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Mnangagwa directs ministers to rein in splinter war veterans' groups

Amidst resistance from fellow liberation war veterans regarding the possibility of a third presidential term, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has purportedly instructed his aides to purge the constituency of dissenting voices opposing the ide…

Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

NRZ, war vet deal fails to take off for the past 20 years

A JOINT agricultural project between the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and Bulawayo-based war veteran Phathakahle Dube has failed to take off for the past 20 years.Dube, who owns PKD Malindi (Pvt) Limited company, signed a joint vent…

Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 17:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Liberation war icon Mabusa dies

LIBERATION struggle and former Zapu official Dauti Salatiel Mabusa has died.He was 82.The war veteran who contributed immensely to the liberation struggle died in his sleep at his home in Hertford Farm outside Bulawayo last Friday.While hi…

Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Top war hero sends SOS

VETERAN freedom fighter and former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) deputy chief of personnel and training, Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$2  300 to enable him to undergo a hip replacement surgery at Mater Dei Hospital. The…

Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zpra veterans to be honoured

THE Zipra Veterans Association will honour their living liberation struggle stalwarts during this year's Heroes Day commemorations.Petros Sibanda, secretary-general of the association, told Sunday Southern Eye that most Zipra veterans were…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

War vet sends SOS

A former high-ranking Zimbabwe People's revolutionary Army (ZPrA) official Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$7 310 to finance a hip replacement surgery at a Bulawayo hospital.Mpofu, the ex-deputy ZPrA chief of personnel and training, said he …

Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Choeni buried amid controversy

A WAR of words erupted at the burial of the late Matabeleland South Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Rabelani Choe ni as the family and party clashed over proceedings.Choeni died of Covid-19 complications last Saturday and was declared a pro…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Barnabas Sibanda pursues helicopter dream

FORMER soldier and war veteran, Barnabas Sibanda, who dreamt of constructing the country's first aircraft from scrap metal in 1990s, has said he is still pursuing the dream although lack of sponsorship was frustrating his mission.Sibanda g…

Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF Youth league wants Jabulani Sibanda back

THE Zanu-PF Youth League here has described former war veterans leader Mr Jabulani Sibanda as a visionary who should be readmitted by the party.Mr Sibanda was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2014 on allegations of indiscipline.He was accused of v…

Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

How Zipra commander Ndlovu lost his eyesight

THIS week we round-up our interview with former Zipra adjutant-general and later on chief of technical engineering Jeffery Ndlovu pseudonym Kenny Murwiri. In the past three weeks Ndlovu has spoken about his training, deployment, operations…

Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

LEST WE FORGET: The Zipra commander who lost his sight in combat

PEOPLE from all walks of life will tomorrow converge on various places across the country to commemorate the Heroes Day, a day set aside to remember the sacrifices made by the gallant sons and daughters of this country in decolonising the …

Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:09hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter

Chimene snubs Tshinga Dube

Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene snubbed a provincial conference organised by the Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborators (Ziliwaco) over the weekend.Chimene could not attend the provincial conference held at Queen…

Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Only now does Mutsvangwa condemns violence - mauled hyena still love goat meat

The lump rose in my throat to hear Mutsvangwa and Mujuru condemning Mugabe's increasingly bullish behaviour not because they were wrong to condemn the tyrant but at the sheer hypocrisy of the other two! "The violence in that language is to…

Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 16:47hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori

President Mugabe a decorated War vet

It is worth putting the record straight that President Robert Mugabe is a decorated War Veteran that participated actively in the war for liberation struggle alongside other Zimbabweans.The existing and late war veterans that constitute th…

Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 13:30hrs | | by Suitable Kajau

War vet who died in 1978 demands a decent burial

A LIBERATION war fighter who died at the battlefront in 1978 has demanded a decent burial together with his colleagues after his spirit recently manifested in a Chikanga woman, saying if the process is delayed deadly floods will hit the Zi…

Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Mercy Ngwebvu

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