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Gukurahundi survivors call for apology before it's too late
As Zimbabwe marks the anniversary of the Unity Accord on December 22, survivors of the Gukurahundi atrocities have renewed calls for justice, compensation, and recognition for the horrors they endured...Published: 18 hrs ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
Phelekezela Mphoko: Farewell to a revolutionary
THE passing of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has left a profound void in the hearts of many Zimbabweans and those who knew him globally. As we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:28hrs | 87 | by Marshall Ndlela
Mphoko burial slated for Bulawayo tomorrow
Bulawayo is set to host the burial of national hero and former Vice President Phelekezela Report Mphoko tomorrow, in accordance with his family's wishes. Mphoko, who passed away at the age of 84, was ...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:23hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko refused to be buried alongside 'corrupt people, thieves, and murderers'?
A high-profile memorial service for the late former Vice President Phelekezela Report Mphoko is being held this morning at Charles Gumbo Barracks (formerly Cranborne Barracks) in Harare. Mphoko, who p...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 12:47hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga gives glowing eulogy for Mphoko
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has expressed profound sorrow following the passing of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who died in India on Friday. Mphoko, a distinguished liberation war...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:10hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko kept a low profile
The opposition Zapu party has paid tribute to the late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who passed away last week at the age of 84, describing him as a humble individual who maintained a low ...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:53hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ministers say Mphoko was Mugabe's ideal successor
Exiled former Cabinet ministers Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere have described the late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko as a deserving successor to former President Robert Mugabe, follow...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:01hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Tributes pour in for hero Mphoko
Zimbabwe is mourning the passing of former Vice President and decorated liberation war hero, Phelekezela Report Mphoko, who died in India on Friday at the age of 84.The late national hero, rem...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:48hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Origins of the Gukurahundi philosophy
The philosophy of Gukurahundism, as articulated by George Mkwananzi in FIGHT or PERISH, is rooted in a complex web of ethnic fears, historical grievances, and political ambitions that shaped the traje...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 20:06hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
The truth about symbiotic survival of Mnangagwa and Chiwenga!
Citizens, forget about these fake social media channels news, one called Chatufa voices and his admirers. We are subjected in a web of fake news and meanings that spin themselves constantly, finding i...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:54hrs | 849 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's ED2030 amendment will never happen
Zanu-PF Central Committee member and war veteran Blessing Geza has condemned party supporters pushing for an extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutional limit, calling...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:14hrs | 1468 | 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 Phath...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 13:11hrs | 517 | 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/...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:11hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
History of Zimbabwe 90% distorted
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) fighters have been called upon to document their liberation struggle experiences to preserve Zimbabwe's authentic history and prevent distortions.&n...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:16hrs | 352 | 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 arm...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:45hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Zapu's request to honour Dabengwa stalls at Coltart led council
A request by the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) to name a street in Bulawayo after the late liberation icon Dumiso Dabengwa remains unaddressed at the local council offices. The proposal, init...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:20hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
The push to celebrate Joshua Nkomo by declaring July 1 a national holiday
Zimbabwe is set to celebrate the legacy of one of its most cherished leaders, the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, with the declaration of July 1 as a national holiday. This historic move honors "Fat...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:42hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi perpetrators are exposed and cited to clarify the 2017 coup!
That the General Chiwenga was cited in the genocide atrocities that took place especially in Matabeleland South is not a coincidence but well calculated. The Zanu PF conference was in Bulawayo, curiou...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 1290 | by Nomazulu Thata
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 wou...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1198 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zapu veterans rally behind Chiwenga
War veterans affiliated with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) and women and youth associations linked to Zanu-PF have publicly declared their support for Vice President Constantino Chiw...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 2612 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe requires frank, honest leaders'
Zimbabwe requires leaders who are frank, forthright, and honest, as such qualities are crucial to achieving the country's national objectives, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. He was addressing mou...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:44hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to bury Tshinga Dube
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today set to lead the nation in laying to rest Colonel (Rtd) Tshinga Dube, a national hero, former Cabinet Minister, and esteemed military strategist. Col (Rtd) Dube, w...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:40hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Funeral parade for Tshinga Dube at Barbourfields Stadium
Today, Bulawayo will host a send-off funeral service for national hero Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube at Barbourfields Stadium, as the city pays tribute to one of Zimbabwe's most distinguished liberatio...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube burial this week
National hero Colonel Tshinga Dube (Retired) will be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare this week, with a funeral service scheduled for tomorrow at Bulawayo's Barbourfields Stadium. Col Dube...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:00hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube rejects National Heroes Acre burial?
Former Minister and liberation struggle Zipra commander Tshinga Dube, who passed away on Thursday night, has expressed his wish not to be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, according to his...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:12hrs | 2780 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA veterans lament Tshinga Dube's death before return of confiscated properties
The ZPRA Veterans Association has expressed profound sorrow over the passing of Retired Colonel Tshinga Judge Dube, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 83 due to kidney failure. His death comes...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 13:22hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
'Tshinga Dube was a good man'
OUT SPOKEN Ex-Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has described the later Former War Veterans Minister Tshinga Dube as a figure father who loved and was loved by many due to his care for the well being of a...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 13:32hrs | 598 | by Stephen Jakes
Tshinga Dube dies
Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube, a prominent figure in Zimbabwe's liberation history and a decorated war veteran, passed away on October 3, 2024, at the age of 83. His son, Vusa Dube, confirmed the new...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF never helped ANC/Umkhonto wesizwe during Apartheid: MRP tells Ramaphosa
MTHWAKAZI REPUBLIC PARTY has corrected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for thanking Zanu PF and Zimbabwe for helping South Africa during the liberation war indicating that it was not Zan...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 22:35hrs | 1772 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF, ANC were publicly sworn enemies
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF and South Africa's old National Party government were publicly sworn enemies. Privately, their relationship was a bit more complicated.On 7 and 8 February, 1983, for instanc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1265 | by Peter Fabricius
Ex-ZIPRA combatants to hold meeting on property recovery efforts
Former ZIPRA combatants are set to convene an emergency meeting to assess progress regarding the recovery of properties seized by the government during the Gukurahundi era in the early 1980s. The upco...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 10:33hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Heartless Mugabe did not give chance to non combatant and local trained vets to be vetted
Outspoken ex-Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has criticized the late former President Robert Mugabe and his administration, accusing them, in collaboration with former colonialists, of being heartless f...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 16:53hrs | 1354 | by Stephen Jakes
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 r...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:22hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa to be buried in South Africa
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former CEO of MTN Group and Eskom board member, will be laid to rest in Johannesburg on Saturday. Dabengwa, 66, passed away o...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:09hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa dies
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former president and CEO of telecoms giant MTN Group and a board member of Eskom, has passed away at the age of 66.Da...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 15:52hrs | 6630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must copy China's Common Prosperity development model
ZIMBABWE has always regarded China as a friend and there is a need for the southern African investment-starved nation to copy the Asian giant country's common prosperity development model, which has s...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:46hrs | 105 | by Silas Nkala
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 360 | by Silas Nkala
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...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:25hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
National hero status for Jack Mpofu recommended
Bulawayo province has recommended that former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) High Command member and pioneer liberation fighter Makhethi Ndebele, known by his pseudonym Jack Mpofu, be de...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:15hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Zapu's soldier and child symbol individuals are still alive
The ZPRA soldier, Seven Dube, who became the face of the armed wing as "Isotsha eliphethe umntwana" (the soldier cradling the baby) is still alive 44 years after independence, and the baby has become ...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:26hrs | 2413 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP demands shares in mining for war vets
Zanu PF lawmaker Joseph Mapiki has proposed that war veterans should receive shares in lithium and coal mining companies, as well as plots and conservancies in Matabeleland North and Masvingo. ...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:42hrs | 810 | 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 Guku...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:11hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should release the Dumbutshena, Chihambakwe reports
The government should release reports by two commissions that investigated the Gukurahundi genocide "as part of truth telling" ahead of new public hearings in Matabeleland which President Emmerson Mna...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Since Mnangagwa is a mere Munhumutapa, is the way now open for Mthwakazi?
For some time now, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proudly referred himself as Munhumutapa.This was the title of the kings of...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 23:38hrs | 140 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gukurahundi victims want apology from Mnangagwa
Survivors and victims of the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s have cautioned the government against dictating how this sensitive issue should be addressed, insisting that they are still alive to spe...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:44hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs not fit to lead Zimbabwe genocide consultations'
TRADITIONAL leaders tasked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to lead Gukurahundi consultations are ill qualified to deal with the emotive matter, an academic Samukele Hadebe has said.Hadebe made...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to bury Mutsvunguma today
The body of national hero Retired Brigadier-General Romeo Daniel Mutsvunguma arrived at Charles Gumbo Barracks in Harare yesterday, in preparation for his burial ceremony today at the National He...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:04hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvunguma's body arrives for burial
The body of national hero Retired Brigadier-General Romeo Daniel Mutsvunguma arrived at Charles Gumbo Barracks in Harare yesterday, ahead of his burial today at the National Heroes Acre. President Mna...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 03:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Mutsvunguma declared hero
War veteran and Retired Brigadier-General Romeo Donald Mutsvunguma, who passed away in Rusape last Wednesday at the age of 67, has been declared a national hero. President Mnangagwa awarded this highe...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zapu war vets rap Mnangagwa over violation of Unity Accord
Max Mkandla, leader of the Zipra war veterans, has criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa for straying from the Unity Accord agreement signed by former President Robert Mugabe and Vice-President...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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