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Independence tragedy, Dairiboard trucker plunges into Mupfure River

A visibly unretrieved floating lifeless body belonging to a Dairiboard milk tanker truck driver has been idle since independence when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned at the bridge and plunged into Mupfure River.Beatrice resident…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1875 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Beatrice

'Independence Day' a continual reminder of how Zimbabweans are still in painful bondage

I have never had any hesitation asserting that the holidays that I regarded most appealing to my heart on the Zimbabwean calender, were "Independence Day", and "Heroes Day" - not for the skewed and bastardized partisan interpretation that …

Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 10:47hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Independence Day Demo! - We demand true independence?

Independence Day celebrations are fast approaching - Should we be celebrating independence? Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) activists are going to protest against Independence Day celebrations on Thursday - 18 April 2019 - at the…

Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 15:05hrs | 3 | by Kingstone Jambawo

Tsvangirai's independence day message to the people of Zimbabwe

Today, we commemorate 37 years of our hard-won independence from the brutal, oppressive and racist colonial regime.I advisedly say commemorate----and not celebrate----because the stinking poverty around us and the extreme suffering of the …

Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter

37 Years of Black Rule: Betrayal of the Socialist Struggle!

Today we celebrate the heroic works by the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who took up arms against the white minority rule, to fight for our freedom. Ordinarily, we should be reflecting on the progress we have made as a nation in a…

Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena

'People of Zimbabwe celebrated Independence day with heads bowed'

"If yesterday I fought as an enemy, today you have become a friend and ally with the same national interest, loyalty, rights and duties as myself," bemeamed eloquently the charismatic Prime Minister Mugabe in 1980. I am quite convinced tha…

Published: 05 May 2016 at 17:14hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira, a Political Scientist

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Independence tragedy, Dairiboard trucker plunges into Mupfure River

'Independence Day' a continual reminder of how Zimbabweans are still in painful bondage

Independence Day Demo! - We demand true independence?

Tsvangirai's independence day message to the people of Zimbabwe

37 Years of Black Rule: Betrayal of the Socialist Struggle!

'People of Zimbabwe celebrated Independence day with heads bowed'

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