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Mohadi visits mass grave of 300 ZIPRA fighters in Angola

Vice President Colonel (Rtd) Kembo Mohadi has expressed Zimbabwe's gratitude to the people of Angola's Moxico Province for sheltering ZIPRA freedom fighters during the liberation struggle, pledging that government will construct a shrine a…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:46hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter

Ex-ZIPRA commander raises alarm over mysterious deaths

As Zimbabwe prepares to mark Heroes Day on August 11, a former ZIPRA commander has raised the alarm over what he describes as a disturbing and unexplained pattern of deaths among veterans of the country's liberation war.Andrew Ndlovu, who …

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:16hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter

Police evict ZPRA veterans

Police have ordered former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) combatants to vacate a piece of land they occupied in Chinhoyi last week during a protest demanding the return of properties seized by the government in the 1980s.The e…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:02hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter

Ex-ZIPRA veterans, widows, and children demand return of seized properties

Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) combatants, alongside widows and children of fallen fighters, have spent three cold nights camping on a piece of land in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West, protesting the government's failure to…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:46hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter

Excerpts from 1968 and 1978 Sipolilo, Kachuta battles

In 1968 Comrades fought against Rhodesia Front soldiers in Sipolilo District. This was in Kachuta,  Bvochora Area specifically  Magama Village near Hunyani River. The battle was heavily fought between the Rhodesian Forces and ZIP…

Published: 03 May 2025 at 21:27hrs | 885 | by Givestar Kamuzonde

Why compensate white farmers, not ZPRA?

Veteran freedom fighter and opposition politician Moses Mzila Ndlovu has strongly criticised the Zimbabwean government's recent payment of compensation to white former commercial farmers, calling it a glaring injustice that ignores the unr…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 19:02hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter

Zipra war vets back Geza's call for change

The ZIPRA Veterans Association has thrown its weight behind Zanla war veteran Blessed Geza's calls for good governance and leadership change, citing rampant corruption, economic hardship, and stagnation under the current administration.The…

Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 15:17hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter

Chatambudza's 'A lion eating its cubs?' is a disinformation campaign against ZPRA

I do not usually review scholarly material or critique academic work, but I must make an exception for Takawira Chatambudza's outrageously misleading article, "A Lion Eating Its Cubs? Assassinations, Mutinies, Renegades, and the Failure of…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:23hrs | 1776 | by Zenzele Ndebele

Ex-Zipra cadre laments neglect of war vets

A South Africa-based Zipra war veteran, Chandagwinyira Chose, has expressed disappointment over the government's alleged neglect of former liberation war fighters.Chose's remarks follow accusations by former Zanu-PF central committee membe…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:18hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter

Zipra war vets concerned over property release delays

ZIPRA war veterans have expressed frustration over the government's prolonged delay in returning their properties, which were confiscated during the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s. The properties were seized after the government accuse…

Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:49hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter

Zipra war veterans condemn Zanu-PF's push for Mnangagwa term extension

The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veterans have strongly opposed a ruling Zanu-PF faction's proposal to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term beyond the constitutional two-term limit, calling it "grossly unconstitut…

Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:29hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter

War vet wants special recognition of frontline fighters

Former ZPRA regional zone commander and war veteran Andrew Ndlovu has called for a re-examination of how Zimbabwe acknowledges its liberation fighters, particularly those commanders whose roles in the war have been overlooked. In a letter …

Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:52hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter

ZANU-PF urges govt to return Zipra properties

ZANU-PF has called for the immediate return of properties belonging to the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) that were seized during the 1980s civil unrest in Matabeleland and the Midlands. The call was made by ZANU-PF Secretary…

Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:51hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter

Government urged to revise strategy for granting hero status

The government has been challenged to change the manner in which the ruling party exclusively grants hero status. Concerns have been raised that deserving individuals, such as the late historian Phathisa Nyathi and other respected war vete…

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 13:11hrs | 521 | by Stephen Jakes

Russia's role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle recognised

THE Joshua Nkomo National Foundation (JNNF), in partnership with the Russian State University for Humanities, held an exhibition at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo recently to commemorate Russia/Soviet Union's significant support to t…

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:11hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter

ZIPRA veterans reflect on Soviet training

Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) fighters, who trained in the Soviet Union, gathered in Bulawayo on Thursday for a poignant exhibition that celebrated their contributions to the armed struggle for independence. The event…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:45hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter

Ex-ZIPRA Veteran Slams Zanu PF's Push for Mnangagwa to Stay in Power: Calls for National Referendum

An outspoken former ZIPRA member, Max Mkandla, has issued a stark warning to Zanu PF factions advocating for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his tenure beyond 2028, stating that such a move would be unconstitutional without a nation…

Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1207 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Ex-Zipra combatants await distribution of Nitram Properties

Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) combatants and their beneficiaries have been urged to remain patient as the long-awaited distribution of assets under Nitram Properties approaches resolution.Speaking at a press conferenc…

Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:22hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zipra member declared national hero

General (Retired) Makhethi Ndebele, also known by his pseudonym Jack Mpofu, has been declared a national hero. Mpofu, a former member of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) High Command and a pioneer liberation fighter, p…

Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:25hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa must return Zipra assets

Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veterans have criticized the government for retaining their properties, arguing that returning these assets should be a priority in addressing the Gukurahundi atrocities. Joakim Moyo, the de…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:11hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zipra fighter receives mysterious US$400 windfall

A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) liberation war veteran, Godfrey Mlalazi, who recently raised concerns about a prominent insurance company offering him a meager ZiG200 and US$50 as a funeral cover payout, has mysteriou…

Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zipra war vet gets ZiG200 funeral payout

A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) veteran based in Bulawayo, who participated in the liberation struggle, has accused a prominent insurance broker of offering inadequate funeral payouts despite years of paying premiums …

Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zipra celebrates Mutsvangwa sacking

The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra)  war veterans association has said the sacking of War veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa is good riddance after he snubbed their efforts to discuss issues concerning fellow comrad…

Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

The history of the liberation struggle is incomplete without mentioning Sipolilo (Guruve) Battles

Sipolilo was the entry point for freedom fighters in Rhodesia from Zambia and Mozambique during the liberation struggle. ZANLA and ZIPRA freedom fighters infiltrated in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) through the Northern and Eastern parts of Sipolilo…

Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:04hrs | 77 | by Givestar Kamuzonde

Zipra ups ante on 100 seized properties

ZIPRA'S Nitram properties committee has handed over its final list of 100 properties seized by the Zanu-PF government during the 1980s Gukurahundi disturbances to its patron Tshinga Dube.Dube is expected to give the list to Vice-President …

Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

7 000 ex-Zipra members, identifies 100 properties

EX-ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) combatants through their Nitram Properties will tomorrow submit a list of beneficiaries of buildings dotted across the country to Vice-President Kembo Mohadi to facilitate legal transfer.The …

Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Britain should be in Zimbabwe genocide dialogue'

WAR veterans from the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) have expressed concern over the exclusion of Britain in the Gukurahundi hearings arguing that the former coloniser had a hand in the perpetration of the atrocities.Zipra sp…

Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zipra identifies 100 seized properties

Former Zipra ex-combatants claim to have identified around 100 properties that were confiscated by the Zanu-PF government during the 1980s amid the Gukurahundi period.Volta Ekem Moyo, the chairperson of Zipra's Nitram properties committee,…

Published: 05 Oct 2023 at 19:50hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Zipra war collaborators feel betrayed by govt

Tensions are mounting among former Zipra liberation war collaborators who underwent vetting in 2021 to determine their eligibility for monthly payouts promised to them.These unarmed combatants, who provided vital logistical support and ass…

Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zipra urges war vets not to be used for violence

VETERANS of Zimbabwe's war of liberation should not be used by political parties to engage in violence during this year's electoral season, the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) has said.Zipra was the military wing of the Zimbab…

Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Return of Zapu, Zipra properties imminent, says Mohadi

Zanu-PF second secretary, Kembo Mohadi, yesterday claimed that the return of properties belonging to Zapu and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) is imminent.Zipra was the military wing of Zapu during the armed struggle.Governm…

Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Zanla story on Salisbury fuel tanks is utter fiction

THERE has been a lot of confusion on the role ZIPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of the war.Firstly, some heroes were creat…

Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 08:41hrs | 10 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona

Joshua Nkomo's Contribution to the struggle for freedom

When the iconic Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo died on the 1st of July 1999, the generality of Matabeleland felt demobilised, further isolated and wondering if it would ever achieve peace in Zimbabwe. Father Zimbabwe, as Dr Nkomo was affectionate…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:50hrs | 12 | by Freedom Alliance

Mnangagwa's govt has forsaken Zipra war vets

ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veterans have repeated claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has forsaken them, leaving them wallowing in poverty.Zipra was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African People's…

Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zipra commander says he has nothing to show for his sacrifices

AN 87-YEAR-OLD former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veteran, Moffat Hadebe says he has nothing to show for his sacrifices as he continues to face rejection from the same system he fought to establish. Southern Eye r…

Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Ex-ZPRA commander speaks on arrest ordeal

A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) regional commander Andrew Ndlovu, says he was dumped in Harare with no food and transport following his arrest in Bulawayo over a property dispute. Ndlovu, who is also the Zapu nati…

Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zipra war vets fume over Moyo's hero status

ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) ex-combatants have lashed out at government for dragging its feet to confer hero status on one of the country's liberation war pioneers, David Moyo.The former senior Zipra commander, popularly k…

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

MRP mourns ex-ZPRA fighter Sharp Shoot

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) says it is regrettable that liberation war heroes continue to struggle for survival as they are not recognised by the State, or if they are, it is late in their life.MRP President, Mqondisi Moyo, made the…

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zipra's Sharpshoot denied National Hero Status

THE late liberation stalwart David Mongwa Moyo has been conferred a State-assisted funeral in honour of his contribution before and after independence and will be buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes' Acre in Nkulumane on Sunday.Moyo (…

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper

On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately known as Sharpshoot during the armed struggle b…

Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

JZ Moyo's younger brother dies

FORMER Zipra senior commander David Moyo, nicknamed "Sharpshoot", has died.Moyo, was the younger brother to former Zapu vice-president Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, died at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo on Saturday, aged 98.He had been unwell for qu…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

ZIPRA demands inclusion in Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi resolution initiative

FORMER ZIPRA cadres have demanded to be part of the Gukurahundi resolution stakeholders, warning that any efforts to resolve the longstanding conflict without them and ZAPU members will not yield the desired results.President Emmerson Mnan…

Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

ZIPRA cadres accuse Mnangagwa of sidelining former combatants

FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) commander, Jonh Gazi has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of sidelining former ZIPRA and fellows from main wing, Zimbabwe People's Union (ZAPU)He decried the pampering of formerly ZAN…

Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Tagwirei takes on ZIPRA Ex-Combatants

BUSINESSMAN Mr Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei has written a letter to the war veterans under the banner Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) and its coordinator demanding that they withdrew their joinder application filed in the High…

Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 19:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

'We did not send you to unseat the leadership'

We resume our interview with former ZPRA guerilla and now Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu who during the armed struggle was also known as Cde Mzandeki. Dr Mpofu who joined the armed struggle at the age of 16 was o…

Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zipra guerilla now a successful farmer

EX-ZIPRA guerrilla Moses Moyo is a beneficiary of the land reform programme and owns a plot under the A1 model in Makokomba village in Umguza District. He now has what he fought for â€“ the land.During the bitter and protracted war of libe…

Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | 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 does not own war veterans; these belong to Zanu…

Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's ruling elite has no conscience

As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elite in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I cannot help wonder how far these people are prepared to go, and how low they are …

Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 13 | 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 Nyamandlovu.This follows the death of Zipra w…

Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zipra was behind the Salisbury fuel tanks bombings

Former Zipra chief of logistics Thomas Ngwenya has challenged claims that Zanla forces bombed the Salisbury fuel tanks in 1978, insisting that it was Zipra that was behind the sabotage that proved to be a turning point in Zimbabwe's libera…

Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:28hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

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