National Heroes Acre

HARARE - A prominent lawyer has sensationally claimed that President Robert Mugabe’s late younger sister Sabina did not deserve national heroine status.
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By Fungi Kwaramba HARARE - All eyes will be on President Robert Mugabe and former Vice President Joice Mujuru on Monday, when the two feuding liberation struggle stalwarts are expected to come face to face at the National Heroes Acre in…
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Veteran politician and liberation war icon Eric Nyakudya Gwanzura, who died on Monday, has been declared a national hero and will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Sunday.
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President Robert Mugabe who secured a violent re-election in June 2008 on the back of nearly 500 dead bodies, has said that Zimbabweans should tolerate each other’s political and social preferences ahead of harmonised elections next year.
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Former guerrilla commander Wilfred Mhanda has told SW Radio Africa he does not believe in the concept of granting national hero status, arguing that ordinary people also played key roles in the liberation struggle.
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There was an embarrassing moment at the National Heroes Acre on Monday when a small group of soldiers and ZANU PF youths seated next to the VIP area decided to boo Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai when he was introduced to the crowd.
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The Zanu-PF Politburo met in Harare yesterday and unanimously declared businessman and nationalist Kantibhai Gordanbhai Patel a national hero. His remains will be interred at the National Heroes Acre in August next year during National…
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Police investigations into the suspicious death of retired army General Solomon Mujuru have entered the second week amid reports that investigators are still reconciling evidence. Mujuru died in a fire at his Alamein Farm two weeks ago. He…
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Police have so far quizzed 23 people, including three policemen, in connection with the death of national hero and former Zimbabwe National Army Commander General Solomon Mujuru (66).
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