Search / War vets
Vetting of war collaborators to start soon
Vetting of war collaborators for Constitutional benefits resume will resume soon, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborators Association (ZILIWACO), Ben Mubayisango, said this week. ...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:54hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4305 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa orders war vets to instil 'wartime vibrancy'
IN a script reminiscent of the violent 2002 presidential election, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the militant war veterans to mobilise in preparation for the 2023 national elections....Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | 4212 | by Staff reporter
Mashingaidze leads new war vets board
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has appointed the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Board led by Major-General Gibson Mashingaidze (Retired). Other board m...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
War vets mourn veteran nationalist Mudzi
Liberation war fighters yesterday mourned Mukudzei Mudzi (94)who died on Saturday, describing him as a militant patriot committed to the freedom of the country. This comes as Masvingo Province...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:46hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Zipra war vets urge security forces restraint during lockdown
Ex-ZIPRA liberation war fighters have implored the Zimbabwean military and other security agents to refrain from harassing citizens during enforcement of Covid-19 prevention measures.This foll...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa strikes the right chord, claims War vets
WAR veterans yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is turning around the economy and the country is moving in the right direction.Addressing the media in Harare, the Zimbabwe National Li...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
War vets hail Mnangagwa
UNDER the leadership of President Mnangagwa Zimbabwe has been able to stabilise the economy and lay the foundation for inevitable success, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Children of ZAPU/ZPRA donate food hampers to war vets
COZZ representative Felix Silundika (in black suit) hands over the food parcels to Mafela Trust director Zephaniah Nkomo while Sithembile Ndlovu looks on.The newly formed Children of ZPRA/ZAPU...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:33hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
War vets snub Matemadanda
Defence and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemedanda was yesterday forced to cancel a scheduled address at a meeting of former liberation war fighters in Marondera after a rival group organised...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 5346 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand US$370,000, $78,000 in pension arrears
VETERANS of the liberation struggle have approached the High Court demanding US$364 000 and $78 000 each in pension arrears.The demand dates back to 2008 when they claimed to have been denied ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Tension remains high in Zanu-PF
POLITICAL temperatures remain high in Zanu-PF as party bigwigs jostle to lead the former liberation movement's provincial structures.The polls for the influential positions will take place soon af...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:04hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
War vets see no change of bitter Zimbabwe-US relations
ZANU-PF secretary for war veterans, Douglas Mahiya expects no change of relations between US President elect Joe Biden's envisaged administration and the Zimbabwean government.His sentiments a...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
US, UK will beg us for dialogue, says Zimbabwe war vets
ZANU-PF and war veterans have threatened to take drastic measures against the United States and its ally Britain that will force the two super- powers to beg for dialogue within a fortnight.Th...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host African war vets museum
PLANS to establish a War Veterans' Museum for African Liberation in Zimbabwe are underway after President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave it the nod. This was announced by war veterans association sec...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
War vets salute Mnangagwa
WAR Veterans have saluted President Mnangagwa for establishing the Museum of African Liberation in the country as that will immortalise the heroic works of the continent's liberators. Speaking...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
War vets challenge Chamisa
War veterans have challenged the leader of the opposition MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa to dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other political players to gain acceptance from the former liber...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 21:34hrs | 6600 | by Staff reporter
War vets blast Britain
WESTERN nations such as Britain should snap out from daydreaming that Zimbabwe is still their colony that they can control, Zanu-PF national Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda has said. Th...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:10hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
War veterans demand automatic entry to elections
War veterans are demanding automatic tickets to represent the governing Zanu-PF party in the by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats.They want the same to be done in the ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga are one, War vets assert
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association secretary-general and Zanu-PF political commissar, Victor Matemadanda says that talk of a rift between President Mnangagwa and VP Constantino Chiw...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
War vets to mobilise 2 million votes for Mnangagwa
WAR veterans have pledged to mobilise two million potential votes for Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the 2023 national elections.Addressing Zanu-PF supporters and war vetera...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Ex-farm workers deserve compensation: War vets
WAR veterans and labour activists have urged government to channel part of the US$3,5 billion meant to compensate white former commercial farmers towards ex-farm workers who lost their sources of live...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:04hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
War vets sue Mnangagwa
A WAR veterans group has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court seeking the nullification of the recently signed US$3,5 billion deal by government and commercial white farmers who lost their land...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 5638 | by Staff reporter
War vets' congress on the cards
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is set to hold an elective congress this year in Matabeleland North. Association secretary-general Victor Matemadanda confirm...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:09hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
War veterans demand honorary degrees and tax exemptions
Veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s independence war have made fresh demands including honorary degrees, diplomatic passports and automatic promotions in state institutions.Douglas Mahiya, the secret...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 11:16hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
War vets face eviction
SEVERAL war veterans resettled at Umvutcha Farm in Umguza, just outside Bulawayo, have been served with eviction notices after the son-inlaw of former owner Alister Micheal Fletcher successfully chall...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mnangagwa and all politburo members
Mashonaland Central is burning and if left unchecked the situation will result in catastrophic political losses for ZANU PF. Several concerned party members have written letters, some have sought audi...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 8361 | by S. Utete
War vets reassure farmers over land
WAR veterans, who played a leading role in the Land Reform Programme at the turn of the millennium, have reassured farmers to prepare their land and disregard acts of mischief from the opposition whic...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
War vets back Mnangagwa over land
WAR VETERANS say they "strongly support" Government's recent move to compensate white former commercial farmers, black Zimbabweans and investors whose land was covered by Bilateral Investment Treaties...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 3025 | by Staff Reporter
War veterans blast MDC Alliance hypocrites
TOP leaders in the opposition who were always opposed to the Land Reform Programme have no moral ground to lecture the Zanu-PF Government on how to handle an issue that they have always opposed, veter...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
War vets go after Mutsvangwa
SOME members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) have demanded the dissolution of the Christopher Mutsvangwa-led executive on account of neglecting them.Addre...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | 6172 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, war vets cross swords over land compensation
WAR veterans have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government demanding that he shelves his US$3,5 billion compensation pact with white former commercial farmers, describing the move as highl...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:41hrs | 11200 | by Staff reporter
War veterans warn 'sodomist' Catholic priests to stop playing with fire'
WAR VETERANS have stormed the raging tirade pitting government and Catholic priests with the militant pro-Zanu-PF group telling the clerics to stop "playing with fire".This comes after the men...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 870 | by newzimbabwe
Biti invited sanctions to be imposed on Kuda Tagwirei
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has been accused of using his position as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts to cause the United States of America to impose sanctio...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 08:56hrs | 5612 | by Mandla Ndlovu
War vets ratchet pressure on Mthuli Ncube
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has cranked pressure on the government demanding to have an increment similarly awarded to security forces.According to the l...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 19:30hrs | 5683 | by Staff reporter
'Need new GNU, too polarised for democracy' argue Gono - bull, Zanu PF doesn't want democracy
"The nature of our politics today demands, in my view, greater tolerance, cross-fertilisation of ideas from different corners of political and economic thought and inclusiveness. If I had my way into ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 21:46hrs | 1764 | by Wilbert Mukori
GNU best way out of Zimbabwe crisis
UNITED Kingdom-based lawyer and blogger Alex Magaisa last month published a list of beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) farm mechanisation programme, that included cabinet ministers, Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, war vets warn instigators
ZANU-PF and veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle yesterday warned opposition parties that are working in connivance with some Western embassies to subvert the will of the people through illegal ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:16hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to pay £3bn land grab compensation
WENTY years after a violent takeover of white-owned commercial farms by the Zanu-PF regime led by the late former President Robert Mugabe, the new administration led by his former deputy Emmerson Mnan...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1480 | by Staff reporter
War vets reconnected after 40 years
"Happiness is meeting an old friend after a long time and feeling that nothing has changed," wrote Cris Dar.It seems the prolific writer coined the statement with two wartime friends in mind (...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:38hrs | 4599 | by John Sigauke
Genuine liberation heroes never fought for Zanu-PF's unpatriotic institutionalized oligarchical corruption
As Zimbabwe mourns and buries another gallant liberation struggle hero, Stanley Gagisa Nleya - at the National Heroes Acre in Harare today - one can not help listening, with a very heavy and sore hear...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 19:24hrs | 528 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kasukuwere gets nod to evict war vets
The High Court has given exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere the greenlight to evict war veterans, who recently invaded his Corncorpia Farm in Mazowe.Kasukuwere had approached the court ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:36hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: G40 youths fight War Vets at Kasukuwere's farm
Sources in Mashonaland Central have informed this reporter that violent physical clashes between former G40 youths and War Veterans broke out at the farm owned by former ZANU PF Political Commissar Sa...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 14:14hrs | 7066 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh fissures rock war veterans body
WAR veterans secretary in the Zanu-PF politburo Douglas Mahiya torched a raging storm in the ruling party circles at the weekend after he "officially" launched the war veterans league without the cons...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:44hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
New War vets organisation throws ZANU PF Mash Central into turmoil
ZANU PF Provincial Chairperson Kazembe Kazembe has attracted the wrath of War Veterans after being accused of smuggling Richard Chirongwe into the War Veterans chairmanship for Mashonaland Central Pro...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 10:24hrs | 3886 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Children of war vets urged to safeguard Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF's future is in the hands of the youths and children of war veterans must safeguard the interests of the revolutionary party by playing a key role in society as they are the future leaders, a y...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF launches War Veterans League
ZANU-PF has launched the War Veterans League at Altena Farm in Muzarabani District in line with the 2019 Zanu PF conference resolutions.Altena farm, in Muzarabani district where the first shot...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
War vets urged to focus on unity
LIBERATION war hero, Boniface Mlungisi Mabhena (63), who died on Thursday last week due to ill health was yesterday buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes' Acre in Nkulumane, amid calls for war vete...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
NGO donates to widows of war veterans
A Bulawayo non governmental organisation, Smile for Africa, donated mealie meal to widows of war veterans as part of its initiative to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on vulnerable membe...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:52hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
