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Tinaye Chigudu declared national hero
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has paid tribute to veteran liberation fighter and former Manicaland Governor, Tinaye Elisha Nzirasha Chigudu, describing him as a "principled cadre" whose unwavering comm...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 17:22hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
How ZPRA, ZANLA were allocated camps in Entumbane
WE round-up our interview with former freedom fighter Lieutenant-Colonel (Rtd) Alson Masilinge Muleya. Lt-Col (Rtd) Muleya who trained as a regular officer cadet at the Zambian Military Academy in Koh...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:51hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
How does Zim expect to instill pride in liberation struggle when always moaning over defeats?
Those who follow my writings can tell how proud I am of our country's liberation history.Even when teaching my son at home, I tackle this subject with tremendous zeal and excitement.Wh...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
National Heroes Acre expansion approved
The National Heroes Acre will be expanded with 104 graves to be added to take its carrying capacity to 299.Cabinet yesterday approved the proposed architectural designs for the Phase 2 of the ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo was a strategist, says Tshinga Dube
THE late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, was a shrewd military strategist who championed military training initiatives for several freedom fighters, which led to the country's independence in...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Rhodesian Military Veterans march in New Zealand
On Monday Rhodesian military veterans joined their New Zealand counterparts in celebrating the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day, the equivalent of our National Heroes Day.Anzac Day...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:07hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe military remains single decisive factor in politics
The opprobrium that characterised the rebuke of remarks made by Chief Murinye by the Vice President of Zimbabwe, Dr Constantino Chiwenga exemplifies the reality around the power matrix in Zimbabwe....Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:40hrs | 16 | by Sapien Sapien
We need new heroes!
Sometimes, Bishop Lazi is glad that his uncle is dead.The man was never the same ever since returning from the war.He was no longer the bubbly and chatty young man who revelled in the ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Ask why Dumiso Dabengwa crushed ZimRights Gukurahundi investigations while Minister of Home Affairs!
While accusations are still hot on Obert Gutu, can we revisit our past and see where things went wrong for the victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands. I maintain that what Gutu uttered wa...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:13hrs | 13 | by Nomazulu Thata
My last days with Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo
I knew Jason ZIYAPHAPHA MOYO, when I joined the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 1960, after my agricultural course at Tsholotsho Breeding and Experimental Station.The relationship between t...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 21:06hrs | 7 | by Phelekezela Mphoko (Zimbabwe former Vice President)
Sanctions: The unfair comparison between Zimbabwe and Rhodesia
MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is ma...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:35hrs | 6 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Zimondi: A brave, ice-cool war commander
Major General (Retired) Paradzai "Tonderai Nyika" Zimondi was the pinnacle of ZANLA's military prowess.He commanded the ZANLA positional guerrilla forces during the battle of Mavonde, a.k.a Mo...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
'Some fallen heroes, battle sites lie forgotten'
While war veterans across the country are fighting for gratuities and other benefits for their participation in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, some Zimbabweans believe they should be fighting for the...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzila-Ndlovu's unit used a strela heat-seeking missile to shoot down a Rhodesian troop carrier
Moses Mzila-Ndlovu relates how his unit used a strela heat-seeking missile to shoot down a Rhodesian troop carrier returning from the attack on Mkushi women’s camp. They were stationed near Mwembesh...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 09:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
DD: The man, soldier, pacifier
The light of the armed liberation struggle icon has been extinguished. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, affectionately known as DD, passed on 23 May 2019.There was grief and anguish when news about his dea...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:44hrs | | by Phathisa Nyathi
How Col Tshinga Dube, Gen PV Sibanda were almost blown up by Rhodies
TODAY we conclude our series of interviews with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the last Zipra chief of communications, former Cabinet Minister and chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Industries (ZD...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi was planned by Zanu and the West
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) combatants have denied that some of their colleagues were dissidents who were deployed to topple then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's government afte...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe the way forward
Good Evening my fellow Zimbabweans, I would firstly like to offer my condolences to the bereaved families and offer some words of encouragement to the victims of cyclone Idai that affected the...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Terence Simbi
Jonathan Moyo's Chamisa Moment
AS Zimbabweans countdown to the Monday realignment elections, there is a palpable self-organising and self-propelling clamour for historic change - the spirit of 2018 - blowing in the air across Zimba...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 15:31hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
Salisbury fuel tanks bombing commander tells the story
THE quiet of the night of December 11, 1978 was shattered by a huge explosion that reverberated over the sleeping town of Salisbury, (now Harare) as efficiently as a thunder clap, which left the Rhode...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wanted a Civil War in Zimbabwe
THE so-called Entumbane disturbances of November 1980 and February 1981, during which President Robert Mugabe's then guerrilla army, Zanla, fought that of his nationalist rival Joshua Nkomo's Zipra, a...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 15:18hrs | 6 | by Stuart Doran
Gukurahundi Origins: Myth and reality, part 1 - 'war' in Bulawayo, 1980-1
The so-called Entumbane disturbances of November 1980 and February 1981, during which Robert Mugabe's guerrilla army fought that of his nationalist rival, Joshua Nkomo, are typically cited as among th...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Stuart Doran
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
Gukurahundi mastermind claims to have exposed Jonathan Moyo lies
Air Marshal Perrance Shiri says Professor Jonathan Moyo is a liberation war deserter, who had links with an outfit aligned to Rhodesian security services.The Commander of the Air Force of Zimb...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Marshal exposes Prof Jonathan Moyo lies
Air Marshal Perrance Shiri says Professor Jonathan Moyo is a liberation war deserter, who had links with an outfit aligned to Rhodesian security services.The Commander of the Air Force of Zimb...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Trump's secret Rhodesian connection
A CASUAL reader of history may find it very remote to connect the historical dots between US President Donald Trump's "America First" mantra with a similar slogan popularised in the then Rhodesia....Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Trump's 'America first' pledge has echoes of Rhodesia's racist white nationalists
Donald Trump's bleak inauguration speech has attracted a...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Brooks Marmon, PhD Student
Coltart told to provide evidence of MDC-T banditry
Zanu-PF yesterday urged former MDC Bulawayo South National Assembly member Mr David Coltart to provide police and State security with full details on opposition MDC-T's banditry activities that were t...Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grand coalitions no silver bullet for electoral victory over Zanu-PF
IN January 1980, as the Patriotic Front forces returned to Zimbabwe, after years in exile engaging in a bitter struggle against the Rhodesian military, then Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa and his United...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 07:34hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
War vets blast Coltart over Gukurahundi comments
ZANU-PF and war veterans yesterday blasted MDC senior member David Coltart for his "reckless" utterances that President Robert Mugabe must apologise for the Gukurahundi disturbances.Coltart, a...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:58hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Most of Zanu PF liberation history exaggerated- commentator
A political commentator Mlungisi Dube has said while he appreciates that the liberation struggle was fought for the country."Whil...Published: 28 Dec 2015 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Something fishy about Dzamara's disappearance
It couldn't take much talent and effort for any perceptive analyst to immediately realise that the alleged disappearance of journalist-turned-MDC-T-activist Itai Dzamara, in March was something fishy....Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 10:32hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
How Joshua Nkomo survived three assassination attempts after independence
When I was growing up in my dusty village in Ward Five of Tsholotsho district, villagers there, including my grand mother worshipped Joshua Nkomo. The superstitious ones even believed Nkomo was ...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 09:54hrs | 10 | by Thabo Kunene
Former Rhodesian soldiers release videos showing raids on guerrilla camps
Pretoria - Some former members of the Rhodesian special forces who took part in daring cross border raids on guerrilla camps in Zambia and Mozambique towards the end of the liberation war have re...Published: 12 May 2015 at 15:21hrs | 42 | by Thabo Kunene
Book on Matabeleland Killing fields will leave readers in tears
Johannesburg - A former Rhodesian policeman says the mass murder of civilians in Matabeleland by the Fifth Brigade forced him to quit the force and emigrate to South Africa saying he did not sign up f...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 14:00hrs | 12 | by Thabo Kunene
How Rhodesians forced Zapu to abandon its 'Operation Zero Hour'
A top Zipra intelligence officer who turned Rhodesian spy after his capture by the Selous Scouts allegedly gave the enemy vital information that forced Zapu to abandon its plans to invade the cou...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 11:27hrs | 197 | by Thabo Kunene
How the people of Mat'land survived four armed groups
JOHANNESBURG - After independence the people of Matabeleland found themselves at the mercy of three hostile armed groups-government sponsored dissidents, Super-Zapu dissidents trained and armed by...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 13:18hrs | 3 | by Thabo Kunene
How the people of Matabeleland survived four armed groups
JOHANNESBURG- After independence the people of Matabeleland found themselves at the mercy of three hostile armed groups-government sponsored dissidents, Super-Zapu dissidents trained and armed by Sout...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 15:12hrs | 10 | by Thabo Kunene
Zapu responds to Kate Hoey's condemnation of the downing of Air Viscount
Motion by Kate Hoey, MP categorised under Aviation, Military Operations and Zimbabwe. Response.Re: condemnation of the downing of Air Viscount RH827...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 07:40hrs | 7 | by Dr R Mguni
General Solomon Mujuru's 1978 interview, Tempo Magazine
This is a December 1978 'Rex Nhongo' interview conducted in the heat of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, by Tempo Magazine in Maputo, Mozambique....Published: 21 Aug 2011 at 05:34hrs | | by Moyo Roy
MDC-T must look itself in mirror
SECURITY sector reforms are not the solution to Zimbabwe's political problems. All these reports that are being released week in and week out by a plethora of paid hacks are nothing more than propagan...Published: 12 Jul 2011 at 03:42hrs | | by Dambudzo Mapuranga
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