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Nearly 10,000 submissions recorded in Zimbabwe genocide hearings

Nearly 10,000 submissions have been received since the commencement of Zimbabwe's ongoing Gukurahundi public hearings, as traditional leaders in Matabeleland North and South actively engage with affected communities.Launched officially by …

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 09:59hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter

How African dictators are groomed! Akot will be one!

When I saw Emmanuel Akot from Uganda talking to President Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe, I despaired. I could not help but said to myself: this is how dictators are born and nurtured in Africa. The young innocent boy soiled himself: the audience h…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 14:04hrs | 322 | by Nomazulu Thata

Operation Dudula perpetrating genocide: Black on Black violence in SA

Operation Dudula is hunting down people and killing them by burning and stabbing them to death. Zimbabweans, together with other foreign nationals, all blacks are hunted down by criminals - Operation Dudula in South Africa; ruthlessly murd…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 17:12hrs | 875 | by Nomazulu Thata

Govt claims to have receives over 1 000 Gukurahundi submissions

The Government has received more than 1,000 submissions from survivors and families affected by the Gukurahundi atrocities across Matabeleland North and South provinces, marking a significant step in Zimbabwe's ongoing efforts towards nati…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:31hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe political parties demand Gukurahundi genocide transparency

Political parties, mainly from Matabeleland, have formed a united alliance to intensify calls for transparency and accountability in the ongoing Gukurahundi hearings, expressing deep concerns over what they describe as the government's lac…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:31hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi victims divided over Govt's compensation promise

As community hearings into the Gukurahundi atrocities continue across Matabeleland, the Zimbabwean government's recent promise to compensate victims has sparked a range of emotions among survivors and their families- ranging from cautious …

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:14hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland still waiting for justice, says Sikhala

The launch of opposition politician Job Sikhala's memoir, Footprints in the Chains, turned into a powerful platform for raw and impassioned calls for truth, justice, and national healing-particularly over the unresolved atrocities of Gukur…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

D-Day for Gukurahundi hearings court challenge

The Bulawayo High Court is set to hear a case today brought by ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo, who is contesting the manner in which public hearings into the 1980s Matabeleland massacres, commonly known as Gukurahundi, are being conducted.…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:22hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter

Another false start to the Gukurahundi genocide hearings

Pressure is mounting on the Zimbabwean government following yet another postponement of the long-awaited Gukurahundi community hearings, which failed to commence as scheduled on Thursday, June 26.The hearings, to be led by traditional chie…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 17:22hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies

The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with a closed-door private witness testimon…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:43hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter

Lack of political will to resolve Gukurahundi genocide

As Zimbabwe joined the rest of the continent in commemorating Africa Day, human rights watchdog Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has amplified calls for global reparations and justice for Africans and their descendants who suffered unde…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:35hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter

Nyarota aided and downplayed the Gukurahundi Genocide

When someone dies, their entire life is spotlighted..their greatest attributes as well as their awful weaknesses and terrible vices. Many speak glowingly of Geoff Nyarota's attributes as a journalist, especially for his role in the Willowg…

Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 13:30hrs | 837 | by Siphosami Malunga

Geoff Nyarota betrayed the people of Matabeleland and Midlands

The recent passing of Geoff Nyarota, an award-winning veteran journalist and writer, has reopened a painful chapter in Zimbabwe's history.While lauded by others as a doyen of journalism, both within the country and internationally, Nyarota…

Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 05:29hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi massacre survivors want museum in Tsholotsho

Villagers from Mkhonyeni Village in Matabeleland North's Tsholotsho district are demanding national recognition for the atrocities committed by the Fifth Brigade during the Gukurahundi era, and have proposed turning their village into a mu…

Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter

Biden, Blinken face ICC war crimes probe over Gaza genocide support

Human rights advocacy organisation DAWN has requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate former US officials, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, for their all…

Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:40hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi deployed on this day in 1983

January 20, 2025 marks the somber 42nd anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in Zimbabwe's history - the Gukurahundi genocide. This atrocity, carried out by the North Korea-trained Five Brigade under the command of Perence Shiri, alon…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:09hrs | 740 | 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 Salankomo in Tsholotsho district. Teachers were ki…

Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | | 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 host the Sadc Summit next month amidst r…

Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:11hrs | 224 | 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 the remarks on Friday in Bulawayo while presen…

Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide

IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, Bulawayo.One of the weapons the Gukurah…

Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 155 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange

'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

'Mnangagwa Gukurahundi genocide project illegal, futile without truth telling'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa maintains his government is leading and bankrolling the entire process of "bringing finality" to the Gukurahundi atrocities cognisant of potential external interference seeking to derail the process.But activis…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

UN court to rule Friday in South Africa's genocide case against Israel

The United Nations' top court will issue a decision Friday on South Africa's request for interim orders in a genocide case against Israel, including that Israel halt its offensive in Gaza.The decision is a preliminary stage of a case filed…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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 20 January 1983, starting in Lupane, before …

Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi genocide workshop raises eyebrows over chief's role

An invitation to a sensitisation meeting in Bulawayo sent to media editors regarding the Gukurahundi outreach community programme has cast doubt on the National Chiefs Council's authority over the genocide resolution process.The invitation…

Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 14:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe genocide survivors demand justice as hearings commence

It is now close to four decades since the end of Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands, but survivors and their relatives are still to find closure as the government continues to dither on processes to atone for the atrocities…

Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

'UK fomented Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe'

Former members of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) who served during the post-independence disturbances in Matebeleland claim that the British government, angered by the property acquisitions made by PF Zapu, indirectly tri…

Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police stop teachers' Palestine solidarity march

POLICE yesterday stopped the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz)'s plans to deliver a petition to the United Nations office in Harare to show solidarity with Palestinian workers in the wake of the current Israeli military …

Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe genocide survivors struggle for closure

AS the 10-year term of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in Zimbabwe, aimed at bringing peace and healing to survivors and families affected by past atrocities, approaches its end, a pervasive sense of disillusionment…

Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi genocide closure needs sincerity, maturity and solemnity

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is not conscionable for you to rope in tribal chiefs in the process of bringing closure to the Gukurahundi atrocities. Commonly, crimes of violence are beyond their jurisdi…

Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana

Mnangagwa pledges to make a public apology for his role in the Gukurahundi genocide

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa in a closed-door meeting with chiefs on Monday at Bulawayo State House pledged to make a public apology for his role in the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide if the traditional leaders feel it is important for him to …

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mashonalanders and Mnangagwa takes over Gukurahundi genocide resolution

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has launched a manual on the Gukurahundi community engagement processes by chiefs including a report on their consultative meetings as the Second Republic takes a bold step towards finding a lasting solution and fosteri…

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Remembering gukurahundi genocide

The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecurity of the people of Mthwakazi has spiralled out of…

Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 19 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza

Rwanda genocide fugitive found buried at Mbudzi

THE more than two-decade-long hunt for one of the world's most wanted  Rwandan genocide fugitives Protais Mpiranya has come to end after his grave was found at Granville Cemetery in Harare.Mpiranya, the former commander of the preside…

Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Time to close Gukurahundi genocide chapter, says Muzorewa

THE United African National Council (UANC) leader Gwinyai Muzorewa has called for closure of the Gukurahundi chapter in order for healing, reconciliation and unity to take root in the country.Gukurahundi atrocities saw more than 20 000 civ…

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF caught pants down

The Editor,This talk about an opposition sweep in Zimbabwe is misguided. Let us  not waste time talking about oppression, changing people's votes, killing, closure, arresting, torture, censorship of newspapers, interruption of the mea…

Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Thembani Maphosa

Zapu position on Zimbabwe government's machinations on Gukurahundi genocide

It is an objective reality that Zimbabwe cannot move forward as a nation towards peace and development unless and until the thorny issue of Gukurahundi is properly and effectively addressed. The attempts to assuage the pain and suffering c…

Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:41hrs | 4 | by Thembani Maphosa

Mnangagwa must not be taken seriously

Following the meeting between the Head of State Mr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and Traditional Leaders on the 21st of August 2021, I am convinced more than ever that the Government of Zimbabwe is not sincere about solving the issue of Guku…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:05hrs | 4 | by Sibangilizwe Michael Nkomo

Zimbabwe genocide will never be resolved as long as perpetrators given VVIP treatment

This morning, Zimbabwe woke up to the welcome news of the long-awaited arrest of the man accused of marrying a 14 year old girl, who tragically passed away on 15 July 2021, whilst giving birth at a Johanne Marange sect shrine, in Marange, …

Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 17:35hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

A Gukurahundi genocide survivor's story

Last week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence, the first point of call is the home of my uncle.Apart from being my neighbour, he is a brother to my…

Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 6 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda

Bhalagwe heroes acre status rejected

A Matabelaland civic society organisation Ibhetshu lika Zulu has rejected the notion that Bhalagwe memorial site should be treated as a heroes acre. In a statement on Sunday issued by the Secretary General Mbuso Fuzwayo the organisation sa…

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 20:48hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mnangagwa can't just sweep genocide under the carpet

IT is normally serene on Zimbabwe's diplomatic scene, but there was high drama last week when government summoned United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols after Washington imposed sanctions on Ambassador-designate to Tanzania Ans…

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Owen Gagare

Gukurahundi genocide revisited

Between 1939 and 1945, during WW 11, an estimated number of 6-7 million Jews perished at the hands of Hitler and the German Nazis. The International Military Tribunal was set up in Nurenberg in 1945 to investigate and conduct trials on cri…

Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 20:06hrs | | by Japhet M. Zwana

Zapu's position on gukurahundi genocide

It is an objective reality that Zimbabwe cannot move forward as a nation towards peace and development; unless and until the thorny issue of Gukurahundi is seriously and effectively addressed. The assuaging of the pain and suffering brough…

Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 9 | by Zapu

Mnangagwa must apologise for genocide, says chiefs

Chiefs have asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for the 1980s army killings in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces during the period known as Gukurahundi.Mnangagwa met chiefs from the two provinces at the Bulawayo State House o…

Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sober approach to the Gukurahundi genocide problem

I take a bow to my lovely sister Nomazulu Thata who says she lives in Germany and stays in Berlin and Bremen interchangeably. This is in particular to her article entitled 'Israel Dube: First Things First', which was published in Bulawayo2…

Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:03hrs | | by Clemen Moyo

Mthwakazi welcomes Mnangagwa's interest to address the Gukurahundi genocide

Mthwakazi National Party is carefully following the developments with regards to the resolution of the Gukurahundi genocide. Gukurahundi was a criminal offence aimed at exterminating a political group based on ethnic hatred and its final c…

Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:48hrs | | by Mthwakazi National Party

Zapu Presidency Sets up a Gukurahundi Committee And Calls for Sincerity

The Presidency of Zimbabwe African People's Union - Zapu has set up a Committee on the Gukurahundi genocide. This comes after numerous activities and talks about the issue. The Zapu Presidency noted that while Zapu was the direct political…

Published: 07 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Mkhululi Zulu, Zapu Presidential Spokesperson

Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Commemorative Day 2019, UK

Each year the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders, will be organising and encouraging the organising of Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Day (MGGMD) Comme…

Published: 04 May 2019 at 22:42hrs | 4 | by 1893 MHRRM

Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibility in the current process to resolve the…

Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

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