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Phelekezela Mphoko: Farewell to a revolutionary

THE passing of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has left a profound void in the hearts of many Zimbabweans and those who knew him globally. As we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and comrades, we celebrate t…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:28hrs | | by Marshall Ndlela

John Landa Nkomo Trust mourns National Hero Mphoko

BULAWAYO - The John Landa Nkomo Memorial Trust would like to convey it's most sincere condolences to the family of the late former Vice President Phelekezela&nb

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:13hrs | | by John Landa Nkomo Trust

Phelekezela Mphoko aka Report Ndlovu: A pioneer freedom fighter

THE late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko was one of the pioneer freedom fighters of our armed struggle. He joined the armed struggle soon after being released from prison and was immediately sent for military training in the then-…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:55hrs | | by Brigadier-General (Rtd) Abel Mazinyane

Mnangagwa, Chiwenga were not present at the formation of the Patriotic Front in 1976

The People of Zimbabwe were united under the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Z.A.P.U).When Z.A.P.U. was banned, the party leadership decided that it will not form another political party, again, because the Rhodesian Government will ban t…

Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:41hrs | | by Report Phelekezela Mphoko

Mphoko: Taking a Cue from the Coup

The boardroom fires ravaging the Choppies Zimbabwe establishment are indeed quite interesting. If anything, it exposes the biggest political fraud of our time, indeed glaring in its form and manner.Reading former VP Mphoko's version of the…

Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Cape Town

Tribalism is when E.D funds Mugabe and persecutes Mphoko and Moyo

Being a Karanga myself, I can see that President Mnangagwa has a problem with shaking off the demons of tribalism in the manner that he is destroying Mphoko and Jonathan Moyo, while sponsoring Mugabe luxuries.Sometimes I possess a belief t…

Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri

Mnangagwa in a political quandary

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now obliged to reward the military and war veterans for their role in the removal of his predecessor, former veteran leader Robert Mugabe, it has emerged.The first attempt to reward his backers was when Pres…

Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 18:55hrs | | by Grace Moyo

Mphoko, the Vice President that never was

FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko will be remembered for all the firsts, albeit all negative, in his brief but forgettable tenure punctuated by political blunders, useless projects and chaotic conduct.Mr Mphoko, at his appointment i…

Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | 1515 | by Nduduzo Tshuma

Mphoko: Here today, gone tomorrow!

History is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.Some lasted less than an hour, and others a few hours, days or months.istory is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.One of t…

Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff write

Mnangagwa's full reaction to Mphoko's statement

On the 4th of October 2017, the Honourable Vice President, Cde R. P. Mphoko, writing in his capacity as the then Acting President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, issued a PRESS STATEMENT dated the 3rd of October 2017 in response to a ZBC News…

Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 10:03hrs | | by Honourable E.D. Mnangagwa

Mugabe now under the protection of the elite people from Matebeleland

Editor,While people from Matebeleland rightfully so accuse Shona people of voting for Robert Mugabe all these years; in these last years of his reign, Mugabe is now under the protection of the elite people from Matebeleland who are just ab…

Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:35hrs | | by Brighton Musonza

Zimbabwe, the house Bob Mugabe brought down

Zimbabwe, The House Bob Mugabe Brought Down When the nation of Zimbabwe was born on 18 April 1980, Jamaican reggae superstar, Bob Marley, brought the house down at Rufaro Stadium in Harare with a standout performance for the ages, which in…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 11:40hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

Mphoko is a natural hazard and a liability to the Gukurahundi victims

The vice President of  Zimbabwe  Phelekezela Mphoko is jointly and severally liable collectively with his ZANU by becoming  a stumbling block and a barrier  which is trying to hide the Gukurahundi TRC hearings and choos…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 11:37hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

What is wrong with Mugabe's Vice Presidents?

The conduct of Mugabe's Deputies is not only mind boggling but leaves more questions than answers, these two gentlemen must not be allowed anywhere near public offices.Despite these two guys swimming in a pool of mediocrity, Mnangagwa and …

Published: 24 May 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by PDP Communications

Is Mphoko the right man to talk about returning of ZAPU and Zipra properties

In his last utterances on press,the vice President of Zimbabwe Phelekezela Mphoko showed confidence by saying that the ex Zipra cadres must mention and note down all ZAPU properties which were seized by ZANU.He further on said that "ZAPU d…

Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Mphoko's gukurahundi genocide conspiracy theory invalidated

The recently released Research report by Hazel Cameron a renowned academic, titled The Matabeleland Massacres: Britain's Wilful blindness, has settled one question which has been doing rounds since 1983. That Britain and the West planned a…

Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 15:23hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

Open letter to Mphoko

The Honorable vice President of Zimbabwe - Mphoko, as a leader you need to choose words when you are talking because the whole world is listening to you and if you are not careful you will humiliate your self in public and on social mediaA…

Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 02:28hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Nomazulu Thata i salute you

My fellow countrymen our wise elders used to say its better to keep quiet than expose your stupidity.I find this very true regards the recent utterances by one VP.The VP who some of us didn't even know until the very day he was appointed b…

Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 18:16hrs | | by Patriot Matigari Muchaneta

Denunciation of corruption by VPs most welcome

Zimbabweans have been under economic problems for quite a long time and the situation seems to have no end as corruption is threatening to economically destroy all what the western-imposed - economic sanctions left during the over a decade…

Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya

Economic Development through chickens

I personally find it shocking and demeaning for someone of the stature of Vice President Mphoko to try and initiate entrepreneurship in Matabeleland through issuing out chickens.I think it is an insult to the people and the generality of t…

Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube

ZAPU rejects Mphoko insults

Sometimes it is difficult to understand whether Zanu-PF leaders live here on earth or they choose to ignore everything and just make sure that their body guards protect them while they send armed ones to arrest, kidnap, torture, threaten a…

Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu

Open letter to VP Mphoko - 'Jonathan Moyo struggling to defend you'

Letter to the editor Dear Phelekezela MphokoI write this letter to you with a heavy heart baba. Like most patriotic Zimbabweans, when you came through to the Government we kind of gave you space and hoped you will be different. Even when t…

Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 09:04hrs | | by John Mutiziri

Mphoko should be ashamed of himself

It is on public record that Vice President Phelekezela  Mphoko has been staying in a 5 star hotel for 552 days ever since he was sworn as Vice President of Zimbabwe in December, 2014.The MDC is deeply concerned and indeed, saddened by…

Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 11:09hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu

Open Letter: VP Mphoko salvage us from the National Pledge

Baba Mphoko, I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Allow me Honorable Vice President to write to you today first as a son (because you are from my region and in my region anyone the age of your father is your father)…

Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 17:08hrs | | by Sibangilizwe Madlela

Mphoko critics: Inventing to their heart's content

VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has been a target of some political vitriol over the past month following his speech at the First Lady Grace Mugabe's rally at Kanyemba High School in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central.Introducing her to the c…

Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Kennedy Mavhumashava

Mphoko's warped dire-tribe remarks an affront to national cohesion

On 4 February 2016, at a hastily organized rally for the First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe, in Mashonaland Central Province, at Kanyemba Secondary School to be precise, Vice President, Phelekezela Mphoko, made bizarre, reckless and dire-tribe …

Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 11:33hrs | | by Maxwell Zimuto

Mphoko hits nail on the head

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko put straight the long standing perceptual misconception that there is a deliberate policy of margnalising some parts of the country in terms of development. That the Matabeleland provinces are marginalised…

Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 11:58hrs | | by Suitable Kajau

Can Mr Mphoko answer this question: Who were the co-conspirators?

The VP Phelekezela Mphoko, who defected from ZAPU in the 1970s to ZANU, has reiterated his Gukurahundi genocide Western Conspiracy. AS much as we appreciate the revelation that ZANU was/is a Western baby, but the attempt to exonerate or un…

Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 15:52hrs | | by Thulani Nkala

'The conspiracy still goes on'

I am grateful for this opportunity to explain certain things concerning the unity of the people of Zimbabwe. The background history is that there was a split (in Zapu) in 1963. Zanu was formed, and there were two political parties now - Za…

Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 11:20hrs | | by VP Phelekezela Mphoko

Mboko or Mphoko?

When l hear the term 'Mboko', am quickly retold of the Bodyslam riddim big tune by the little but heavy machine Zim-Dance Hall artist, Ras Pomp. In his popular 2014 track - 'Gear N0.1', he coiled the popular ghetto youth jingle 'Mboko', fo…

Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 14:14hrs | | by Godwin Tshetu Mupakairi

Ministers should perform or else...

Government business in Zimbabwe is set to present a rejuvenated front after Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko took to task additional duties accorded to him by H.E President Mugabe to maintain a check and balance role on the performance of…

Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 13:29hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba

Mphoko, humble servant of the people

It is human nature to try to demystify the unknown. The challenge is that the more we try to figure out a person, the more we make them even more mysterious. Many a time we try and read people's minds, interpret their words and sometimes t…

Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 07:29hrs | | by Phillip Dube

ZANU PF is a Puppet of the West Party - admits Vice President Mphoko

The narrative of VP Mphoko on Gukurahundi is very revealing and it puts a final nail on the coffin, he is actually spilling the beans than doing any good to ZANU. The damage is so severe.  In other words he is saying that ZANU was com…

Published: 18 May 2015 at 08:11hrs | | by Michael Ndiweni

Joker of the year tag team Phelekezela Mphoko and Absalom Sikhosana

 Phelekezela's statement that he and Dabengwa resorted to urine to avert a massive thirst pang down in the jungle during the struggle, together with Absalom's unwarranted â€˜down with Dabengwa slogans'.It has come to our attention tha…

Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 04:38hrs | | by Mjobisa Noko

Mphoko stole Maleme people's THUNDER!

Chief Ndiweni, now regards Mr Mpoko as a person with people at heart because of Maleme debacle.Of course we expected nothing less from him.The government was exposed and their double standards clearly washed in the court of public opinion.…

Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 10:29hrs | | by Clemence Nhliziyo, DARE Deputy Head Information And Publicity

Mphoko, Zanu-PF's fire fighter

As we celebrate the massive victory of the Maleme communities today, I have concluded that our people need to stand up further against land injustices taking place in Matebeleland and Zimbabwe as a whole. I choose to stand with the masses …

Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 11:54hrs | | by Bongani Halimana

Open letter to Honourable Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko

EDITOR,Honourable Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, firstly allow me to congratulate you on your election and elevation to the position of Vice-President of Zimbabwe and also to be in charge of one of the most sensitive and very important…

Published: 03 Mar 2015 at 15:38hrs | | by Khumbulani Maphosa

VP Mphoko opens up on Gukurahundi - Height of Hypocrisy

Mr Phelekezela Mphoko's interview that appeared in the Sunday Mail of the 15th February is a very provocative and insensitive piece of untruths as far as the gukurahundi/fifth brigade crusade is concerned. He said: "civil disturbances that…

Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 16:15hrs | | by Jacob JD Dube

A quick response to Manheru and Mphoko

The recent utterances by the new vice president of Zimbabwe P Mphoko and the shadowy   character Manheru (Herald and government owned newspaper columnist) over the Gukurahundi atrocities make some disturbing reading however the r…

Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 16:05hrs | | by Gukurahundi scholar

Mphoko needs help

In 2011 veteran nationalist and former Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa, told a packed auditorium at the Rainbow Towers Hotel the harrowing stories of former Zapu cadres who bore the brunt of a crackdown by the North Korea-trained Fifth Brig…

Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 11:38hrs | | by Guthrie Munyuki,

Phelekezela Mphoko offside on Gukurahundi

Genocide is defined as the systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group. According to public international law , genocide is a crime against humanity. It is a notorious fact that from…

Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 11:37hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu

How Mugabe survived Chimoio assassination, Mphoko narrates

I first met President Mugabe when he visited Bulawayo soon after his return from Ghana. We received him at Stanley Square.He was well-received, with everybody carrying him on their shoulders. He was described as one of the most educated pe…

Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 12:02hrs | | by Phelekezela Mphoko

Mphoko out of touch with reality

FEARS that Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko was out of touch with the plight of Zimbabweans, having spent so much time abroad as a diplomat, were confirmed last week during his charm-offensive in the Matabeleland region.Mphoko (74), who h…

Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 09:54hrs | | by Stewart Chabwinja

Tsvangirai's national security ex-advisor defends Mnangagwa and Mphoko

I HAVE decided to come out of a self-imposed political hibernation and join the debate on the merits and demerits of the appointments of Hon ED Mnangagwa and Hon Phelekezela "Report" Mphoko as State Vice Presidents after Zanu-PF's congress…

Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 12:54hrs | | by Pearson Mbalekwa

Was Gugurahundi really a Western conspiracy V.P. P Mphoko?

In his explanation as to why he said Gukurahundi was a Western conspiracy newly appointed Vice President of Zimbabwe P. Mphoko is said to have said that Gugurahundi was indeed a Western conspiracy in this article.This left me with more que…

Published: 22 Dec 2014 at 06:06hrs | | by Nteletsha we Kezi

Gukurahundi Western Conspiracy, VP P. Mphoko responds

This response is especially directed mainly to Mr. Casper Dube and others who genuinely want to know about my history.However, I wish to point out that no amount of lies or smear campaign can turn me into a sell out. First and foremost, I …

Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 21:45hrs | | by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko

VP Mphoko not a sellout

No amount of lies or smear campaign can turn VP Mphoko into a sell out. No genuine former ZPRA commander or soldier can support those lies, except former Rhodesian Special Branch personnel who were doing their work amongst us.These are the…

Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 17:08hrs | | by John Songo

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