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ZPRA mobilises war vets for Bill hearing
WAR veterans and other members of the public will soon be able to express their opinions on the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill, which is currently at First Reading Stage in the National Asse...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
War vets to anchor Zanu-PF's 2023 campaign
Zimbabwe's liberation war fighters, long feared for leading a terror campaign against opposition party activists in previous elections are likely to spearhead Zanu-PF's 2023 election campaign. ...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:50hrs | 2137 | by Staff reporter
War vets bread-making project flops
THE war veterans bread-making venture, launched last month, has flopped with the project leaders saying they were failing to secure cheap flour.The project, situated in Entumbane suburb in Bul...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:08hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
'War vets' Director on the run
A director in the Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs is reportedly on the run in South Africa over $5 million allegedly siphoned from the ministry through double payments to firms he owns, w...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:51hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, war vets clash
Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa has approached the High Court seeking to evict members of the ZNLWVA who have reportedly invaded Karoi Country Club. He said this was an urgent matter....Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa evicted
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has been kicked out of the Karoi Country Club in Mashonaland West which he has been running since 2013.Mliswa is now suing members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation Wa...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 19:40hrs | 6556 | by ZimLive
New benefits for war collaborators
Government will not pay compensation to war collaborators but will establish a fund to bankroll income-generating projects, President Mnangagwa has said.War collaborators were pushing for gran...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, minister clash over land
War veterans in Mashonaland Central province have accused Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mavhunga of allegedly grabbing land from stalwarts of the liberation struggle and re-allocating it to peopl...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:44hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, minister clash over land
War veterans in Mashonaland Central province have accused Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mavhunga of allegedly grabbing land from stalwarts of the liberation struggle and re-allocating it to peopl...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Why do war veterans want preferential treatment?
AS much as we would want to always support our fellow country folk who sacrificed their life and limb fighting for the liberation of this country, we sometimes find it difficult to accept some of thei...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 686 | by NewsDay Comment
Zimbabwe war vets now want own bank
WAR veterans now want government to establish a bank for them and build a specialised hospital to exclusively treat the over 25 000 remaining former liberation war fighters.The issue was revea...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:40hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2680 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Splinter war veterans chickens out from confronting Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE Liberation Platform, a splinter group from the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), has chickened out from confronting shortcomings of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to introduce war veterans wing
ZANU-PF is set to amend its constitution to create a war veterans wing, similar to the youth and women's leagues, the Daily News reported. Speaking to journalists after yesterday's politburo m...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 1721 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to reinstate DCCs in party constitution
THE Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday resolved to reinstate provisions for the inclusion of District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) and the war veterans wing into the party's constitution. The two r...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:28hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
War vets suspended for selling State land
TWO war veterans in Chivhu were recently suspended from their association on allegations of selling State land without following procedure, resulting in fights among land seekers.Justice Munha...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
War vets boss in trouble for scorning anti-sanctions march
A WAR veterans' provincial leader in Masvingo is in trouble with colleagues after he openly dismissed a recent government sponsored anti-western sanctions national protest that was presided over by Pr...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1477 | by newzimbabwe
War vets bread initiative ridiculed
A project by Bulawayo-based war veterans to produce "affordable" bread using Dutch ovens has been described as a waste of time since it has no capacity to meet the city's demand for the commodity....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
War veterans evicted from farms
The tables have turned for war veterans who led controversial land reform programme as white farmers are getting back farms in Mashonaland Central. This revelation comes after ex-combatants in the pro...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:55hrs | 4461 | by Staff reporter
War veterans to bake 'affordable' bread
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has announced plans to embark on an ambitious project to produce "affordable" bread for Bulawayo residents who cannot afford the comm...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Don't turn Chamisa into demigod, says breakaway war vets' group
ZIMBABWEANS should learn their mistakes and stop treating MDC leader Nelson Chamisa like a demigod, just as they did to the now late former President Robert Mugabe for 37 years, a breakaway war vetera...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:38hrs | 3333 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF aligned war vets dumps Mutsvangwa
SOME war veterans aligned to Zanu-PF have dumped the Christopher Mutsvangwa led Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association (ZLWVA) claiming the partisan welfare group was now firmly in the pocket of...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:32hrs | 1848 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF has been hijacked: War vets
A GROUP of war veterans yesterday formed a splinter group, accusing Zanu-PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) of failing the country ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 5948 | by Staff reporter
New war veterans' group launched
Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda said yesterday that the formation of the Zimbabwe Non-Partisan War Veterans' Organisation by some war veterans is the democratic right of those ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Fresh headache for Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF
MORE war veterans are expressing their disquiet over the direction Zimbabwe is taking with disgruntled former freedom fighters also lashing out at Zanu-PF for breaking many of the promises the p...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:21hrs | 7607 | by Staff reporter
Bad fight erupts among war vets
A nasty fight has erupted within the influential Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA), with spokesperson Douglas Mahiya, taking serious issue with political commissar Francis ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 5963 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife backs female ex-fighters upliftment
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has come out in full support of a request by female former freedom fighters' to go back to school and acquire knowledge to run successful income-generating projects acros...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:33hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife engages female war vets
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday had a heart-to-heart interface with female former freedom fighters from Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces, who expressed willingness...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:23hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya rallies war vets against sanctions
The Zimbabwe National War Veterans' Association has embarked on a countrywide programme to mobilise its 60 000 members to participate in the anti-sanctions day scheduled for October 25. The da...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zexcom thanks Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe Ex-Combatants (Zexcom) will convene an Annual General Meeting today at the Zanu-PF Headquarters which will seek to inform members on the current state of affairs and thank the New Dispensatio...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:50hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya assures war vets
WAR veterans secretary in the Zanu-PF Politburo Douglas Mahiya has assured liberation war veterans, collaborators and detainees that Government is seriously looking into their welfare. This fo...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
War vets up for abusing party vehicle
A looming rift is tearing Guruve District following a serious misunderstanding between the war veterans and other Zanu-PF cadres over the party vehicle which is allegedly now under the seizure of the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1207 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Mugabe made choice to be buried in Zvimba'
LATE former State President Robert Mugabe is the one who expressed a wish not to be buried at the National Heroes Acre, confiding in close family members that he had been humiliated by the 2017 coup t...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:12hrs | 277 | by newzimbabwe
Special message to MDC - Alliance as they celebrate their 20th anniversary
The only difference between ZANU PF and MDC - Alliance is on their political ideology. There is enough evidence to support the view that the original MDC - Alliance's political ideology may suffer a b...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1648 | by Don Chigumba
Ministry wants more from Treasury
The Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs and the Finance and Economic Development ministry are at variance over the former's 2020 Budget after it submitted a proposal of approximately $25 bill...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:34hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Failed politicians demonising Mugabe funeral: War vets
WAR veterans yesterday have claimed that mischievous criminals and failed politicians were behind the demonising of the late former President Robert Mugabe in his last days and defended Defence minist...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:05hrs | 2945 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death tragic: War vets
The death of former president Robert Mugabe is tragic and a huge loss to the nation, Zanu-PF secretary for Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Ex-political Prisoners, Detainees and R...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 08:57hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda praises Mugabe's liberation credentials
Jabulani Sibanda, the former leader of the War Veterans' Association which has been associated with past election violence in Zimbabwe, said the country had lost its liberator."It is very sad ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 10:23hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya must stop misrepresenting us: Zipra war vets
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have distanced themselves from recent statements made by Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya and warned him to stop misrepresenti...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2464 | by Staff reporter
War vets Children demand more from Mnangagwa's govt
While the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA) is making huge demands from the government, their children are right behind making demands of their own saying they deserve spec...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:55hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
War vets, mines officials clash over gold claims
WAR veterans in Shurugwi and the Midlands mines office have reportedly clashed over gold claims the ex-combatants allege they bought from Falcon Gold seven years ago, Southern Eye reported.The...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 11:52hrs | 1101 | by Staff Reporter
Chris Mutsvangwa ill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor and former war vets minister Christopher Mutsvangwa has been ill with an undisclosed ailment. Mutsvangwa, who has shied away from publicity in re...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 17:35hrs | 18019 | by Staff Reporter
War vets rant is the last thing Zimbabwe needs
FOR nearly two decades, Zimbabwe has been in the wilderness, isolated by the entire world – save for a few – simply because of one critical issue: Gross human rights abuses. While in that socio-ec...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 479 | by Editorial - Newsday
Mnangagwa has no other mission, says war vets
War veterans have hailed President Mnangagwa's commitment in reviving the economy for the betterment of people's livelihoods, saying this has brought unity of purpose among Zimbabweans. Speaki...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:01hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe War vets warn neo-imperialists
War veterans are committed to defending the country's sovereignty against erstwhile forces working in cahoots with the opposition MDC-Alliance, an official has said. Speaking at a Press briefi...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
War vets vow to go back to the bush to defend Mnangagwa
WAR Veterans say they were prepared to return to the bush to defend the Zanu-PF led government against the West that they accuse of siding with the country's opposition to effect illegal regime change...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 596 | by newzimbabwe
The Zanu-PF Youth League
The organisation or should I say one of the structures of Zanu-PF, their youth league is one hell of a problem in this country. A totally antidemocracy force that usually takes the law into thei...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 19:01hrs | 2335 | by Clemen Moyo
War veterans recommend anti-sanctions holiday
War veterans have recommended the Government to pronounce the anti-sanctions day slated for October 25 a public holiday after Sadc countries declared the day a solidarity day against illegal sanctions...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Shot in the arm for war vets
Government has unveiled an additional $15 million budget towards war veterans to cater for their health, school fees and other welfare issues, a Cabinet Minister has said. Finance and Economic...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
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