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Zim concedes Parirenyatwa's plea for veterans decent burials
The government (through Parliament) is progressively conceding to pressure from the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), after its membership successfully petitioned authori...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 21:01hrs | 1310 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
JZ Moyo's son laments Zimbabwe govt 'betrayal'
LATE nationalist Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo's son George Moyo has expressed disappointment with the government for failing to honour its promise to turn the late national hero's house in Bulawayo's M...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls on Zimbabweans to honour liberation war icons
People in Midlands should honour the liberation war icons hailing from the province who gallantly fought for the country's independence by voting resoundingly for President Mnangagwa and the revolutio...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chapman's anti-climax and false presidential poll start
WHEN Robert Chapman entered Zimbabwe's highly polarised political fray, some critics called him a "Zanu-PF project" aimed at dividing the youth vote.His admirers referred to him as an alternat...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Renaming roads fails to convince Zimbabweans
A BID to rename major roads in the country after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some fallen heroes seems to have failed to resonate with Zimbabweans as they are still using old names, while in some ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism, regionalism cited in conferment of Zimbabwe National hero status
NATIONAL Assembly members Wednesday gave Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe a torrid time asking him to explain the criteria used by the government in determining who befits the national hero statu...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Court shoots down Mnangagwa road renaming
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to re¬name Bulawayo city roads in his name has hit a snag after a High Court judge blocked the move.Last year, Local Government minister July Moyo ordered t...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Furore over govt claims of killer doctors
DOCTORS yesterday reacted with alarm and anger over allegations by Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana that some medical practitioners were deliberately killing Zanu-PF politicians and hiding be...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa in treason charging competition with Mugabe,' says Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa looks like a man on a mission to outdo his predecessor Robert Mugabe in charging government critics with treason, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said.While treason ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - 6 December 1939 to 23 May 2019 - A Tribute
A giant has fallen. Zimbabwe mourns. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa personified the war of liberation. Affectionately known as ‘the Black Russian', in reference to the fact he was one of the few liberation war ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:13hrs | 5 | by Lloyd Msipa
'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
War veterans' love-hate affair with Mugabe and his endgame
Last Friday's resign or else ultimatum to President Robert Mugabe - who eventually resigned on Tuesday - by the battle-hardened veterans of Zimbabwe's protracted, widespread and bitter struggle for li...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 08:41hrs | 12 | by Gwinyai A Dzinesa, Political analyst
Mnangagwa was directing the coup?
INCOMING president Emmerson Mnangagwa who fled into exile after he was fired by then president Robert Mugabe says he was in constant contact with the Generals throughout the coup.He said this ...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 15:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The rise of a liberator . . . and fall of a tyrant
BROUGHT into the nationalist movement reportedly because of his eloquence and clarity of thought, former President Robert Mugabe's legacy as one of the most ruthless tyrants of modern times will remai...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backers blocked
ZANU-PF has adopted exclusionary internal election guidelines designed to effectively shut out former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backers from contesting for central committee (CC) positions a...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube playing with fire?
The ruling Zanu-PF party's behaviour has often been likened to that of baboons, which fight over food, but close ranks whenever there is danger.Another distinctive characteristic of the ruling...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 14:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's succession take another twist
RECENT remarks by President Robert Mugabe suggesting that none of his two deputies - Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko - are considered "by the people" as suitable candidates to succeed hi...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't flee Zimbabwe, says Dabengwa
Opposition ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa has challenged youths not to flee economic challenges afflicting the country, but to instead push for an overhaul of the country's political leadership.D...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cleans up its mess
Zanu-PF plans to set up a special committee to undo the damage caused by a bruising fight between rival factions in the battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe.The ruling party's spokesperso...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 approaches Jabulani Sibanda in bid to lure liberation war stalwarts
ZANU-PF successionists grouped under the banner Generation 40 have approached expelled Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Mr Jabulani Sibanda in a desperate move t...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa visits liberation stalwarts
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Friday visited two of the country's liberation war stalwarts, former Senate Deputy President Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu and former Deputy Minister Jane Ngwenya ...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits liberation war stalwarts in Bulawayo
VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday visited two of the country's liberation war stalwarts, former Senate Deputy President Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu and former Deputy Minister Jane Ngwenya in...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 21:45hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
'Tsvangirai will be Zimbabwe's next President,' says Mliswa
In a ringing endorsement of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, firebrand former Zanu-PF chairperson for Mashonaland West, Temba Mliswa, says the only politician who can take on President Robert Muga...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dongo rallies behind Mujuru
In line with the adage that a week is a long time in politics, firebrand war veteran Margaret Dongo yesterday pledged her loyalty to former Vice President Joice Mujuru, dispelling concerns that she w...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 14:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Tsvangirai snubs Heroes 'bash'
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru, ex-Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and scores of liberation war stalwarts who were brutally purged from the warring post-congress Zanu-PF and government yesterday ...Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs friends, every country needs friends
In the past six-months, we have witnessed some of the worst human created and natural disasters in the world. An AirAsia Airbus A320 crashing into the Java Sea destroying 160 lives; the tragic m...Published: 15 May 2015 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Robert Mugabe must now retire
ONE thing that the just ended Zanu-PF 6th national people's congress has made so clear to the people of Zimbabwe is that President Robert Mugabe is no longer in charge of the ship of State.It ...Published: 08 Dec 2014 at 10:55hrs | | by NewsDay Editorial
'Hero' Philemon Ncube Mabuza laid to rest
The Dumiso Dabengwa led ZAPU member of the National People's Council Philemon Mabuza who died on Tuesday has been laid to rest.Mabuza a veteran of the liberation struggle of Zimbabwe's ind...Published: 22 Mar 2014 at 20:32hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
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