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Tributes pour in for hero Mphoko
Zimbabwe is mourning the passing of former Vice President and decorated liberation war hero, Phelekezela Report Mphoko, who died in India on Friday at the age of 84.The late national hero, rem...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:48hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko dies
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has died.He was 84. George Charamba, the Deputy Chief Secretary-Presidential Communications in the Office...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 14:50hrs | 4701 | by Staff reporter
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 115 | by Thula Bopela
Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile
OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo's crackly 7-inch single with "Kuyaura" on side A and "Zvanyadza" on the flip side.Released in 1979, tow...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 18 | by Percy Zvomuya
Jane Ngwenya to be buried at Heroes Acre
NATIONALIST and liberation stalwart Jane Lungile Ngwenya has been declared a National Heroine. Ngwenya (86) died on Thursday night at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital. Zanu-PF Secretary f...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC and the colonial ghost of whiteness
David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party's congress ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Ranga Mataire
The life of Misheck Velaphi Ncube: Connecting the dots
ORBITUARYMisheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on May 9, 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the libe...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:49hrs | | by Ernest Malandu, Vivian Siziba and Strike Mkandla
Misheck Velaphi Ncube Obituary: Connecting the Dots
Misheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at Heroes Acre in Harare on 9 May 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the liberation and independence of Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 20:59hrs | 14 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'Mugabe seized my book on Tongogara's death'
FORMER President Robert Mugabe confiscated a book written by now Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri, detailing the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Zimbabwe National Liberation Army (Zan...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:36hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Struggle, The Delayed Revolution: an Autobiography
The need to account for multiple narratives in the history of the liberation struggle compelled Andrew Ndlovu's autobiography to proffer his narrative from the front. The book serves to demonstrate th...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 28 | by Brian Maregedze
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
Coltart apologise for Rhodesia era atrocities against Zimbabweans
FORMER Education Minister Senator David Coltart has lauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government following the passing of the National Peace and Reconciliation Act, saying it was a step in the rig...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the Gukurahundi - fact and fiction
As journalists and a veritable army of newfound Zimbabwe "experts" join the bun rush to describe the history of Robert Mugabe's replacement, Emmerson Mnangagwa, there has been much talk about his role...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Stuart Doran
Ngwabi speaks on first attack at Zidube ranch
AN organisation that seeks to gather oral history of the liberation struggle recently organised a tour for the media, historians and other bodies dealing with history and archives to Zidube ranch in K...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe cuts Rhodesian pensioner's payout's
THE Robert Mugabe led government has dumped hundreds of pensioners who served in its predecessor Rhodesian administration before relocating to South Africa at independence in 1980.According to...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere stirs hornet's nest
The family of Chief Chirau yesterday came out guns blazing against Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's claim that the late traditional leader was a "sellout," branding it a "false and unp...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whites planned for the time when Africans would rise up against them
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 14:57hrs | 2 | by Thula Bopela
What a White Man Told Me in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized...Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 20:25hrs | 209 | by Thula Bopela
Zimbabwe police should be transformed from a 'Black Watcher' role
When I was growing up, my father used to refer to police as 'mabhurakwacha', a name that I never understood, until in my primary school years, when I eventually asked him.He explained to me th...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa should apologise first for Gukurahundi'
It will be prudent for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology on his role during the Gukurahundi atrocities if he truly aspires to be the next president of Zimbabwe, ex-Education ...Published: 17 May 2016 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart: (Hi)story and our story as Africans
As I sit down to write this piece, it is February 18, 1978, and David Coltart has just taken off for South Africa, to start his university studies at UCT, the University of Cape Town. He leaves behind...Published: 07 May 2016 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Chihuri writes a book
POLICE Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, has written a book on the history of policing in Zimbabwe.The book is a partial fulfillment to a doctorate degree he graduated with at the Chinho...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo hits out at 'Rhodesian policeman'
The newly appointed Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo has hit out at the former Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart for...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 11:32hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zipa's collapse never explained fully by both Zapu and Zanu
In 1975 Zimbabwe's two liberation movements, Zapu and Zanu came together and formed a military alliance allowing their guerrillas to fight the Rhodesians under the name Zimbabwe People's Army(Zipa)....Published: 20 May 2015 at 14:52hrs | 12 | 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
Harare, is a hotspot for prostitution
It is after midnight in Harare's beautiful tree-lined streets called the Avenues. Suddenly, a girl emerges from behind a big jacaranda tree. The car's bright lights shine on her. She is wearing a ski...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 08:51hrs | 8 | by Sekai Nzenza
Phelekezela Mphoko profiled
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko was yesterday described as a humble man and disciplined soldier from the days of the liberation war. President Robert Mugabe yesterday appointed the 74-year-old form...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
What does Nathaniel Manheru aim to achieve for Zimbabwe?
Today we live to achieve certain objectives to lift the standard of those who depend on our expertise. What objective does Mr Manheru wish to be remembered for in his obituary?Heroes are...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Of JZ Moyo, spies and the truth
This week I was attacked by some misguided Zimbabweans at home and in the diaspora who accused me of starting a smear campaign against their former leaders in Zapu and its combat wing during the w...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 16:59hrs | 18 | by Thabo Kunene
The impoverished police, army and general citizens must strike together
For tens of thousands of years in the dark and uncertain jungles of Africa, our great Ancestors have faced difficult challenges of dangerous wild animals, invasions by brute foreigners and drough...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Rakanga Danble
Murder suspect kept female victim's brains
A SUSPECT in the Binga quadruple homicide kept the brains of female victim Sithembinkosi Moyo in a plastic bottle, a court heard yesterday.Sinola Jameson Dube, a former Rhodesian police office...Published: 22 Jan 2014 at 18:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
The best reply to Mugabe from Dabengwa
Comrade Dabengwa must just compile a bullet point based set of changes that Mugabe must implement before expecting genuine unity to take effect.Here is how the...Published: 23 Dec 2013 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Low turnout at Zanu-PF manifesto launch
A poor crowd has turned up for the launch of Zanu-PF's manifesto at Zimbabwe grounds Friday in Highfield notwithstanding the presence of President Robert Mugabe and his top cronies, the Daily News cl...Published: 06 Jul 2013 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF manifesto expected on Friday
ZANU-PF is set to launch its election campaign and manifesto at the historic Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare on Friday. The date and venue were decided in the wake of recommendations to the part...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 03:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bennett, the former brutal Rhodesian policeman, remains unrepentant to this day
So many times people have been reminded that the truth hates if it is told to people. One person who will die with anger and hatred in his heart is one unrepentant former Rhodesian policeman Roy B...Published: 06 May 2013 at 16:37hrs | 2 | by Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza
We have take over the country and we will not put up with any nonsense
In April 1961, Robert Gabriel Mugabe said to a policeman, "we are taking over this country and we will not put up with this nonsense." Such was the resolve that President Mugabe had to see the...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 17:55hrs | | by Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza ZANU PF SA Secretary for Information and Publicity
Zanu-PF should brace itself for a battle against a reunited MDC
Zanu-PF should brace itself for a battle that pits it against the reunited MDC factions. That is coming, and the sooner the revolutionary party gears itself up for that, the better for the cause of ...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Mugabe set to hand over power to Mnangagwa
A British newspaper on Saturday revealed that the 88-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has struck a secret "gentleman's agreement" to hand over power in to his feared defence minister, Em...Published: 07 Apr 2012 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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