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So-called war veterans hoping to fool us again?

Aug 8, 2016 259

By Tanonoka Joseph Whande After independence, the people of Zimbabwe noted with concern, shock and dismay the systematic entrenchment of dictatorial tendencies, personified by the President and his cohorts, which slowly devoured the…
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War vets scoff at Zanu PF expulsions

Aug 6, 2016 254

War veterans, who are locked in a vicious fight with President Robert Mugabe, insist they are the bedrock of Zanu PF despite their expulsion on Wednesday.
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War veterans win court order against Mugabe faction

Aug 5, 2016 539

The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association has obtained a court order to stop a war veterans’ splinter group, supported by President Robert Mugabe, from convening a special meeting to elect a new leadership. Ever…
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War veterans remain defiant

Aug 4, 2016 344

By Fungi Kwaramba War veterans have thrown down the gauntlet at President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF, scoffing at the government’s savage crackdown on their leadership which they say is akin to what the late Rhodesian prime minister Ian…
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Victor Matemadanda: War Vets SG arrested outside court

Aug 1, 2016 541

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary general, Victor Matemadanda, was on Monday arrested at the Harare magistrates’ court and taken to the Law and Order section.…
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It’s not Fifth Column… it is the citizens speaking

Jul 30, 2016 281

By Nelson Chenga | Financial Gazette | It was only a matter of time before the rope that tied together the ruling ZANU-PF party and the veterans of the country’s 1970s liberation war snapped. The cord, which had worn out due to…
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Mugabe threatens ‘severe’ punishment for war vets after criticism

Jul 28, 2016 442

Zimbabwe's 92-year-old president on Wednesday said the longtime loyalists who turned against him last week should face "severe" punishment, and he vowed to stay in power for "a long time." President Robert Mugabe made his first…
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Mugabe says will not quit after war veterans’ rebuke

Jul 27, 2016 239

By Chris Chinaka | Reuters | President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Wednesday dismissed demands by once stalwart war veteran supporters to quit, saying he was in power by popular vote and accusing critics of plotting his ouster with…
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Desperate Mugabe summons war vets – Updates and Pictures

Jul 27, 2016 320

An increasingly desperate President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday summoned a faction of the country's war veterans to Harare in a bid to shore up numbers in the face of mounting pressure and rejection by the former freedom fighters. To…
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Mugabe comes down hard on war vets… arrests planned

Jul 27, 2016 207

By Fungi Kwaramba and Mugove Tafirenyika The stunning fallout between President Robert Mugabe and war veterans is getting more ominous, amid revelations that law enforcement agents are close to arresting and throwing the kitchen sink at…
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