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Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
'I tried to change Zanu-PF from within'
Veteran politician and war veteran Margaret Dongo said she tried to change Zanu-PF from within by being outspoken and critical of the ruling party's policies.Dongo (MD), who was eventually exp...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 6 | by Staff
2023 election and the reconfiguration of Zanu-PF
THE re-assignment of Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi to run party affairs on a full time basis, signals a massive operational turnaround to the revolutionary function of the ruling Zanu-PF....Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu,
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
All set for Mama Mafuyana gala
THE Joshua Nkomo Legacy Restoration Trust (JNLRT) says it is organising a memorial gala for the late Father Zimbabwe's wife, Johanna Fuyana also known as Mama MaFuyana, who died in June 2003.T...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa Foundation seeks hero status for Lesabe, Moyo
THE Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation, an organisation founded in honour of the late national hero and former Zipra intelligence supremo, has started making consultations with various stakeholders to lobby g...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget: Women of the struggle
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe celebrates National Heroes Day, an important day on the national calendar to honour the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who made extraordinary sacrifices to liberate the coun...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth leader speaks on Tinashe Kambarami
I had promised that on 30 July 2019, due to public demand, I will express my own views on political happenings in Bulawayo. However due to compelling programmes elsewhere, I didn't get time to do it a...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 09:59hrs | | by Discent Bajila
Chamisa's limited options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remain numerous avenues and options for...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:12hrs | | by Dumisani Nkomo
Zimbabwe's impressive cabinet line-up under a severe parliamentary vaccuum
For the first time in history, the new president has made constructive use of the specially elected parliamentarians window.From this window the president has addressed key discrepancies to br...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 1 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remains numerous avenues and o...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Farewell to a visionary
I first came to know (Gogo Maria Msika) in the early 1960s when I was a student at Fletcher High School. I also knew her husband, who was a nationalist, the late Dr Joseph Msika.They owned a f...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 23:59hrs | 1 | by Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo
Linda Masarira: She got a healthy dose of beating!
Those are the words of Journalist Maynard Manyowa' yesterday's article about Linda on the 16th January on Bulawayo 24. This description Maynard of a physically mutilated woman, gender violence is nast...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 22:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Heroes' Day: Zapu remembers its heroes and heroines.
Ruth Chinamano Ruth Lottie Nomonde Chinamano (1925-2005) was born on 16/02/1925 in Cape town South Africa. A Xhosa by birth, she grew up in East Grinqualand now (Matatiele). Like any oth...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 22:48hrs | | by Fiso Hikwa
You are a man among men, said Mrs. Chinamano! This time its Chris Mutsvangwa and not Edison Zvobgo
I will reiterate what the late comrade Ruth Chinamano said to late comrade Dr. Edison Zvobgo sometime back in the early 1980s; it was a heated parliamentary debate. “Dr. Edison Zvobgo, you are a man...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 23:14hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Power of Pink and the Zapu Woman - Why is there a history of women being sold short??
Women are always presented as the "weaker sex" but as my Granny used to say, the man may be regarded as the head of the family but the woman is the neck which controls and turns the head. All over the...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 00:19hrs | 3 | by Sipho Sibanda - ZAWU Provincial Chair-Europe
Mwashita, Victoria Chitepo to be buried on the same day at the same place
HISTORY will be made tomorrow when two heroines, who both died last Friday, will be laid to rest among men and women of their ilk at the National Heroes Acre, the first such joint burial in the histor...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 11:15hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Josiah Chinamano's son falls into a trench, dies
ZANU-PF has expressed grief over the loss of two party cadres, Vivian Mwashita and Chinhamo Chinamano, saying their untimely deaths were a great loss to the nation. Party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 12:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
MDC mourns the passing on of national heroine, Victoria Chitepo
The MDC would like to express its deepest condolences to the Chitepo family and indeed to the whole nation of Zimbabwe,on the sad passing on of Amai Victoria Chitepo at her Harare home on Friday, Apri...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 11:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T mourns the passing on of National Heroine, Victoria Chitepo
The MDC-T would like to express its deepest condolences to the Chitepo family and indeed, to the whole nation of Zimbabwe, on the sad passing on of Amai Victoria Chitepo at her Harare home on Friday, ...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 09:05hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu - MDC-T National Spokesperson
Mphoko speaks against tribalism
Acting President Phelekezela Mphoko has challenged Zimbabweans to shun tribalism and work in unison to engender socio-economic development in the country. Addressing hundreds of Zanu-PF supporters at ...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 05:37hrs | | by George Maponga
Joshua Nkomo was never a sellout and will never be - Job Sikhala
MDC-T senior member Job Wiwa Sikhala has added his voice in condemning the claims by vice president Emmrson Mnangagwa who said former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith confided in him that Joshua Nko...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Dethroned Mujuru is to blame for her political downfall
Reading articles from various media houses citing former Vice President, Dr Joyce Mujuru as claiming that she was used and dumped by President Robert Mugabe when she was the first to go to the arm...Published: 31 Mar 2015 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
All Zimbabweans are equal regardless of race, colour or creed
Zimbabwe is a unitary, democratic and sovereign republic. In terms of Section 3 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe that captures the founding values and principles of our beloved country, Zimbabwe is...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 17:46hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Zimbabwe's political power couples
IT is common to think of politicians as socially inept to have fulfilling personal relationships. If a politician does have a spouse or partner, we imagine they would choose someone entirely uninteres...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Andrew Kunambura
Do women know what they want?
Last year I wrote about what various group players in our sad politics can do improve their performance. I particularly looked at the extent to which the youths, the Church and political parties can p...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Chris Dube, Political Commentator
Leaving Zanu-PF is not an option Cdes
Cde Cephas Msipa is one of the few surviving members of the PF ZAPU national executive committee. He was elected Secretary General of PF Zapu in 1984. He, however, defected to Zanu-PF before the ...Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 11:28hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
In honour of our living and dead Heroes/Heroines
Every year in August Zimbabweans have a national and moral duty to remember and commemorate the lives of both deceased and living Zimbabwean cadres who sacrificed their precious lives and blood fo...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Peacemaker Zano
Dumiso Dabengwa: Personal Statement
To You Dear ZimbabweansWe have travelled a long, thorny road together - seeking nothing but justice and peace. Our fight is nothing but the establishment of a truly democratic state....Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Dumiso Dabengwa
Zanu-PF founding member dies
One of Zanu-PF's founding members, William Murombo Chirenje, has died. Chirenje succumbed to diabetes and hypertension complications on Monday at BS Leon Trust in Harare. He was 76. Ch...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 03:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Time to celebrate work of Zimbabwean heroes and heroines
The Webster Dictionary defines A hero as a man of distinguished courage, strength or ability, admired for his or her brave deeds. On Monday the 13th of August, Zimbabweans will gather at diffe...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Conilious Toga.
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