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Mthuli Ncube under fire over war vets payout
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has come under attack for his plan to splurge US$57,5 million on war veterans, a gesture seen as shoring up support for the ruling Zanu-PF party ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt appeases war vets with $4.6 billion
IN a bid to appease war veterans, who play a crucial role in Zanu-PF election campaigns, the government has set aside ZW$4.6 billion to invest in farms, mining and tourism.Finance and Economic...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 09:09hrs | 5597 | by Staff reporter
'War vets hold Mnangagwa to ransom'
WAR veterans have cornered President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding that he approves "commensurate benefits", including loan guarantees and rebates for duty-free car imports before they could back his r...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:31hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Army General tells Zanu-PF to 'leash your dogs'
There was drama at Masvingo Zanu-PF Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting last weekend after the newly elected Provincial War Veteran's chairperson Rtd General Gibson Mashingaidze told the P...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:12hrs | 2936 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets demand Parliament seats
Zanu-PF's war veterans have told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reserve seats in Parliament exclusively for the 1970s liberation war fighters to preserve the party's rule.Presenting the war v...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
War vets feel economic heat
Zanu-PF's war veterans league has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to improve their welfare because they are suffering due to socio-economic challenges.War veterans' children were turned...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no to tribalism, regionalism
Government will intensify direct support to farmers through various programmes during the 2022/2023 summer cropping season to stimulate enhanced grain production and guarantee national food self-suffi...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:12hrs | 2108 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF should cease tarnishing good name of our country's liberation war veterans
If I were to declare that teachers had resolved to support and campaign for President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, for the 2023 elections - who exactly would these 'teachers' be?Is there any w...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:19hrs | 1226 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa orders war vets to scale up Zanu-PF campaigns
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged war veterans to scale up campaigns to ensure the ruling Zanu-PF party romps to victory in the 2023 polls."We liberated the country through our reno...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
War vets give Zanu-PF renewed strength
THE indomitable spirit of war veterans, coupled with their sacrifices over the years and sheer force of determination, can inspire Zimbabwe towards upper middle-class economic status by 2030, Presiden...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:20hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabqwe war vets cry appeal to Mnangagwa for iInflation protection, medical assistance
ZANU-PF'S newly established wing, the war veterans league, has made a cocktail of demands to President Emmerson Mnangangwa to be hedged against the vagaries of inflation as the economy continues on th...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 19:55hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets to defend Zanu-PF rule
THE Zanu-PF war veterans league conference kicked off yesterday in Harare with the former freedom fighters declaring that they will stop at nothing in defence the ruling party.Speaking during ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns 'dissenting' war vets
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned those interfering in operations of the newly formed war veterans' league, saying they must use correct party procedures to air their grievances.Th...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dangles land to youths, war vets
LANDS minister Anxious Masuka has said youths are exempted from joining the waiting list for available land, a development that has been described as a campaign gimmick on the part of Zanu-PF as the c...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
War vets cry foul over rigging
Former liberation war fighters in Mashonaland Central say there is an elaborate plan to rig elections for a new Zimbabwe National Liberation Association (ZNLWA) executive.The former fighters f...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
All set for Zanu-PF war vets league district polls
All is set for the district elections of the Zanu-PF War Veterans League being held today across the country, with only Masvingo Province postponing their polls until tomorrow.Zanu-PF National...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF doesn't own war vets, says Zipra
ZIPRA war veterans have implored fellow former 1970s guerrilla war fighters not to be coerced by the ruling Zanu-PF party into committing acts of violence ahead of the 2023 elections."Zanu-PF ...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Zipra war vets engage police over regalia
ZIPRA war veterans are seeking an audience with the police to help prevent possible future standoffs over their yellow regalia.The development comes a fortnight after police clashed with the w...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:09hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
War vets divided ahead of elective congress
NEW rules set by the ruling Zanu-PF party for the maiden Veterans of the Liberation Struggle League elective congress have irked some of the former liberation fighters.The war veterans are unh...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
War vets pledged to put Zanu-PF first and ensure that Mnangagwa wins by a landslide
VETERANS of the Liberations Struggle League (VLSL) in Mashonaland Central have pledged to put Zanu-PF first and ensure that President Mnangagwa, who has given them a special place in the ruling party,...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
War vets indaba on the cards
PREPARATIONS for the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle League's maiden conference set for the first week of August are at an advanced stage, Zanu-PF National Chairman Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has sa...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans in witch-hunt
WAR veterans are re-structuring in an exercise expected to claim some scalps to weed out "rogue" elements that "could disrupt" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chances of being re-elected next year....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, war vets square off over Zipra properties
ZIPRA veterans in Matabeleland North have demanded that Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu must visit the province to show them some Zipra properties, which he claims he bought in Nyaman...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter
War vets attempt to block CCC meeting
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has claimed that war veterans in Mangubo village, Plumtree in Matabeleland South province, vainly tried to block its meeting last week.CCC ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
War vets get promotions
WAR veterans employed by the Bulawayo City Council will be promoted one grade up upon retirement and receive packages equivalent to the new grade.This comes after the war veterans, through their r...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys war vets battalion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned to ex-combatants to lead mass mobilisation campaigns as fears of a possible electoral defeat in the 2023 elections send tremors down Zanu-PF corridors.G...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
High Court stays protesting war vets case
THE High Court has stayed a case involving forty ex-combatants facing charges of disorderly conduct pending their application for review of exception.The ex-combatants had applied for an excep...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Number of war vets quadruples
THE number of war veterans has more than quadrupled from 34 000 in 1997 to over 142 000 this year following a government decision to compensate more ex-freedom fighters, with critics warning that the ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:25hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to compensate 160,000 more war veterans, ex-detainees
The Zimbabwe government plans to pay one-off gratuities and monthly pensions to a new batch of 160,000 war veterans, war collaborators and ex-political prisoners who missed out during the first round ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:15hrs | 5431 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate refuses to amend war vets charges
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed an application by 40 war veterans who were arrested last year for demanding a review of their monthly earnings.The application seeking to have their charges a...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars war vets screening
THE vetting exercise of non-combatant cadres and war collaborators has been marred with controversy amid claims the process is flawed and exclusionary.Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Vetting of war vets extended
The second phase of vetting for war veterans by the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Board (VLS) has been extended to April 10 to compensate for the days lost during the recent by-elections....Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Bulawayo war vets vetting exercise
CHAOS has rocked the war veterans vetting exercise in Bulawayo and Matabeleland provinces amid claims that some associations were being sidelined in the exercise.On March 14, Defence and War V...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:06hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Vetting of war vets progressing well
The second phase of vetting for war veterans by chairperson of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Board (VLS) is progressing well with a total of 205 753 having managed to register in order to be...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:57hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
'War vets vetting is a vote-buying gimmick'
Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa has unwittingly disclosed that the ongoing vetting exercise for war collaborators is a vote-buying gimmick.Addressing a campaign ral...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:26hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
War vets denounce Zanu-PF abuse
WAR veterans have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of insincerity, lying and abusing former freedom fighters by falsely promising them money if they campaign for Zanu-PF ahead of the ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2187 | by Staff reporter
War vets' pensions to match uniformed forces salaries
PENSIONS for the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle are being reviewed upwards to match those of the uniformed forces and the rest of the civil service.Speaking at the launch of a vetting pro...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
205 000 register for war vets vetting
AT least 205 000 people registered to be considered for vetting of the country's veterans of the liberation struggle, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said....Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 20:39hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
War veterans to sue Ramaphosa over unpaid benefits
Over 2000 military veterans plan to bring a class-action suit against President Cyril Ramaphosa over unpaid benefits. The former MK, APLA, and AZANLA members are demanding R4 million each.They...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 20:15hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Stop abusing war vets in Zanu-PF politics, Mahiya told
A NEW group of war veterans calling itself United War Veterans, which comprises Zipra and Zanla cadres has told Zanu-PF secretary for war veterans' welfare Douglas Mahiya to stop abusing former libera...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 2202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under ZANU-PF; A revolution derailed
Reader, ZANU-PF ruined Zimbabwe. All the sacrifices made by freedom fighters and the mass during the liberation struggle have all gone to waste because of a handful of ZANU-PF kleptocrats who derailed...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 12:51hrs | 1099 | by Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, Sr
War vets children take aim at US Embassy
A-GROUP of children of war veterans affiliated to Zanu-PF has accused the United States (US) Embassy in Harare of using civic society organisations and opposition parties to spread its ‘neo-colonial...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Zipra war vets calls for an end to disputed elections
A NEW grouping of Zipra combatants has called for an end to disputed elections, partisan distribution of food aid and political violence.In a communiqué issued at the weekend, the war veteran...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba appointed war vets political commissar
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA) has appointed Joseph Chinotimba as the association's political commissar.The appointment comes after the war veterans launched a s...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 20:59hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
War vets reject new Zanu-PF chairperson
WAR VETERANS in Manicaland have refused to recognise recently elected Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Mike Madiro, and called for a rerun of the ‘rigged' polls.The ex-combatants met at Mutare...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:04hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
War vets commander convicted of stealing 17 beasts
MASHONALAND Central's self-styled war veterans commander Dzingai Nevhunjere, who at the height of the land reform programme in 2002 allegedly terrorised commercial farmers in Mazowe district, wa...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand Zanu-PF election re-run
IRATE veterans of the 1970s liberation war – a key cog in the Zanu-PF wheel – have come out guns blazing against alleged widespread vote rigging during Tuesday's provincial elections and are calli...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2470 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF war vets 'defect' to Zapu
Zanu-PF-linked war veterans in Matabeleland South province have reportedly defected to the opposition Zapu party in protest over measly stipends they get from government despite the sacrifices they ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:37hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
War vets stage demo over bonus delays
THERE was commotion at the Peoples Own Savings Bank (POSB) in Masvingo Thursday when war veterans and government pensioners staged a demonstration over delays to pay them their 13th cheque in hard cur...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-Chikoka onnoys war vets
MASHONALAND West veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, annoyed by rising internal conflict and factionalism in the ruling Zanu-PF party, this week began moves to push out Provincial Affairs mini...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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