ZIPRA

By Vusumuzi Dube Bulawayo City councillors on Wednesday rejected moves to rename the city’s largest football stadium, Barbourfields, after Lookout Masuku in honour of the late Zipra commander. The eventual decision to reject the…
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By Alois Vinga Former Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) combatants are taking government to court over properties confiscated by the latter at the height of the Gukurahundi disturbances in the 1980s. The Financial…
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As the race in Zanu PF for the vice-presidency (VP) hots up, politburo member Naison Khutshwekaya Ndlovu has dared one of the aspirants to the position, party national chairperson Simon Khaya Moyo, to stand up and declare he is the most…
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Former ZIPRA combatants say ZANU PF should return war records that it seized during the Gukurahundi period to enable the true story of the liberation struggle to be told.
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British MP Kate Hoey has stirred a hornet’s nest after moving a motion in Parliament to officially condemn the shooting down of Air Rhodesia Viscount RH827 by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) guerrillas during the liberation…
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People were on occasion made to lie on thorny branches first, after which 5 Brigade ran along their backs to embed the thorns before the beatings. People were made to roll in and out of water while being beaten, sometimes naked.
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Senior commanders from ZAPU’s former military wing, ZIPRA, have said the military should respect the outcome of next year’s election results.
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A summary of events specifically in Nyamandlovu/Tsholotsho), as revealed by The Chronicle, Bulawayo's daily newspaper, is given here. This tends to highlight dissident activity, and is a useful counterpoint to data from other sources.
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The numbers of dissidents were probably no more than 400 at their height. Their attrition rate was very high, with approximately 75% being killed, captured, injured or fleeing to Botswana. At their peak, dissident numbers in Matabeleland…
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Super ZAPU was the group of South African backed dissidents, which operated in Southern Matabeleland from late 1982 until mid-1984. Super ZAPU consisted of probably fewer than 100 members who were actually actively deployed in Zimbabwe.
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