Blessing Miles Tendi

By Takura Zhangazha Blessing Miles Tendi’s biography of late national hero Solomon Mujuru, better known by his liberation war nom de guerre Rex Nhongo, is a riveting read. What is more interesting is a different perspective on what…
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By Chofamba Sithole | Politics 263 | A newly published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero’s key role in shaping the history of…
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By Blessing-Miles Tendi, University of Oxford Evo Morales, president of Bolivia since 2006, resigned on November 10 following weeks of demonstrations triggered by a disputed election in October. Morales won the election amid allegations…
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By Miles Tendi Tongogara also preferred that ZANU PF and ZAPU contest the independence election as a single front. Dabengwa concurred with Renwick’s narration of events but he went one step further; Dabengwa maintained Tongogara…
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Blessing Miles Tendi: "Last November’s coup united much of the country with the military. The army were seen as “liberators”, people took selfies with soldiers and danced on top of armoured vehicles. But the military’s ruthless crushing of…
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There are several reasons why Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe fired his Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 6 November. Many were likely to do with ZANU-PF infighting over who will eventually succeed the 93-year-old leader. But one…
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The Vigil is writing to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to boycott the EU / AU Summit in Brussels on 2 / 3 April if Mugabe attends. We think he should follow the example of his predecessor Gordon Brown who refused to attend an EU /…
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Mugabe has secured the rural vote in the past because of co-opted traditional leaders who marshal their respective communities in support of his candidature, paramilitary control of the country side, violence and the party's land…
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