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The Tide is Turning - Israel's War on Gaza Under Global Moral Siege

A profound shift is underway. For nearly two years, Israel's relentless military offensive in Gaza has unfolded under a fog of impunity, shielded by the language of self-defense, the memory of historical trauma, and the political muscle of…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 15:42hrs | 6 | by Fikile wa Motsamai

The war in Sudan is still happening and the world has moved on

Somewhere between the latest tech layoffs, celebrity gossip, and viral TikToks about how to season your trauma with lavender oil and affirmations, a war is still raging in Sudan. Yes, still. Not metaphorically. Not in the abstract. Real bo…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 22:00hrs | 8 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah

Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat with Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement on Wednesday. Three of those killed

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Exclusion of ZAPU's contributions to the war of independence deplorable

The deplorable and unjustifiable exclusion of Joshua Nkomo and ZAPU's contributions to the war of independence was apparent shortly after April 1980. This exclusion was backed by Shona-speaking artists. The narrative of Zimbabwe's liberati…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:41hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

Zimbabwean living in Israel says situation scary as defense forces, Hamas skirmishes intensify

A Zimbabwean resident in Tel Aviv described the tense situation in Israel as the country faces ongoing skirmishes with Hamas militants. The conflict has resulte

Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Betrayal of former freedom fighters and the nation by the Zanu-PF government

I chronicle my political analysis in my capacity as a former Zpra freedom fighter, Northern Front 2, Regional Zone Commander who during the Liberation struggle had made many false promises to the peasants in the operation areas that when Z…

Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 17:17hrs | | by Andrew Ndlovu (war name Volunteer Mkhwananzi NF2 Regional Zone Commander)

Mnangagwa must call war veterans to order

WHILE it is a public secret that Zimbabwe is a democracy where freedom of expression and freedom of thought are enshrined in the Constitution, it defies logic that a person who left the comfort of his home to wage the war of liberation exp…

Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Mambo Dari

42 years on - veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer

As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the  majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for the privileged few who were able…

Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

We must prepare for the coming 'war'

From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the goriest way imaginable at the behest of …

Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 07:08hrs | | by Bishop Lazi

War collaborators played significant role during liberation war

IT is totally hogwash to say war collaborators did not help during the war of liberation.This is said by armchair critics who were in towns during the war.The war collaborators would do reconnaissance and spy on how well armed Rhodesian fo…

Published: 27 May 2022 at 05:48hrs | 21 | by Alexio Rashirai

Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?

From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Pr

Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

War in Ukraine is wrong so is sanctioning Russia

The war in Ukraine continues to rage causing civilian casualties and massive population displacement. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) and the European Union remain on the sidelines fearing their intervention may plunge the wo…

Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 19 | by Tapiwa Gomo

World War III might already be underway

IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian novelist, poet and critic Chinua Achebe rather …

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | 193 | by Bishop Lazi

Zipra war history under-reported

THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra), the military wing of PF-Zapu, participated in the liberation struggle, but very little has been written about it.Its commander Alfred Nikita Mangena was killed by a landmine planted under h…

Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 7 | by Alexio Rashirai

Encounter with the Selous Scouts: A former guerilla shares personal experience

IN mid-1979 I left Lupane and Nkayi areas operations where I had been deployed to in 1977 and joined the furthest platoon in Bubi District. Most of the comrades I found there had been trained in Angola.At the end of August that year, a gat…

Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Stanford Moyo

Honouring the war spirit

COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia.Sekai deserves special mention from among her many…

Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 4 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa

Valerio Sibanda's war time exploits

LET me congratulate General Philip Valerio Sibanda for his new post as the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander.I met Comrade Ananias Gwenzi (General PV Sibanda), in Zambia in March 1974 at the guerrilla transit base. The base commander…

Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Dr Milton, Chemhuru

'Good evening General Peter Walls'

It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury industrial area.This was the evening of Dec…

Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:56hrs | | by Forward Nyanyiwa

Mnangagwa must engage the 'bullies' to win this economic war

The United States of America (US), this week, once again tightened the noose on Zimbabwe when it extended sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in a show of no confidence â€“ something we think will further harm o…

Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:30hrs | 1802 | by Staff writer

Pupils being sacrificed because of govt ineptitude

THE cold war between teachers and the government over salary increment â€” which appears to have become the norm at the beginning of every school calendar year â€” will have a far- reaching negative impact on pupils who now have to spend t…

Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Editorial - newsday

Time for West to back Zimbabwe

IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government.There are no two ways to it.Long-time followers of Zimbabwean politics will tell you that the o…

Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 05:56hrs | 726 | by Bruce Mutsvairo

Chamisa, a political orphan - Before Zimbabwe slides into civil war

The euphoria that trailed the ouster of Robert Mugabe was informed by the belief that it would turn a new page in the political history of Zimbabwe. The pledge of building a new Zimbabwe dominated the speeches delivered by all the presiden…

Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 17:14hrs | | by Emma Emeozor

Nobody wins spiteful wars

TWO separate news items from the past few days have been most instructive in their own way.The first was about MDC Alliance presidential spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda walking into Herald House, hitherto offlimits to anyone remotely associ…

Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Conway Nkumbuzo Tutani

The plight of war collaborators

The Second Chimurenga was far from a honeymoon, it was brutal and painful. Death, blood and tears were an everyday feature in the war of liberation. It was a people's war where everyone played a part in his/her own way. Villagers lost live…

Published: 09 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Tondorindo

Freedom Camp massacre: I saw 226 cadres gunned down

COMRADE Bulukani Masola (born 13-05-1959) , whose Chimurenga name was Peter Scotch last week narrated how he joined the liberation struggle and the establishment of the ZIPRA communications department. He spoke about how they used this dep…

Published: 06 May 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff rpeorter

Zimbabwe risks plunging into civil war

In the past few years, Zimbabwe has witnessed politics of hate speech, power jostling and factionalism, mainly in the ruling Zanu-PF and the main opposition MDC-T.In the ruling party, the war has escalated to name-calling, violence and exp…

Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:00hrs | | by Avoid Masiraha

The man who fired live bullets above trainees

I first met Eddie Sigoge Mlotshwa at Morogoro, which was a ZPRA training Camp in Tanzania. His pseudonym was Cassius Moya. Our group was composed of young men who had volunteered to join the armed struggle.In this group were comrades who h…

Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Retired Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane

Ngenziwa ngumumo welizwe

This novel, Ngenziwa Ngumumo Welizwe (I was influenced by the political situation), is "inspired by one serious dimension of the ZAPU side of the war, namely, i

Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Dr Dabengwa lost the plot'

This article is in response to a presentation made by ZAPU leader, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa at a Public Dialogue at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa on 23 November 2016. His presentation was titled "The Armed Struggle: Was it wort…

Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 13:08hrs | | by Bevan Musoko

Liberation struggle memory lane always triggers emotions

Going down the liberation struggle memory lane always triggers emotions. I find going down liberation struggle memory lane, lonely, sorrowful, sad and even sometimes amusing. When those who participated in the liberation struggle 24/7 meet…

Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 12:19hrs | 465 | by Retired Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane

#FreeWarVetsNow

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." Mark TwainAfter hearing the news of the two war vets who are now being incarcerated by the Mugabe regime for demanding freedom, I went to bed and gave my…

Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Vince Musewe

Dumiso Dabengwa give us arms of war and we should do the rest

As the youth of Matebeland we would like thank Cde Dumiso Dabengwa for his inspiring speech at Hilbrow Theatre on the 25th of June 2016 in Johannesburg SA.We thank you once again for taking your precious time and resources to travel all th…

Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Khohliso Maqhoba

Human Beings can never be recycled

---simply because we are not material.I do agree that we have sell-outs who are betraying the masses and such includes the war veterans.     I read with interest Comrade Tendiee's (Stephane Ndlovu Makusha) comments and am ve…

Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 10:39hrs | | by Justice Maphosa

Mugabe's War Machine, From saviour to oppressor

Mugabe's War Machine is the first full account of one man's military ambitions. It contains shocking stories of massacre and murder at home and powerful accounts of neighbouring wars and international intelligence intrigues.This revealing …

Published: 10 May 2012 at 11:15hrs | 2676 | by Paul Moorcraft

Congo, 'Zimbabwe': The 'World War' Nobody Knows About

Many people think that World War III has never occurred âˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â‰ˆÃ¬ but they would be wrong.A third 'World War' did indeed occur and it killed at least 5 million people (mostly from disease and starvation) âˆ…

Published: 02 Jan 2012 at 18:22hrs | | by Palash R. Ghosh

The war President

The fact that Barack Obama is currently engaged in six destabilisations the world over, I refuse to call them wars, the White House announced on Wednesday that it was imposing a new round of economic sanctions against Iran, while Obama's s…

Published: 14 Oct 2011 at 03:15hrs | | by Farirai Chubvu

Probe UN in imperialist war crimes

In preparation for rigging Zimbabwe's next election in favour of Anglo-Saxon interests, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council has been instigated through Western donor-funded NGOs to recycle agai…

Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 05:34hrs | | by Tafataona Mahoso

War against racist myths of 'democracy'

There is a white racist myth of "democracy" which has taken root among certain groups in Zimbabwe in the last 15 years or so. It has been promoted through foreign-funded NGOs and foreign-sponsored media.One example of this myth was an opin…

Published: 12 Jun 2011 at 09:04hrs | 687 | by Tafataona Mahoso

Europe's Libya Intervention: A Special Report

Distinct interests sparked the European involvement in Libya. The United Kingdom and France have issued vociferous calls for intervention in Libya for the past month, ultimately managing to convince the rest of Europe - with some notable e…

Published: 25 Mar 2011 at 15:24hrs | 335 | by Stratfor

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Man arrested for murder of two-year-old

Man Dies After Jumping Off 60-Metre Booster Station

Zimbabwe among countries losing the most purchasing power

Mutsvangwa tells aspirants to wait for 2027 congress

Fidelity expects record gold deliveries

Mashayamombe resurfaces in Zanu-PF leadership structures

Zimbabwe outlines payment framework for white ex-farmers

20 ZiG change dispute ends in tragedy

Bus operators challenge Zimra's 'inland borders'

Couple in court for alleged US$60,000 fake NRZ tender scam

War veterans blast Tagwirei

Chiwenga to represent Mnangagwa at G20 Summit

Fight for MDC offices spills to High Court

Zimbabwe deploys new vehicle inspection fleet in safety push

Mutsvangwa slams 'overzealous' Tagwirei

Zimbabwean migrant workers' families separated by Ireland reunification policy

Mbare seed scam

Chiwenga, Tagwirei must undergo taining at Chitepo Ideological College

Advocate Thabani Mpofu dismisses conflict of interest allegations

Women who remove ribs have a high risk of lung malfunction

Zimbabwe police roll out breathalysers, speed cameras

Senator blasts Gwanda Zimra checkpoint

ZIFA blocks PSL bid to suspend relegation

Zimbabwe upgrading national statistics system

Prisons officer death opens can of worms

Zimbabwe cement prices jump 42%

Prisons officer dies after mob assault

Mnangagwa declares Paul Mwazha a national hero

Man takes pangolin to Mnangagwa

Chiwenga's wife to judge Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand

Zimbabwe road carnage claiming 5 people every day

Zimbabwe is at peace, says Mnangagwa

Lupane State University students win innovation prize

Zimbabwe tightens border security to curb trafficking

Zimbabwean woman dies at South African hospital; neglected due to her nationality

Zanu-PF threatens unleash 'our' dogs

The harder the Zimbabwe regime pushes citizens into believing economy improving the more unbelievable they sound!

Animal rights body takes swipe at Ramaphosa

Man Dies After Jumping Off 60-Metre Booster Station

'I'll be back!' Chamisa is back to con you to participate in 2028 and perpetuate all our suffering

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