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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 b...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Dead in 1973, declared hero in 2018, grave still empty since 2023
An unfilled grave tucked just metres from a homestead in Hwedza has become a symbol of grief, broken promises, and fading hope for the Chadoka family. For years, they have waited for the remains of th...Published: 10 May 2025 at 17:50hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
150 fallen war fighters to be exhumed in Zimbabwe
The remains of over 150 liberation war fighters, who lost their lives during intense battles in the Ruwombwe Mountain region of Makoni West Constituency, are set to be exhumed and reburied with full h...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 10:46hrs | 932 | by Sgtaff reporter
Old Gwanda Road works to move 24 graves
A groundbreaking ceremony attended by Government ministers, traditional leaders, and community members has marked the official start of construction work on the Old Gwanda Road. The $110 million Publi...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:23hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1311 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe war heroes' graves in Zambia, Mozambique desecrated
Recent reports have revealed a distressing situation regarding the graveyards of liberation war heroes, particularly those located in Zambia and Mozambique, which have been desecrated as farming activ...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:24hrs | 270 | 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 | 1165 | by Staff reporter
War vets leader pushes for reburials
A war veterans' leader Sam Parerenyatwa has petitioned Parliament to exercise its powers to cause the repatriation and reburial of the remains of thousands of Zimbabweans buried mostly in mass, ...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets cry foul over farm offer letters
Government officials are being accused by war veterans of corruptly revoking their farm offer letters and displacing them from their allocated land. A central committee report released after the Zanu-...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zpra veterans want their colleagues to be honoured
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) liberation are pleading with the government to declare a national holiday in remembrance of their colleagues, who were bombed by the Rhodesian army i...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:42hrs | 4 | 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 en...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt reveals plan to rebury National heroes
GOVERNMENT is processing requests from families of some national heroes to rebury their bodies at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.Some national heroes were buried at their homesteads after ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Families to be displaced by the Bulawayo-Old Gwanda road project
THE construction of the 120km Bulawayo-Old Gwanda Road will result in the relocation of people living within a 70-metre radius of the road and new homes will be built for the affected families....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 4 | 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. Common...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Matabeleland Chiefs make tough demands
TRADITIONAL chiefs in Matabeleland and the Midlands early this week tabled before President Emmerson Mnangagwa a number of tough demands on top of a public apology that need to be fulfilled in order t...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bribes Matebeleland chiefs to submission?
GOVERNMENT has announced that in terms of Gukurahundi exhumations and memorials, traditional leaders will work with the affected families for verification purposes as well as identifying tradition and...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ED aligned chiefs adopt Mnangagwa friendly Gukurahundi genocide manual
TRADITIONAL leaders have crafted and adopted a Gukurahundi manual to guide the holding of victim-friendly public hearings to ensure national healing as the country confronts its unfortunate past broug...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
War vets give Zanu-PF renewed strength
THE indomitable spirit of war veterans, coupled with their sacrifices over the years and sheer force of determination, can inspire Zimbabwe towards upper middle-class economic status by 2030, Presiden...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti, Ziyambi in feisty Gukurahundi exchange
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Vice President Tendai Biti and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had a feisty exchange in Parliament this week over the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 198...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Double interment open for other relationships, says BCC
Siblings who wish to be buried in the same grave at cemeteries managed by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) are permitted, the latest council report has noted.Double interment is common with cou...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda rapped over Gukurahundi 'election project'
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has been accused of exposing Zanu-PF's plan to use Gukurahundi as a campaign gimmick after he demanded the 1980s massacres should be resolved before the ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC journalist speaks of 'hiding' atrocities
VETERAN journalist and former ZBC correspondent Tapfuma Machakaire has shed light on challenges faced by state media journalists when covering Gukurahundi, saying they were only shown dead bodie...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Glen Norah graves to be relocated
Over 40 graves are set for exhumation from an old cemetery in Glen Norah B to pave way for the construction of houses by private property developers.The exhumed bodies will be reburied at Gran...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NPRC: The paper tiger that never dared to bite
When the 2013 constitution ushered in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, there was a ray hope that the long-standing conflicts in the tumultuous history of Zimbabwe would finally be res...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Tapiwanashe Chiringa
UK Prime Minister: Please remind Mnangagwa, Matabeles are not dogs or cockroaches
No matter how much President Mnangagwa tries to ignore Matabeleland grievances and griefs, they will always follow him everywhere he goes like his own shadow. As he prepares to visit UK, we implore Pr...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:38hrs | 14 | by Israel Dube
Gukurahundi: Matabelaland chiefs under scrutiny
MATABELELAND-BASED human rights activists say the decision by government to deploy chiefs from the region to deal with the emotive Gukurahundi issue will not work as there are no clear terms of refere...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
The wave of change is eminent on the southern region: Big homework for Zanu
The sudden change of political weather has given ZANU-PF a thorn in the flesh as it watches its friends and allies downfall and being dumped by masses through the ballot and political dustbin by voice...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Chamisa demands Gukurahundi apology
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for his role in the Gukurahundi massacres.He also called for an end to the vandalism of memorial plag...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son of a former army general demands Gukurahundi apology
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who is son to the late General Chamisa, has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for his role in the Gukurahundi massacres.He also called for...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles to disown 'gukurahundi' sellout Chiefs, blood on your hands!
Confidential information on our hands confirming that some Matabele traditional chiefs have accepted bribes from the genocidal Zimbabwe government to assist it to impose its suspicious Matabeleland ge...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 11:07hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa: Ndebeles are not dogs (imigodoyi)
"You can never make Ndebeles dogs. You may wipe them out but the children of the Stars can never be dogs." Matabele Spokesman, Somabhulani Dlodlo spoke these words warning the white supremacists...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 11:49hrs | 5 | by Israel Dube
'Consult on Gukurahundi victims reburial'
Transitional justice lobby group, the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has said exhumations and reburial of victims of Gukurahundi victims must be conducted in consultation with fam...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief who called for Mugabe's genocide reburial succumbs to Covid-19
A ZIMBABWEAN chief, who was spearheading the reburial of the late former President Robert Mugabe's remains, has succumbed to Covid-19 with some of his subjects claiming that the Mugabe ancestral spiri...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 attem...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:41hrs | 4 | by Thembani Maphosa
Mnangagwa's 'charade' does not promote truth-telling, reparations and justice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan to address the Gukurahundi massacres has been dismissed as a "charade" as it does not promote truth-telling, reparations and justice.Mnangagwa - who was sta...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo in Guruve
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 ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:05hrs | 4 | by Sibangilizwe Michael Nkomo
Mnangagwa agrees to compensate Gukurahundi victims
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has conceded to popular demands to compensate families affected by the 1980s atrocities in the Matabeleland and Midlands regions commonly referred to as Gukurahundi in whi...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fresh gukurahundi plan raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's fresh plan to address the Gukurahundi atrocities has been questioned because it excludes chiefs from the Midlands province and is silent on reparations.Mnangagwa...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi packages imminent
GOVERNMENT will provide social security benefits, among a host of other forms of assistance, to victims of Gukurahundi as part of President Mnangagwa's pledge to find a lasting solution to address pro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not genuine on Gukurahundi'
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has said any government initiative towards resolving Gukurahundi will not work as they dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's meeting with traditi...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, chiefs to deal with Gukurahundi exhumations on a case by case basis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Saturday, met with Matabeleland chiefs in Bulawayo over the emotive Gukurahundi issue and resolved to allow a victim-centred process and case by case exhumations and rebu...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 18:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Gukurahundi issue should not be tribalised'
Today, this 21st day of August, 2021, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa met members of the National Council of Chiefs to receive recommendations to resolve th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 12:49hrs | 3 | by Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa
Gukurahundi tops agenda as Mnangagwa meets chiefs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is on Saturday expected to hold a meeting with Chiefs from Matabeleland region in Bulawayo to, among other issues, review progress in addressing issues related to Gukurahundi. As a...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi a priority for the whole nation
AFTER attaining full independence in April 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on a journey of nation building but along the way, conflict was unavoidable in the young nation. Factors including tribalism,...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure to bring closure to Gukurahundi genocide matter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly coming under pressure to bring closure to the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities with Kezi traditional leader, Chief Bhidi yesterday saying piece-meal efforts ca...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi activist decries 'persecution'
BULAWAYO activist Mbuso Fuzwayo, who is coordinator of Ibhetshu LikaZulu that is pushing for redress of the Gukurahundi massacres, has been dragged to court over a 2019 incident of alleged public viol...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South chiefs question Govt sincerity on Gukurahundi
Some traditional leaders in Matebeleland have questioned the government's sincerity in solving the Gukurahundi atrocities after they were detained by police, Sunday, while on their way to Bhalagwe in ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 19:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: Chief Mathema raps mute colleagues
OUTSPOKEN Gwanda traditional leader Chief Khulumani Mathema has rapped his colleagues in Matabeleland region for not speaking out about Gukurahundi massacres of the 1980s, saying they should help pile...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi exhumations inch closer
GOVERNMENT will soon convene a meeting with traditional leaders from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to finalise plans to begin the exhumation and reburial of victims of the post-independence dist...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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