Lest We Forget

The Gukurahundi was a series of massacres of mainly Ndebele civilians carried out by the Zimbabwe National Army from early 1983 to late 1984. It derives from a Shona language term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains".

The first Commander of the Fifth Brigade was Colonel Perence Shiri. The Fifth Brigade was different from all other army units in that it was not integrated into the army. It answered only to the Prime Minister, and not to the normal army command structures.

By Lenin Tinashe Chisaira Zimbabwe commemorates its Heroes Day in August each year. The 2016 commemoration comes at a time when the political relations between...

MASVINGO – Bootlicking Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has repeated his widely criticised claim that President Robert Mugabe was not behind the Gukurahundi Massacres in the Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early 1980s, saying it was a Western conspiracy.

Today (3 December) marks exactly 6 years since former ZBC TV presenter and human rights activist Jestina Mukoko was abducted from her Norton home around 5am by six men and a woman who did not identify themselves.

I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leaders of our country, to you not just as one of the leaders of Zimbabwe, but above all, as Prime Minister of the Government of Zimbabwe as provided for by the Constitution, that you and me, as well as other leaders signed in December 1979.

HARARE - Newly-elected Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) blew a gasket in Parliament on Thursday after Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC-T) raised allegations, previously reported by Nehanda Radio, that Chinotimba murdered MDC-T supporters in Buhera during the 2008 elections.

He might be well known for being the butt of many jokes that mock his broken English and sometimes clownish behaviour but the newly-elected Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) has left a trail of violence, rape and murder that exposes him to be nothing but a deadly clown.

Following changes to the parliament and government in Zimbabwe, Mckay Tshuma of Mthwakazi Research Institute, caught up with Miss Nomagugu “Magugu” Khumalo of the Gukurahundi Genocide Survivors For Justice (GGS4J) for an interview.

Five years ago communities lost lives due to Politically Motivated Violence. This week the Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) pays homage to the lives of the following heroes and heroines who died in 2008 as a result of politically motivated violence.