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Did war vets collapse Zimdollar?

I HEAR many Zimbabweans suggesting that Zimbabwe was driven to bankruptcy and the crash of the dollar by paying war veterans in 1997.However, this perception is wrong because Zimbabwe printed and paid $50 000 in local currency, to around 3…

Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 07:19hrs | | by Rutendo Matinyarare

Govt making a mockery of democracy

TEACHERS employed by church- run schools do not subscribe to trade unionism. They don't take part in industrial action to press the employer for better conditions of service and salaries that are commensurate with the ever-changing socio-e…

Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 04:52hrs | | by Martin Stobart

ZEC spot on in excluding MDC Alliance

Recently Zimbabweans woke up to a NewsDay story entitled "ZEC bias exposed." The article informed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had not invited the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction for its provisional consulta…

Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 04:50hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga

War veterans blast MDC Alliance hypocrites

TOP leaders in the opposition who were always opposed to the Land Reform Programme have no moral ground to lecture the Zanu-PF Government on how to handle an is

Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

War vets rant is the last thing Zimbabwe needs

FOR nearly two decades, Zimbabwe has been in the wilderness, isolated by the entire world â€“ save for a few â€“ simply because of one critical issue: Gross human rights abuses. While in that socio-economic and political Siberia, the count…

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

War vets, stop milking an already dying cow

In a predicament such as this, where government's effort is all channeled toward reducing the ballooning expenditure its shocking and hard to believe that real citizens especially those who masquerade as war vets would toy toy demanding to…

Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 11:05hrs | | by Isaac Nkomah

'Zanu-PF hoodwinked us'

Seven months after helping President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrestle power from his mentor Robert Mugabe, war veterans are crying foul claiming there is a plot to sideline them in Zanu-PF.The war veterans say the recent ruling party primary ele…

Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by Staffr eporter

Mnangagwa meets war vets - LIVE

President Mnangagwa is today meeting war veterans, war collaborators and ex-detainees in Harare to discuss welfare issues and ways of strengthening Zanu-PF ahea

Published: 11 May 2018 at 10:18hrs | | 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 liberation was a turning point in their l…

Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Gwinyai A Dzinesa, Political analyst

South Africa will never be a Zimbabwe

TO listen to some of our recent headlines is to hear all sorts of resonances with Zimbabwe.We have young men who claim, impossibly, to be military veterans of the liberation struggle guarding the ANC HQ, amid more claims that our politics …

Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 09:49hrs | 9960 | by Stephen Grootes

Mugabe was at his best in the 1980s and somehow lost his way

A COUPLE of weeks ago, war veterans' leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa said President Robert Mugabe was at his astute best in the 1980s and made the best decisions any country could ask for.Closely linked to this, MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangi…

Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi

General Chiwenga threatens war vets

The majority of war veterans have nothing to do with this nonsense that we are now getting daily in our media.The ones who are now championing themselves as the war veterans are members of an association which emanates from way back in the…

Published: 02 May 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Gen Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga

Tsvangirai has to be wary of war vets

IN the past week, the buzzword was "coalition", as MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai signed memoranda of understanding with his MDC and National People's Party (NPP) counterparts, Welshman Ncube and Joice Mujuru, respectively.Tsvangirai has …

Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 14:51hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi

An appeal to Zimbabwe's war veterans

If there is any time that requires that same spirit that drove you into to the bush it is now. This is not time to claim monies or material benefits from those who do not respect your sacrifices and have taken advantage of your suffering. …

Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 10:13hrs | | by Vince Musewe

'No war veteran has a home outside Zanu-PF'

"We want the association to be led by people of credibility. People who will restore a responsible and constructive relationship between the war veterans and th

Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Brig General (Rtd) Tapfumaneyi

War veterans miss golden opportunities to demonstrate remorse

It takes a real man to say sorry and accept responsibility for the wrong you have done, especially wrong done to your very own people. This is more than I can say for Douglas Mahiya after reading his interview with The Standard of 7 August…

Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 13:42hrs | | by Justice Benjamin Paradza

Mujuru has a lot to be thankful for to the man she now vilifies

THE article, "Mugabe is ungrateful: Mujuru", ran by NewsDay on Tuesday preposterously seeks to re-invent and re-write history in the vain hope of a hard-to-achieve political gain. Quoting a spokesperson of Joice Mujuru of the so-called Zim…

Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 05:10hrs | | by George Charamba Press Secretary to the President

'Mugabe is no comrade and never trained as a fighter'

For years Zimbabwe's former freedom fighters brought misery to some citizens, and were among the largest recipients of ZANU PF patronage. But in a major twist, the War Veterans' Association recently issued a statement denouncing President …

Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:45hrs | | by Gonda's Hot Seat

MDC has no regrets for showing solidarity with genuine war veterans

The MDC is a social democratic political party that has always held deep respect for the revolutionary struggle against settler colonialism; which heroic and selfless struggle ultimately led to the attainment of our independence on April 1…

Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:24hrs | | by Obert Gutu

War veterans still have a role to play

The country owes its gratitude to men and women, alive and departed who fought the colonial yoke and unshackled the indigenous people of the oppression that dem

Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 14:04hrs | | by Tapiwa Maware

War veterans: Architects of Zimbabwe's sovereignty

ZIMBABWE commemorates Heroes' Day today at a time when the nation is seized with misguided individuals calling for the Zanu-PF Government to step down to make room for a situation that is not exactly clearly spelt out. In that mixture of Z…

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Mugabe, war vets fight overshadows Heroes' Day

In August 1997, President Robert Mugabe suffered the biggest embarrassment at the Heroes' Acre in Harare when war veterans drowned his speech with protest songs.The former fighters were angry with the Zanu-PF leader after he refused to mee…

Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:02hrs | | by Paidamoyo Mazula

Mujuru stop inciting war veterans

It is quite interesting how some politicians especially from opposition forces, attempt to package themselves in the political field. Joice Mujuru, the leader of Zimbabwe People First (Zim-PF) never ceases to amaze me. It is a shame that t…

Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Sibusiso Ndlamini

War vets: submit to Mugabe's commands

On 10 June 2016, President Robert Mugabe raised a very pertinent issue during the ZANU-PF National Consultative Assembly (NCA) when he urged members of the part

Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 09:05hrs | | by Indrah Zvenyika

No bad blood between President and war vets

Amidst the flimsily internal squabbles in ZANU PF, President Robert Mugabe's speech in Gutu, Masvingo last Friday became a directive for unity and cohesion in the party.President Mugabe rebuked indiscipline in all party structures, particu…

Published: 17 May 2016 at 12:44hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi

Youths, war vets should find each other

As the one million-men march date draws closer, there is need for the youths and the war veterans, both vanguards of the revolutionary party, to bury the hatche

Published: 12 May 2016 at 13:34hrs | | by Rufaro Mufundirwa

War vets demands; their right to do so

Every country the world over do recognises the importance of their people who would have fought for the liberation of such country. Some countries even attach that importance to the extent that even if one wants to be the leader of that co…

Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 10:36hrs | | by John Mukumbo

War vets' indaba was no talk-show

Far from being just a talk-show, the war veterans' indaba with President Mugabe lived up to its billing as it succinctly located the morass behind the current seemingly endless factional wars bedevilling the revolutionary ZANU-PF party. Wh…

Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 08:59hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire

Warvets must understand that they don't have more rights than ordinary citizens

The recent meeting of Mugabe with warvets raises eyebrows because the warvets demanded many rights and its like they think that  because of that they went to war and fought the enemy with guns; they have control of everything in Zimba…

Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:15hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo

Detractors attempt to set agenda for War Vets Indaba

President Mugabe, who is the patron of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA), is set to meet ex freedom fighters in the capital today. Amid this expectation, there have been some attempts to set the agenda for…

Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 12:54hrs | | by John Sigauke

Zimbabwe liberation process is a work in progress

War vets have no bigger or smaller stakes than any other Zimbabweans if their sacrifice was genuinely reflective of national interest.   Issue needs contextualizing. For thirty-six years Zanu has run the country on whims and emotional…

Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 07:34hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere

Not all war vets are for People First

It would be an oversimplification of a rather complex issue to say that all war veterans are rallying behind the former Vice President, Joyce Mujuru's People Fi

Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 13:11hrs | | by Stewart Murewa

War vets ministry to keep ex-fighters in Mugabe's corner

President Robert Mugabe, in his political twilight, finally rewarded the liberation war veterans through creating a cabinet ministry specifically to look at their welfare despite the fact that surviving veterans are now less than 20 000 na…

Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 20:52hrs | | by Prince Tongogara

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