite...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must openly apologise for Gukurahundi'
Victims of Gukurahundi have dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the massacre of approximately 20 000 innocent civilians, arguing that half-hearted approaches such as the issuanc...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crafts Gukurahundi genocide burials policy
GOVERNMENT is crafting a policy that will guide the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims as it implements measures aimed at national healing. President Mnangagwa has pledged Governme...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide issue being personalised, warns cleric
THE Gukurahundi massacres are now being used for personal gain by individuals, politicians and civic society organisations (CSOs), a situation that will make it difficult to bring closure for victims,...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa planned visit to Matobo riles Gukurahundi victims
SURVIVORS of Gukurahundi residing in Maphisa, Matobo district in Matabeleland South, feel insulted over reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit the area to kickstart the process of issuan...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor loses court bid to stop exhumations
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese Friday dismissed with costs a case involving a Gukurahundi survivor, Charles Thomas, Zapu and Ibhetshu Likazulu who were seeking an interdict barring...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment on Gukurahundi exhumations
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday reserved judgment in a case where Gukurahundi survivors were seeking an interdict order to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plans to fast...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors demand answers from Mnangagwa
RELATIVES of Gukurahundi victims and survivors in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should go to them to explain why people in the region were tortur...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not ready to defend Gukurahundi exhumation bid
A Bulawayo High Court Judge was Thursday forced to postpone hearing into a case in which a Gukurahundi survivor and local pressure groups are seeking to stop victim exhumations linked to the 1980s hol...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa halts Gukurahundi hearing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday caused the postponement of a court hearing where survivors of the Gukurahundi massacres wanted to interdict him from tampering with the survivors' mass graves un...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Jenni Williams dragged to court
PRESSURE groups in Matabeleland have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Matabeleland Collective leader Jenni Williams to court over the emotive Gukurahundi killings of the 1980s.Pressure...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to address land imbalances
A JUDICIAL and land commission must be set up to address systematic land imbalances in Matabeleland, former Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo said.Moyo, in his reaction to a meeting between ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't lead Gukurahundi reburials, says Survivor
GUKURAHUNDI survivor Charles Thomas, Ibhetshu LikaZulu and Zapu have filed a High Court chamber application seeking to bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa from conducting the exhumations of victims of Ma...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Role of government and Matabeleland Collective under scrutiny
For decades, successive Zanu-PF governments have attempted to introduce developmental and political programmes in Matabeleland without consulting the locals. In all instances these programmes ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:01hrs | | by Lovemore Moyo
Informal traders dump Matabeleland Collective
BULAWAYO'S informal traders representative organisation has cut ties with the Matabeleland Collective (MC), a grouping of civic groups and the clergy that has been meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch issuance of documents in Gukurahundi affected areas
THE exercise to officially launch the issuance of civic documents in communities affected by post-independence disturbances in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces will be held at Maphisa Growth Point ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa two years on
THE Second Republic under President Mnangagwa has, in the two years of its span, recorded a number of milestones across sectors towards the achievement of Vision 2030 to transform the economy and impr...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Nqobile Tshili, Nduduzo Tshuma and Prosper Ndlovu
Mnangagwa insincere on Gukurahundi
THE Matabeleland Forum (MF), a consortium of civic society organisations (CSOs), which recently snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's meeting with other regional civic groups, has dismissed governmen...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi can only be resolved with the victims
The Gukurahundi sanitisation project fronted by Jenni Williams and her cabal is a dismal failure except for its obscenity and vulgarity of holding vile celebrations in Bhalagwe - a scene of heinous cr...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:04hrs | 3 | by Lizwelethu Dube
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