Obituary

Charles Mabika: "They say dynamite comes in small packages. They could have scripted this for CAPS United legend, Joe “Kode Mugabe, who passed away in the UK, on Sunday morning. He succumbed to a stomach cancer ailment, a few weeks before…
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By Rumbidzai Dube and Tinotenda Hondo Born on 24 August 1983, Rutendo Tapiwa Chigudu was a bubbly, beautiful and ageless daughter, mother, sister and friend.  She left this world suddenly on 6 May 2021 while in Johannesburg, South Africa…
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By Swithern Chirowodza Veteran journalist, Innocent Kurwa who was involved in a road traffic accident at Leopold Takawira Avenue near Bulawayo’s United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) on the evening of Saturday April 24, 2021 died of traumatic…
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By Ken Mufuka The people called Salvationists (vanhu vemureza-a flag) are somewhat special.  Those who have served the Salvation Army are given a heroes funeral, and honors. Though we knew that my mother’s time had come when she turned…
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By Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa Major General (Retired) Paradzai “Tonderai Nyika” Zimondi was the pinnacle of ZANLA’s military prowess. He commanded the ZANLA positional guerrilla forces during the battle of Mavonde, a.k.a Monte…
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By Bothwell Fundira I first knew of Aeneas Chigwedere (Chigs as we called him) in early 78. I had just completed my O Level studies at St. Anne's  Goto Secondary School in Wedza. The liberation war was raging and Wedza was a semi…
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By Gideon Gono The community of central bank Governors in any country, Zimbabwe included, is a very small one and when one of them is taken, that departure leaves a yawning gap of unimaginable proportions. The sudden departure of…
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The phrase in my mind to describe this great loss I feel of Toverengwa Manene aka Tov is ‘upenyu idova’. Life is like dew. One minute you have it and the next, it is all gone.
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And indeed, in person, he was famously courteous and deferential. No airs and graces - and no easy retirement - for a man who could easily have basked in his hard-earned reputation as a pivotal figure in South Africa's long struggle against…
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Human rights advocate George Bizos passed away peacefully at home, attended to by family on Wednesday after a career and life that left an indelible mark in South African history. He was 91.
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