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War vets U-turn on Mugabe: was Margaret Dongo right?

May 8, 2017 977

By Benjamin Semwayo Margaret Dongo famously labelled war vets Mugabe's wives for subserviently complying with all his demands, no matter how absurd, and bootlicking him at every opportunity that presents itself. That the…
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Opinion

Tichaona Zindoga was right : Mutasa and Gumbo are just dwarfs in large robes

Feb 13, 2017 394

By Whitlaw Mugwiji In 2014, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi the foreign affairs minister had the audacity to boast to his peers at the SADC summit held in Victoria falls, saying that even if the economy crumbles, Zimbabweans will not revolt.…
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Opinion

Bloodthirsty Mutasa should have never been a part of People First to begin with

Feb 10, 2017 329

By Maynard Manyowa Background: Zimbabwe's fastest growing opposition party, Zimbabwe People First, led by Robert Mugabe's deputy, Joice Mujuru effectively split into two, after Mujuru fired her fellow founding comrades, Didymus…
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Politics

Is it cowardice or fear?

Jan 31, 2017 368

By Maxwell Sibanda Remember firebrand politician and former Zanu PF legislator Margaret Dongo who in the early 1990s caused pandemonium in Parliament after she called Zanu PF MPs, including cabinet ministers, “Mugabe’s wives”?…
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Politics

Mujuru receives major ZPF boost

Nov 21, 2016 300

By Tendai Kamhungira Former Vice President and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) interim leader, Joice Mujuru, has received a significant boost in her quest to become the country’s first female president after her potential rival Margaret…
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Politics

Mujuru, Dongo go toe-to-toe

Nov 2, 2016 341

By Mugove Tafirenyika Former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s bid to lead the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) as it challenges President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF in the keenly-anticipated 2018 national elections could hit the skids…
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News

General Chiwenga fights from Mugabe’s corner, rubbishes Mujuru over war names

Aug 17, 2016 379

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Defence forces commander, Constantine Chiwenga, has poured scorn on claims by the new opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) that President Robert Mugabe was not a genuine war veteran because he lacked…
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News

Mugabe a pseudo war veteran – Margaret Dongo

Aug 9, 2016 435

By Kenneth Matimaire Mutare – Former ally turned fierce Robert Mugabe critic, Margaret Dongo has questioned the Zimbabwean leader’s liberation war credentials, insisting he was merely a war prisoner with no proven experience on the…
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News

Margaret Dongo’s son dies

Jun 21, 2016 2,192

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Margaret Dongo, a firebrand politician famed for calling Zanu PF men “(Robert) Mugabe’s wives” has suffered a tragedy following the death of her younger son, Elton, in an accident. A relative who…
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Mugabe, Zanu PF ‘are gone’: Dongo

Mar 16, 2016 231

By Tendai Kamhungira Firebrand war veteran and former Zanu PF bigwig, Margaret Dongo, says President Robert Mugabe and the ruling party are "finished" — pointing to the former liberation movement's brutal factional and succession wars,…
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