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Russia donates to Zimbabwe's war veterans
RUSSIA has reaffirmed its commitment to further strengthen bilateral relations with Zimbabwe in various fields. This comes as the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Harare handed over of 1 500 tonne...Published: 29 May 2020 at 18:02hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere runs to court as war vets invade farm
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to evict some war veterans who have invaded his Mazowe farm and started helping themselves to his ora...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:33hrs | 3843 | by newzimbabwe
War vet feasts on Tyson's oranges
MAZOWE district war veterans chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi is harvesting where he did not sow as he defies a High Court order barring him from interfering with operations at a sprawling farm belonging t...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
If Ian Smith rises from the dead & contest Mnangagwa, he would win with majority
Ian Smith is the devil in demand right now in Zimbabwe. If he were to wake up from the dead and contest Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa or any other Shona leader in a free and fair election, he woul...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:31hrs | 9004 | by Israel Dube
Chief Sigodo grabs gold mine from poor widow and villagers
Chief Sigodo, official name Apollo Mhlophe, is still refusing to give back what he took from a poor widow. The widow's name is Sukoluhle Moyo her husband registered a trust (Silobela Community Develop...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 20:14hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
War vets, IIB respond to Bulawayo water crisis
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have partnered a humanitarian organisation to provide a state-of-the-art solar-powered borehole in Entumbane suburb, as part of a programme that will see eight boreholes being...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
War Veterans to get $4 800 salaries per month
The former war of liberation fighters will from the month-end of April be entitled to a combined pension plus allowance of ZWL$4 800. The Harare based law firm Kanoti and partners last month w...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 14:35hrs | 4659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF hijacks mealie-meal distribution
CHIREDZI residents have declared that they will not comply with the 21-day lockdown order which began on Monday after Zanu-PF took over the sale of mealie-meal in the sugar-cane producing town....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
War vets support 'fungibility' ban
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has dismissed a story in a local weekly newspaper headlined "Fungibility shares ban unlawful", as an act of intimidation towards Gove...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Children of war vets vow to protect the liberation legacy
THE newly elected executive board of the Children of Zimbabwean Liberation War Veterans Association (CZLWVA) has vowed to protect the country's sovereignty and preserve the legacy of the liberation st...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should stand up to war veterans
ZIMBABWE'S war veterans have demanded high government office posts and want legislators in both the National Assembly and Senate to sing the national anthem before the beginning of each parliamentary ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:41hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should stand up to war veterans
WAR veterans in Zimbabwe have become synonymous with making outrageous demands as if the execution of the liberation war was exclusive to them, and that is unacceptable.While Zimbabweans appre...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:41hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
War veterans demand 20% quota system
WAR VETERANS want a 20 percent quota system in Government institutions and Parliament, while demanding for improved medical care and pensions allocation for ex-combatants.The former freedom fi...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:49hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appeases war vets with mining claims
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reserved for war veterans 20% of mining claims in the chrome, nickel and steel sectors in what is seen as an act of appeasement.Addressing a post-Cabinet brief...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1888 | by Staff reporter
We all fought the war of liberation comrades
DearIt was no one's war. No. It was everyone's war since every living human being then contributed one way or the other but surprisingly we now hear some misguided people claiming that they ar...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 10:19hrs | 1254 | by Munya Shumba
War vets blast govt for neglecting them
Veterans of the 1970s liberation struggle have slammed the government for not fast-tracking the War Veterans Bill aimed at improving their welfare amid reports that the majority of them were living in...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Warring Zanu-PF MPs, war veterans meet ahead of Chiwenga visit
Zanu PF legislators in Mashonaland Central province have called for a meeting with war veterans to resolve their squabbles ahead of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's visit to Mvurwi for a clean-up...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Remains of 11 war veterans reburied
THE remains of 11 people suspected to be freedom fighters that were exhumed in Mutoko last week were on Saturday reburied at Kapondoro Heroes Acre in Mutoko East constituency.The remains were ...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
War vets revive investment fund
LIBERATION war veterans have revived Zexcom Investment Fund Limited which has been under judicial management since 2001 to improve members' welfare and follow up on debtors. Zexcom's new board...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:02hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
War vets storm Mthuli Ncube's office
A group of ex-civil servants most of whom are war veterans on Wednesday stormed New Government Complex seeking Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's audience to discuss their welfare upon realising their fo...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 22:56hrs | 3874 | by Staff reporter
Perence Shiri's bloody history detailed
Perence Shiri is a man who operated in the Gaza front line during the liberation war, this area was largely Mashonaland central, he became some sort of legend and hero in the Mashonaland Central provi...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 15:40hrs | 6409 | by Dr S Utete
Chris Mutsvangwa; the hand behind ZANU PF factionalism
Chris Mutsvangwa wanted to be the Minister of Energy after the November 2017 revolution which ousted Robert Mugabe. While in South Africa organizing the revolution Mutsvangwa made promises to South Af...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:29hrs | 8303 | by Nicholas Ncube
We are forever indebted to war veterans, but .....
FOR all the troubles Zimbabwe is currently experiencing, it is quite difficult if not disheartening that we have a section of our misery-weary society who are busy haggling over being compensated for ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
War Veterans meet over Bill
War veterans have written to the Clerk of Parliament seeking to have their interests adequately represented in the drafting of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill. The Veterans of the...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand separation from collaborators
WAR veterans have demanded that government creates their own ministry separate from the war collaborators and ex-political detainees, indicating that there should be a difference between freedom fight...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
War vets blast Mnangagwa's govt over sanctions
WAR veterans on Friday blasted government for failing to effectively bust sanctions as the Rhodesian government did during the 1970s when it was slapped with economic sanctions for human rights abuses...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:23hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa attacks Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Chris Mutsvangwa ranted against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in a chance encounter with the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, ZimLive reported.The shock de...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:37hrs | 12620 | by Staff reporter
Zipra, Zanla cadres demand equal seats on war vets board
ZIMBABWE's liberation war fighters have demanded that the proposed Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Board, set to take care of their welfare, should be chaired by ex-Zipra and ex-Zanla combatants o...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:09hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's hard-pressed war vets demand more
Veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle have asked government to review their monthly pensions in line with the poverty datum line and the rising cost of living.The economy is beset by risi...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:47hrs | 1879 | by Staf reporter
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 | 1904 | 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 | 2155 | 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 | 484 | 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 | 509 | 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 | 1846 | 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 | 6558 | 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 | 147 | 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 | 348 | 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 | 839 | 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 | 687 | 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 | 2686 | 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 | 1344 | 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 | 1754 | 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 | 103 | 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 | 708 | 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 | 1482 | 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 | 4476 | 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 | 675 | 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 | 3335 | by newzimbabwe
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