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Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association

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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War vets leader Matemadanda arrested as vicious Mugabe crackdown continues

Jul 28, 2016 357

Victor Matemadanda, the war veterans secretary general, was picked up from his home in Gokwe in the Midlands province and his whereabouts are not known.
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Top war vet arrested after Mugabe rant

Jul 28, 2016 319

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday warned that rebellious ex-combatants who were calling on him to step down would be “severely punished” and, by evening the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans…
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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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War vets leader arrested… family held hostage in Chitungwiza

Jul 27, 2016 327

Seven armed men stormed the home of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, Secretary for Information and Publicity Douglas Mahiya in Chitungwiza on Wednesday and reportedly held his family hostage including a 6 month old…
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Mugabe orders dissolution of war vets leadership, denounces #ThisFlag Evan Mawarire again

Jul 27, 2016 225

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday afternoon vowed that he would rule for “a long time” and urged the removal of the war veterans leadership that recently announced ex-combatants’ disengagement with…
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War vets say pro-Mugabe meeting ‘illegal’

Jul 27, 2016 236

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | A shadowy group of war veterans believed to be working for a Zanu PF succession faction, Generation 40 (G40), will meet in Harare on Wednesday purportedly to show solidarity with President Robert Mugabe.…
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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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Crocodile Tears: Mnangagwa disowns rebellious war veterans

Jul 25, 2016 304

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa arranged an interview with State media on Saturday and distanced himself from veterans of liberation struggle who trashed President Robert Mugabe as a dictator and…
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‘Mugabe finished without veterans’

Jul 24, 2016 225

By Tendai Kamhungira This week’s nasty and public fall-out between President Robert Mugabe and restless war veterans probably marks the beginning of the end for the increasingly frail nonagenarian’s long tenure in power — analysts,…
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