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Mnangagwa should release the Dumbutshena, Chihambakwe reports
The government should release reports by two commissions that investigated the Gukurahundi genocide "as part of truth telling" ahead of new public hearings in Matabeleland which President Emmerson Mna...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Vandalised Gukurahundi plaque replaced
Matebeleland-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu on Wednesday installed yet another memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South province where dozens of Gukurahundi victims were buri...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Moyo urges Gukurahundi hearings rethink
Former speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo has cast doubt that the yet to be held Gukurahundi public hearings will deliver justice, healing and reconciliation as he urged authorities to consider the R...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Push to identify Gukaruhundi victims' mass graves
Ibhetshu LikaZulu, a Matebeleland-based human rights' watchdog, has sent an SOS for funds needed for installation of memoralisation plaques at unmarked mass graves where Gukurahundi victims are ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:02hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt must protect Gukurahundi plaques'
Ibhetshu LikaZulu, a pressure group based in Matebeleland, has called on the government to deploy security personnel to protect memorial plaques that the organization erected on several Gukurahundi ma...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide survivors struggle for closure
AS the 10-year term of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in Zimbabwe, aimed at bringing peace and healing to survivors and families affected by past atrocities, approaches its en...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Senator exposes Gukurahundi 'denialists'
Zanu-PF officials from Matebeleland have been accused of blocking any debate and motions on Gukurahundi whenever they are presented in Parliament.The claims were made by recalled MDC Alliance ...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi memorial ban sparks outrage
THERE is outrage in Bulawayo after police banned pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu from hosting a Gukurahundi memorial on Unity Day and arrested three of its members.The group organised a memo...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of shedding crocodile tears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has drawn fire after visiting Rwanda's Kigali Genocide Memorial site when his government has done little to address Gukurahundi atrocities at home.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Don't muzzle Gukurahundi genocide survivors'
THE United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop restricting Gukurahundi survivors from mourning and holdin...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu torches Gukurahundi storm
MATABELELAND pressure group Ibhetshu likaZulu has blasted Zanu-PF bigwig Obert Mpofu for downplaying the Gukurahundi massacres in a video that went viral this week.Gukurahundi is a thorny issu...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo Airport saga: Govt in U-turn
GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised for suddenly removing the shield emblem at Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.It also said it was re-designing the emblem and would soon erec...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says CCC has plans to thwart ZEC rigging
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa says his party has infiltrated the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and informants are giving him daily briefings which will help thwart...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec can't cheat us this time, says CCC
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday claimed that his party was now alert to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) rigging machinations ahead of the 2023 gener...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to close Gukurahundi genocide chapter, says Muzorewa
THE United African National Council (UANC) leader Gwinyai Muzorewa has called for closure of the Gukurahundi chapter in order for healing, reconciliation and unity to take root in the country....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
CiZC blasts govt over Gukurahundi comments
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has accused government of insincerity in dealing with the Gukurahundi issue and failure to bring closure for victims over three decades later.In a statement...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top aide in Gukurahundi genocide storm
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba torched a storm yesterday after he declared that the erection of Gukurahundi memorial plaques was illegal.Bulawayo-based pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bombing of Gukurahundi memorial plague censured
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) has strongly condemned the recent bombing of a Gukurahundi memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South, describing the act as barbaric.It add...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NPRC not probing theft of Gukurahundi plaques
MATABELELAND-BASED human rights groups have expressed concern over revelations by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) that it was not going to investigate the destruction of Gukura...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors demand closure
FAMILIES of the 12 Silobela villagers who were killed in 1985 during the Gukurahundi massacres in the Midlands province have called on government to provide healing services and compensation for the l...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged urged to respect people's rights
DISPLACEMENT of villagers from their ancestral land to pave way for corporate activities is increasingly becoming one of the major human rights violations in the country, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Ass...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu Likazulu hits back at Chief Mtshane Khumalo
IBHETSHU LikaZulu has hit back at the Chiefs Council deputy president, Chief Mtshane Khumalo for accusing the pressure group for allegedly stifling the resolution of the post-independence Gukurahundi ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group vows to replace Gukurahundi plaques
BULAWAYO pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu has announced that it will replace the two Gukurahundi memorial plaques stolen from Bhalagwe and Silobela and would install five additional plaques at mass gr...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
IYS saddened by Obert Gutu's gukurahundi genocide remarks
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) chairman Obert Gutu, was quoted on Tuesday saying that the Gukurahundi Genocide is a very small, tiny fraction of the various issues the Commission ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4 | by IYS
Inhlokomo rolls up its sleeves
Inhlokomo YeSizwe sika Mthwakazi is rolling up its sleeves and getting hands on by setting regional structures on the ground. After taking a momentary and deliberate pause to give space for the Phuthe...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:55hrs | 2 | by IYS
My listening President, this woman is bleeding from inside!
Change generally brings fears for the worst and hopes for the best and plays them against each other in the crucible of inescapable antagonism. The same is true for the scenario that unexpectedly befe...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | 12 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mnangagwa under pressure to bring closure to Gukurahundi genocide matter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly coming under pressure to bring closure to the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities with Kezi traditional leader, Chief Bhidi yesterday saying piece-meal efforts ca...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu LikaZulu fundraises for Gukurahundi plaques
BULAWAYO-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu yesterday said it had begun a programme to replace Gukurahundi memorial plaques that were stolen last month in Bhalagwe, Maphisa and Silobela.Th...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the causes of Gukurahundi
It is true that the Matabeleland crisis resulted in a number of people losing their lives while some remained with permanent psychological and physical injuries.True that maybe, perceptions an...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 3 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa must apologise for his role in gukurahundi genocide
VICTIMS of the 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands massacres, known as Gukurahundi, have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the killing of over 20 000 innocent civilians, sayi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Investigations into Gukurahundi memorial destruction begins
POLICE have started investigating into the mysterious destruction of memorial plaques for Gukurahundi victims at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South, nearly a month after the incident.Susp...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Gukurahundi plaques destroyed
UNKNOWN people last week destroyed memorial plaques that were erected on February 21 at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, in memory of the thousands that were killed in Midlands and Matabelelan...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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