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Plan to rebury war heroes in unmarked graves underway

The Government is drafting a landmark law to facilitate the exhumation, repatriation, and reburial of thousands of liberation war heroes who remain buried in unmarked mass graves across Zimbabwe and beyond its borders, 45 years after indep…

Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa calls for 'new breed of heroes'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to emulate national hero Dr Sydney Gata by becoming trailblazers, innovators and nation builders, saying the country is ready for a new generation of patriotic achievers who will impac…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:41hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter

Honoring Bishop Kazembe: a true Revolutionary who held on to ZANU PF in darkest times

Great Republic of Zimbabwe - The story of (Cde) Bishop Lawrence Jasi Kazembe popularly know as Vakuru Vekare is one that has often been kept in the shadows, yet it is a story that needs to be told, for it is woven into the very fabric of o…

Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 16:34hrs | 523 | by Maxwell Haitengeswinyika Teedzai

Mnangagwa to lead Heroes, Defence Forces events

President Mnangagwa is expected to preside over the Heroes Day commemorations and Zimbabwe Defence Forces celebrations in two weeks time where several activities have been lined up as preparations for the two national events gather momentu…

Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Heroes Day: Guns that silenced history's villains

Towards the end of the First Chimurenga in 1896, Cecil John Rhodes called for an indaba with Matabele chiefs, and among them was a young traditional leader, who asked a valid and pertinent question.As witnessed by Vere Stent, a journalist …

Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 21 | by Elliot Ziwira

Is this the Zimbabwe our Heroes and Heroines fought for?

From The 1964 Zidube farm battle in Kezi & The 1966 Senoia Battle in Chinhoyi, though others may beg to differ, the muzzle of a gun sounded its arrival on our motherland, our great grandparents, grandparents, fathers and mothers, broth…

Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 23:43hrs | 2 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube

Fallen heroes' spirits speak out

SPIRITS of freedom fighters, who died during Zimbabwe's 1970s war of liberation, have reportedly expressed their displeasure at how those in Zanu-PF have forgotten their promises to the fallen heroes.Last Thursday during a briefing of Zanu…

Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo, Kariba ignore Heroes Day

HEROES' Day celebrations were poorly attended in Bulawayo and Kariba yesterday, with residents saying the holiday was no longer of significance because government is failing to honour the "real liberators".In Kariba, the commemorations wer…

Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:22hrs | 2 | 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.The Bulawayo City council-owned Lady S…

Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans in UK celebrate Heroes Day in style

ZIMBABWEANS living in the United Kingdom were on Sunday united through music and sport as they gathered for the Zimbabwe Heroes Day United Kingdom celebrations held in Coventry.The event, which was meant to celebrate Zimbabwe's fallen hero…

Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Heroes, Defence Forces Days have lost sparkle

AS Zimbabwe commemorated the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays this week, sharp scrutiny was cast on whether the country has regressed or enhanced the founding ideals of the liberation struggle for which many heroic individuals sacrificed…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Build your own heroes' acre and bury your heroes there'

Zimbabweans were recently back to that time again when they lose sleep debating who is and who is not a national hero. This debate has been going on for as long as we have been a nation; that is, since we gained national Independence in 19…

Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Muckracker

Heroes' Day eclipsed by new lows

It is sad that the relevance of Heroes' Day has been obliterated by the new levels of suffering going on in Zimbabwe.It seems incomprehensible that any other matter can overshadow the levels of suffering currently being experienced by the …

Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze

Chamisa's Heroes Month message to the people of Zimbabwe

It is exactly twelve months since disputed and stolen election of 2018. The majority of Zimbabweans are still in shock at the brazen manner inwhich their vote was stolen. Disputed elections continue to pose a major blow and betrayal t…

Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | 2 | by Nelson Chamisa

Of heroes betrayed, forgotten

When, in the fullness of time, the lies can hold no longer, when the frail bottom of deception falls off, when the foggy morning dew of orchestrated media smokescreens withers and gives way to the power the solar element and, as they say w…

Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye

Let's write our liberation war history

In actual essence time will never run out, time is always there but its our lives that run out of time. From the beginning of the Second Chimurenga up to its 'logical conclusion' in 1980, we have lost many cadres along the way but very lit…

Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa

One Zimbabwe one people

Those who dedicated their lives,Who dedicated their lives for our Motherland,They took a thorny path to Independence,United they stood with will power to liberate us,They got it through thick and thin,Living a regreattable life of their ti…

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 08:01hrs | 337 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa

Heroes never looked back

Heroes never looked back,In their desire to liberate Zimbabwe,They took it forward like preying lions,They took the struggle to the top,Stiring those who had turned on their fearful hearts. The love to marry guns wedded in many,Beginning a…

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | 290 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa

Lest we forget

Zimbabwe yesterday remembered its national heroes and heroines who selflessly contributed their lives, limbs or properties for the liberation of their fatherland, which is now in the hands of the African people like all other African count…

Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Saluting the Matabeleland Heroes today

Heroes Day is time when we take time to reflect and remember the heroes who sacrificed their rights, interests and welfare for the good of humanity.This year 2016, as Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights we join the nation in celebratin…

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 16:07hrs | 2 | by The General Secretary

Heroes or herods Day ...political oxymoron of the day

The people of Zimbabwe celebrate Heroes day.  A day set aside to remember the lives of disciplined, dedicated and brave sons and daughters who immensely contributed to the well being of our country in different capacities. It is also …

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 15:19hrs | 2 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira

Will cherish our heroes forever

Destroying a people's history is one way colonialists engaged to delay Africans from finding common ground to remove the yoke of political colonialism. Having decolonized the mind from such antics later day alarmists, the likes of John Rob…

Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 14:38hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba

Zimbabwe needs new heroes!

FOR me, the liberation struggle will forever stand as the defining era of the history of Zimbabwe.The liberation struggle will always be the foundation upon which the future of the country will be built. Every defining moment of a country'…

Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Allen Hungwe

Our unsung Heroes

History usually is meant to convey the truth about our past to future generations, that's a norm world over.History is the narration of the past as it unfolded. Museums are meant to be warehouses of our past story. National monument are cr…

Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:30hrs | | by Somhambi Zilangwe

Heroes acre is strictly Zanu-PF

President Robert Mugabe finally admitted that the National Heroes Acre is a preserve for Zanu-PF cadres adding that only those whose history in the liberation struggle was unquestioned deserved to be buried at the shrine.Mugabe said those …

Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 11:34hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Time to celebrate work of Zimbabwean heroes and heroines

The Webster Dictionary defines A hero as a man of distinguished courage, strength or ability, admired for his or her brave deeds. On Monday the 13th of August, Zimbabweans will gather at different venues to commemorate the lives of Zimbabw…

Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Conilious Toga.

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