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South Africa submits main legal claim to the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations' top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide aga...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 402 | by Associated Press
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 | 1206 | by Nomazulu Thata
Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Sever...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 265 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa 2017 coup was to avoid prosecution for Gukurahundi massacres'
A former deputy director general in Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Lovemore Mukandi, has made explosive allegations regarding the 2017 coup that brought President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:07hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's MRP rallies behind Nigeria's Yoruba people's secession lobby
Zimbabwe's Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which advocates for the secession of Matabeleland and the Midlands from Zimbabwe to restore a Mthwakazi State, has expressed its support for Nigeria's Yoruba...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 432 | by Stephen Jakes
Britain's Charles is heckled by Australian politician
King Charles faced a tense moment during his visit to Australia when independent senator Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian, interrupted his address at Parliament House in Canberra with shouts of ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 12:11hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Chafuka on Zimbabwe social media will topple Mnangagwa government!
I should be forgiven if I said this man is an implant of president Mnangagwa masquerading as a revolutionary. Yet he is playing a political game that speaks the opposite to loo as many as he can get t...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 21:12hrs | 1522 | by Nomazulu Thata
Teaching Ndebele in Zimbabwe schools will have helped Shonas
There are times when you think you are spitting someone, when in fact, you are destroying yourself.One such instance was when Robert Mugabe and his colleagues in ZANU (before it became ZANU-PF...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 271 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1090 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MRP threatens to disrupt Gukurahundi hearings
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has vowed to disrupt the planned Gukurahundi hearings if the perpetrators are not held accountable for their actions. The government has stalled the proce...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:46hrs | 848 | by Stephen Jakes
Sounds of Soweto : A tale no of Highlanders anthems
Founded in 1926 Highlanders FC is the oldest and most supported Football club in Zimbabwe. To the Highlanders faithful the team is a way of life, a social movement and a source of pride and Joy. Today...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 757 | by Van Vodloza
Zimbabwe migrants creating jobs, saving lives in SA
For Butholezwe Nyathi, saving lives is more than just a career; it's a mission that transcends borders. At 45 years old, the Matabeleland South native's journey took a dramatic turn in 2003 when he le...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2054 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Iran's missile response to Israel justified,' says EFF
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have issued a firm condemnation of Israel's continued aggression and illegal occupation in the Middle East. The party has expressed outrage over Israel's latest att...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 13:09hrs | 510 | 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 | 1713 | by Stephen Jakes
What will Zimbabwe do on the UN Security Council without a foreign policy?
Zimbabwe is campaigning to be elected as one of the non-permanent UN Security Council members for the period 2027-28.Yet, since the overthrow of President Robert Gabriel through a military cou...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 09:58hrs | 489 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gukurahundi massacre survivors cry foul
For more than 40 years, Bongani Ncube and Patricia Baleni have carried the pain of losing their fathers in the Matabeleland massacres in which thousands of Zimbabweans were murdered in the 1980s....Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:23hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdow...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 1004 | by Nkosi Moyo
Ramaphosa to host GNU dinner
In a media briefing on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya outlined President Cyril Ramaphosa's programme and addressed topical issues of interest.In his address, Magwenya sa...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:04hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide hearings encounter another setback
The Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme, recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has already encountered another setback.The National Chiefs Council has revealed that crucial l...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:10hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's 'tasteless behaviour' could worsen tensions in Zimbabwe
Political commentators have strongly condemned Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa after he laughed at the plight of incarcerated activists during a recent press briefing in Harare.The...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 13:17hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Julius Sello Malema: a politician full of contradictions
Comments about Malema in the in South African social media confirmed my fears about him. Malema does not take critiques kindly; for this reason, he has fallen out with his right-hand-man, Shivambu: th...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 19:26hrs | 1096 | by Nomazulu Thata
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 | 357 | by Silas Nkala
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1378 | by Paul Siwela
Zimbabwe military needs to transform from a ZANLA force to a national army
It is a well-known fact. Every country on the planet needs a defense force to safeguard its existence.In fact, there is no nation on earth that was not founded on the back of one...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 21:32hrs | 432 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi tells people's chiefs to withdraw from Gukurahundi hearings
The secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has launched an online petition to prevent Matabeleland chiefs from leading the Gukurahundi hearings, a task assigned to them by President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Chief Bango protects his supper, threatens villager over Gukurahundi petition
Chief Bango of Matabeleland South has reportedly threatened a villager who circulated a petition on the Sontala WhatsApp group, calling for chiefs to be excluded from the Gukurahundi hearings....Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
SADC must kick out Zimbabwe for kiling and oppressing Matabeles
It is quite disturbing that members of the SADC region are falling over each other to condemn Israel for the war against Palestine while they wine and dine with the black apartheid government of Zimba...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 17:00hrs | 897 | by Israel Dube
Gukurahundi secrecy raises more questions
The public hearings into the Gukurahundi massacres, launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, have sparked controversy and criticism. Former speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo expressed skept...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:09hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop abusing Matabele genocide victims and pay US$ 100 billion compansation
It is very unfortunate that Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa pretends as if he did not see the Notice of Demand For The Restoration Of Matabeleland State delivered to the President's office by MLO President Cde ...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1213 | by Israel Dube
Mashonas welcome Gukurahundi genocide outreach programme
People from Mashonaland have welcomed the launch of the Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme by President Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, viewing it as a significant step towards national healing and recon...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:35hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confronting the Gukurahundi ghost
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday initiated a Gukurahundi hearings outreach program led by chiefs from the Matabeleland region. The aim is to gather information about the atrocities that occurred...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 416 | 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 | 690 | by Staff reporter
Paul Kagame wins Rwanda's presidential elections
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has won the country's presidential election with 99% of the vote, according to preliminary election results released late Monday evening.Kagame had won 99% of the...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:02hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames Gukurahundi genocide on the nation's 'detractors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday sought to wash blame for the massacre of thousands of civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces four decades ago on the nation's "detractors" as he took p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:43hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ropes in Chiefs to pacify Matabeles over genocide
In Bulawayo, the government has launched the Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme, aimed at addressing the divisive legacy of the 1980s Gukurahundi conflict, which resulted in the deaths of an est...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:38hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens 'detractors' undermining Gukurahundi outreach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued a stern warning to those fostering internal divisions and undermining Zimbabwe's efforts to address the sensitive Gukurahundi issue."Gukurahundi," a term me...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:31hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against attempts to sow discord
President Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the nation's vigilance against attempts to sow discord by long-standing detractors, urging unity and resilience among Zimbabweans. As the country prepares to h...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:11hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings a deliberate attempt to sweep genocide under the carpet
The announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding the launch of public hearings into the Gukurahundi disturbances represents a significant and long-awaited development for Zimbabwe. For decad...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:45hrs | 57 | 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
Mnangagwa moves Gukurahundi genocide hearings launch to Sunday
The official launch of Gukurahundi community hearings by President Mnangagwa on Sunday has been met with enthusiasm from religious leaders and political analysts. They commend the Second Republic for ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch hearings on genocide he has been implicated in
President Mnangagwa is set to launch the Gukurahundi community hearings in Bulawayo this Saturday, marking the start of a victim-centered reconciliation outreach program in Matabeleland. Traditional l...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Army Commander declares allegiance to Zanu-PF
A video has surfaced online showing Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Anselem Sanyatwe declaring his allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF party. Sanyatwe becomes the third high-ranking military offic...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:31hrs | 8 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean association goes after Gayton McKenzie, lodges 'hate speech' criminal complaint
A criminal complaint has been made against incoming sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie, leader of the Patriotic Alliance party, for "incitement of xenophobic violence, hate speech and i...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:08hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Brigadier-General dies in UK
Retired Brigadier-General Lameck Francisco Mutanda, known by his Chimurenga name Kamhiripiri, passed away on May 22, 2024, in Bradford while visiting family. ZANU-PF's United Kingdom District ...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:12hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide sanitisation hearings prep to resume
Matabeleland chiefs are preparing to resume preparations for public hearings on the Gukurahundi atrocities this weekend, pending government confirmation on the process. Led by chiefs from Matabeleland...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo and Russia: Lessons from South Africa
Among those Zimbabweans observing the elections in South Africa was Owen Chikukwa in Cape Town.The loss of power by the African National Congress can easily be explained. Brother Owen put it s...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:46hrs | 10 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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