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Chin'ono challenges Jonathan Moyo's view
Who holds the reins of power in Zimbabwe - civilian politicians or the military? The longstanding debate has resurfaced following a fiery analysis by award-winning investigative journalist Hopew...Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:23hrs | 2605 | by Staff reporter
Zapu celebrates 62 years
Zapu is today celebrating 62 years after its formation with the party spokesperson Mso Ndlovu saying they celebrate this milestone, as they continue on their journey to achieve the full emancipation o...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 25 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'We did not send you to unseat the leadership'
We resume our interview with former ZPRA guerilla and now Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu who during the armed struggle was also known as Cde Mzandeki. Dr Mpofu who joined th...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Military running Zimbabwe affairs'
ZIMBABWE has been described as a military-run State whose future is being determined by the army.This was revealed on Monday during a Twitter space discussion hosted by Open Parly, which discu...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo blasts ZANU PF over National Hero status
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the ruling party ZANU PF of engaging in political fraud when it comes to the conferment of the National Hero status to fallen former liberation war fighters. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 12:50hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa says, 'Mash East remains our solid base'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has commended Mashonaland East province for remaining a Zanu-PF stronghold since independence.The province is home to some luminaries and heroes of the struggle such as the...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 11 | 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 | 6 | by Walter Muchinguri
SB Moyo wasn't in Zipra high command, State media apologises for the spin
Former Zipra commanders and critics have pointed out misleading claims in the state-controlled media that retired Lieutenant-General and Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, who died of Covid-19 yesterday,...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 19:55hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA), only to be demobil...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Irvine Sibhona
'The path had to be set for Mugabe'
Last week, Farai Tafirenyika claimed there were Zipra cadres eliminated by Zanla combatants at the front during the ZIPA era. Levi Mukarati continues to seek answers on events surrounding the ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Ncube
The truth about Solomon Mujuru to be revealed
Miles Tendi the official biographer of the late ZANLA Military Chief and former Zimbabwe Defence Force Boss General Solomon Mujuru has announced that he will soon launch the much awaited tell all biog...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa: The untold story
Civil disturbances that happened in the early years of Zimbabwe's Independence that came to be known as "Gukurahundi" were a conspiracy by former Rhodesian security operatives who set up black compatr...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga and Kudakwashe Mugari
The death of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - A fiting tribute to an enigma
1. Paying tribute to an enigma I was on a bus on Thursday morning, the 24th May 2019, travelling through Botswana from Kwa Bulawayo, Mthwakazi when news abo...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:45hrs | 6 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Dabengwa: Zimbabwe's intelligence Czar
On the night of August 15, 2011, I attended the launch of Wilfred Mhanda's (nom de guerre Dzinashe Machingura) memoir, Dzino: Memories of a Freedom Fighter in Harare. Mhanda was an important figure in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Blessing Miles-Tendi
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 3 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
'A woman to become next Zimbabwe President'
A prominent Harare based clergyman Bishop CB Motondo of Grace Fellowship Ministries has repeated his prophecy which says Zimbabwe should brace itself for a female President. This prophecy was ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 08:45hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Joshua Nkomo made Mugabe the leader of ZANU in 1975'
Former President Robert Mugabe was catapulted to the leadership of ZANU in 1975 after the death of ZANU Chairman Herbert Chitepo by former ZAPU leader Dr Joshua Nkomo.This is revealed in Joshu...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No leads in Mnangagwa bombing
Investigations into a bomb blast that missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa by a whisker nearly six months ago do not seem to be heading anywhere, with the probe team still to apprehend suspects linked ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe survived assassination in Gutu
Kenny Constantine Mabuya, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Kenny Ridzai, makes stunning revelations about their confrontation with the British authorities after they had been sent as the advance team for...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 15:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
How heroes became victims of politicians
LAST week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) whose Chimurenga name was Conary Mabuto narrated how the Rhodesian forces massacred over 100 refugees at Chikumbi Camp in Zambia and how one could be ZIPRA...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
How one could be ZIPRA, without being ZAPU
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how ZIPRA gunned down Rhodesian Viscounts in 1978 and 1979 and went on to give details about ZIPRA's plan after this attack.In this interv...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi has lost value as a political currency
Now that the 2018 plebiscite has emphatically placed my party ZAPU in its rightful political space, it is time for members to sober up to reality. Let me begin by congratulating all those who stood in...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Mso Ndlovu
Whither ZAPU: The morning after
Now that the 2018 plebiscite has emphatically placed my party ZAPU in its rightful political space, it is time for members to sober up to reality. Let me begin by congratulating all those who stood in...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Mso Ndlovu
The legacy of Zanu-PF
I have loved former President Robert Mugabe and I have and will always believe in him and in his wisdom as a leader and as a human being. Gushungo might have had his short comings but we need to ackno...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 13:05hrs | 3 | by Fidelis Fengu
ZEC commissioner receives death threats
A commissioner with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Mrs Netsai Mushonga, has reported death threats received on social media to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), saying she takes them very ...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa tackles Mnangagwa on Gukurahundi
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent a fortnight ago, laid the blame of the Gukurahundi atrocities on the Zapu leadership which was then led by the late vice-p...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa tackles Gukurahundi head on
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent a fortnight ago, laid the blame of the Gukurahundi atrocities on the former Zapu leadership which was then led by the late...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dear Mr Mugabe
I hope I find you well dear Former President of our Republic of Zimbabwe. I would like to make it glass clear dear Former President that you are misreading the moods of the people in Zimbabwe. I read ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
How Rhodesian forces burnt three comrades
COMRADE Noel Museredza whose Chimurenga name was Ignatius Dzvotsvotsvo joined the liberation struggle in 1972 and went for military training at Mgagao camp. Later he became an instructor at Mgagao and...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa is the honourable leader that Zimbabwe needs
Emmerson Mnangagwa, the new President of Zimbabwe, is not an ogre with evil intent as his detractors make him out to be. He is a courteous, amiable, honest to goodness person, who is now on a ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:13hrs | 2 | by Jacky Seroke
Calls for Dabengwa to write liberation history before criminals steal the show
Calls have been made for Zapu leader and former Zpra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa to write the Zimbabwe's liberation history before criminal and those bent on crediting themselves with what th...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 06:59hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
The appointment of Chiwenga as a Minister of Defence and VP raises eyebrows
Dr retired General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga was born as Constantine Guveya Chiwenga on the 25th August 1956. He retired from the army and Is currently serving as Vice-President o...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 11:00hrs | 20 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
1893 MHRRM ups its Gukurahundi Genocide Demos Campaign in London and Johannesburg
Gratitude and many thanks First and foremost, we extend our gratitude and many thanks to the BBC and Al Jezeera for highlighting our Genocide. Many thanks a...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 15:08hrs | 1 | by Thembani Dube
1893 calls for a Matebele 'Gukurahundi' Genocide Demo in London on the 23rd December 2017
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) plans to conduct demonstrations against the Zimbabwean government for the genocide this government committed against the Matebele peop...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by 1893 MHRRM
The picture Robert Mugabe wanted to delete!
"A picture is worth a thousand words", so says a Chinese proverb; and by extension an English idiom. No wonder even photo-shopped pics or memes in this day in era are such a crazy phenomenon across al...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Ndiweni
Mnangagwa's path to power is strewn with dead bodies, broken bones and souls
Blessing-Miles Tendi, Associate Professor in African Politics at the Oxford University and author of Ashes & Fire: Life of Solomon Mujuru (Rex Nhongo) [Forthcoming], says Mnangagwa's path to power...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Militarization of the Motherland
November 2017 will forever be etched in the Zimbabwean citizens' mind as the month that President Robert Mugabe was finally forced out of his position as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe....Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 10:11hrs | | by Gwinyai Regis Taruvinga
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Formation of Patriotic Front
DUE to circumstances beyond our control, over the last three publications we were not able to publish this column. However, the brutally frank, Comrade Chrispen Tapfuma Mataire (born February 24, 1945...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
UN should arrange emergency elections in Zimbabwe
[Extract from briefing to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutterres delivered by Ken Sibanda Esq]Dear Sir:No grievance can justify the unconstitutional removal of a government...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 17:22hrs | | by Ken Sibanda
Woa woa Zimbabwe maybe fadalala
As ZANU Cadres talk to each other in the most horrible manner imaginable, very impolite, the whole thing, from Grace jumping on stage, to Mnanagwa killing Rex Nhongo on a fools errand, the peace lovin...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 16:08hrs | | by Bhekuzulu Khumalo
The creation of a new Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF party, initially formed as Zanu on August 8 1963 when the likes of Ndabaningi Sithole, Henry Hamadziripi, Mukudzei Midzi, Herbert Chitepo, Edgar Tekere and Leopold Takawira decided to spli...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Conelia Mabasa
'Don't vote anyone who doesn't subscribe to Mthwakazi,' Chief Ndiweni
Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Yemangwe has urged people in Matabeleland not to vote for anyone who does not subscribe to the Mthwakazi restoration.People gathered at Ntabazinduna to commemorate ...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
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