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Trending video from Blessed Geza - I don't buy it for once!
It's stuff and nonsense. When has Zanu PF become sympathetic to the Ndebele people? With all due respect, Mr. Geza, made a presentation on video now making rounds. Curiously he acknowledges the presen...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 17:57hrs | 2540 | by Nomazulu Thata
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....Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:51hrs | 888 | 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 | 560 | by Staff reporter
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 ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 13 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Zpra veterans want their colleagues to be honoured
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) liberation are pleading with the government to declare a national holiday in remembrance of their colleagues, who were bombed by the Rhodesian army i...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Political intolerance, poverty, corruption dividing Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE remains highly polarised as a result of political intolerance, unresolved historical issues, growing poverty, corruption and a lack of a common shared vision among other social ills, observer...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must apologise for Gukurahundi'
OPPOSITION Zapu candidate for Nkayi South constituency, Cliopas Zololo Moyo, has challenged the Zanu-PF government to publicly apologise for the atrocities it committed in Matebeleland and Midlands pr...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sharpshoot MUST be declared a national hero
THE Presidium is dealing with a request for the late liberation stalwart and pioneer liberation fighter David Mongwa Moyo to be accorded national hero status.Moyo, whose war name was Sharpshoo...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa compensates 258 ZIPRA cadres fired from ZNA during Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly ordered payment of compensation of 258 former ZIPRA combatants who were summarily dismissed from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) during the height of the G...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 26 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
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 ...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)...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 13 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
'Real' Zimbabwe heroes struggling to survive
AS the country celebrates Heroes Day Monday, former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) instructor, Grace Ethel Noko remains one of the unsung liberation struggle heroines despite having play...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
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 Nyaman...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mixed feelings on Uhuru celebrations in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents and human rights groups have expressed mixed feelings on government's move to commemorate Independence Day in Bulawayo, saying it would make no difference to the marginalisation and...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira identifies panellists for Gukurahundi hearings?
TRADITIONAL leaders have resolved to establish inclusive panels consisting of chiefs, traditionalists, pastors, counsellors, women, men and youth to conduct Gukurahundi public hearings.Chiefs ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Over 280 000 Zipra cadres not vetted
THE Zipra War Veterans Association has claimed that over 280 000 of its members were yet to be vetted amid fears that they might be left out of government programmes meant to empower freedom fighters....Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zapu honours own heroes
ZAPU, whose ZIPRA cadres have been denied national hero and heroine status by the Zanu-PF government on numerous occasions, has resolved to recognise and honour some of its departed cadres...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New vetting exercise for war vets, Zipra
A NEW national vetting exercise for former freedom fighters in Zimbabwe is expected soon, and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) has urged its members to prepare and take part in the scr...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police summon gukurahundi genocide activist over 2019 'violence'
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued court summons to Ibhetshu LikaZulu secretary general, Mbuso Fuzwayo over his alleged involvement in violent protests which rocked Bulawayo City Hall in October 2019 foll...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zapu leaders anxious over Mohadi successor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has not consulted former Zapu and Zipra cadres on the filling of the post of vice-president following the resignation of Kembo Mohadi over a series of sex scandals with va...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna died a bitter man
THE late Filabusi traditional leader Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu reportedly died a bitter man after government failed to apologise and compensate for his unlawful arrest and torture during the Gukurahundi ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Snubbed Zipra man gets liberation hero status
MAFELA Trust director and liberation hero Zephaniah Nkomo was buried today morning at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre in Nkulumane suburb.Nkomo (70) died on Sunday at a private hospital in...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:17hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
We were sold dummy, says ex-Zipra cadres
FORMER Zipra ex combatants have complained that government has not honoured its promise to give them shareholding in the Gwayi based China-Africa Sunlight Energy coal mine project.The Matabele...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadres eulogise SB Moyo
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade Minister Major-General (Rtd) Dr Sibusiso Moyo (SB), was yesterday described as a brave and intelligent soldier whose military prowess both during and after the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadre threatened with eviction from Castle Arms
AN ex-Zipra cadre, Better Tshuma, has claimed that Edson Ncube, the caretaker of Castle Arms Motel in Bulawayo which is owned by ex-Zipra liberation fighters, has threatened to evict him for receiving...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier General Moyo died a bitter man
ZIPRA Veterans Association members, who mourned the late Retired Brigadier General, Collin Moyo, who died last Friday aged 66, said he died bitter over the marginalisation of the ex-Zapu military wing...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi donates wheelchair to gukurahundi victim
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has donated a wheelchair to former ZIPRA cadre, Better Tshuma who lost his legs when he was subjected to acts of torture by the Zimbabwean military during the dark Gukur...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Ex-ZIPRA combatants raise red flag over Liberation Struggle Act
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) veterans have appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services and raised serious concerns over crafting of th...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
An open letter to all former Zipra cadres - Response to comments from the president of the MLF
17 December, 2020 Comments on any presentation, debate and indeed on any other body of ideas put forward are one of the cornerstones of what makes us human. It is through such engagements that...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 21:40hrs | 1 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
An open letter to all former ZIPRA cadres
Greetings to you all! 2020 has been a very challenging year. Many people lost their loved ones to the COVID-19 pandemic and others fell ill due to it. But probably the worst impact of the pand...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 16:47hrs | 10 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Dabengwa - a true hero who, even on his sickbed, urged me to continue struggle for justice and better life for all Zimbabweans
If ever I was to be asked my definition of a hero, without any hesitation or faltering, I would sum it up in only two words - "Dumiso Dabengwa", as that name is the personification and epitome of ever...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 16:48hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zipra combatants cry foul
ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) veterans have accused the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government of leaving them out on planned new liberation fighters' benefits.This comes a...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZIPRA veterans dismiss struggle law
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) fighters have petitioned parliament to amend the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Act which they argue was not reflective of their contributions....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dispensation used and dumped us: Zipra
Zipra war veterans have complained that they were used by the new dispensation during the November 2017 military take over and later dumped.They also accused the government of squandering an o...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'The path had to be set for Mugabe'
Last week, Farai Tafirenyika claimed there were Zipra cadres eliminated by Zanla combatants at the front during the ZIPA era. Levi Mukarati continues to seek answers on events surrounding the ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Every generation has its heroes
Today I felt encouraged as well as hopeful as I watched our comrades being escorted like criminals from Khami prison. Seeing Zimbabwe prison services officers in their unusual anti riot gear carrying ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:42hrs | 6 | by MRP Vice-president Ms Presia Ngulube
Mnangagwa meet Zipra leaders
Zipra Veterans Association leaders recently met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare where they discussed issues of properties confiscated by government in the 1980s, Gukurahundi and ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 4 | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
Dumiso Dabengwa: An epitome of courage, endurance and integrity
HE used to call me at random and odd times; almost always late at night. The last time he did was at 11pm several weeks ago. He wanted to tell me he was in South Africa and was not well. This was the ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 15:55hrs | 4 | by Siphosami Malunga
Dabengwa: A hero who rejected 'our time to eat'
APART from his phenomenal liberation struggle exploits and heroics that earned him the nickname "Black Russian" and his principled politics, former Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, who died...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 21 | by PUMA
Velaphi Burial; Mnangagwa shy away from Gukurahundi issue
After saying people are free to talk about Gukurahundi, Zimbabwean President himself avoided talking about the genocide when given the perfect opportunity to do so. In his speech at the National Heroe...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2 | by Harare Correspondent
'Over 20 000 Zipra cadres left in the cold'
OVER 20 000 former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) cadres were deliberately left out of the vetting process by government.This was revealed by Zipra secretary-general Petros Siban...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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