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Pay U.S.$100 Billion 1980s Massacres Compensation, Zimbabwe Govt Told

Pay U.S.$100 Billion 1980s Massacres Compensation, Zimbabwe Govt Told

The government must pay the Matebeleland US$100 billion in compensation for Gukurahundi and other outrages perpetrated by successive Zanu PF administrations since 1980, an opposition politician has said. Self-exiled leader of the secessionist Matabeleland Liberation Organisation (MLO), Paul Siwela, the region must not accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s offer to apologise until the compensation is paid. […]

Green bombers promise Gukurahundi on MDC-Alliance supporters

Green bombers promise Gukurahundi on MDC-Alliance supporters

Leaders of the Zimbabwe National Youth Service (ZNYS) ak.a Border Gezi /Green Bombers have promised to do a Gukurahundi style campaign on MDC-Alliance supporters in Shurugwi, soon after the inauguration of President elect Emmerson Mnangagwa. Speaking at a meeting recently held at Shurugwi Zanu-PF office, a Section Commander of the ZNYS who identified himself as […]

‘African Union, Sadc toothless bulldogs’

‘African Union, Sadc toothless bulldogs’

THE presence of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (UN) observer missions during the just-ended elections has only served to rubber-stamp the political status quo and sanitise electoral fraud, civil society organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties in Bulawayo have said. The CSOs and political parties said the two regional organisations […]

Prophet Chiza Gukurahundi apology attracts brickbats

Prophet Chiza Gukurahundi apology attracts brickbats

PROMINENT Bulawayo cleric Dr Prophet Blessing Chiza of the Eagle Life Assembly Church, has come under criticism for going political and fanning tribal divisions after he recklessly apologised “to Ndebele people on behalf of Shona people” for the post-independence civil disturbances commonly known as Gukurahundi. Dr Prophet Chiza’s apology, captured on video during a recent […]

Opposition veterans reach out to Gukurahundi victims

Opposition veterans reach out to Gukurahundi victims

THE MDC Veterans Activists’ Association says it will tomorrow donate various goodies to victims of Gukurahundi and political violent cases recorded since the formation of the MDC in 1999. The association’s deputy chairperson, Gideon Mangena, said the event would be held at Sizinda Hall in Bulawayo. “We will be giving the victims of political violence […]

Corrupt Mugabe must resign: Sipikita

Corrupt Mugabe must resign: Sipikita

It is not every day that an ordinary vendor gets to meet the head of Zimbabwe’s apex bank to complain about the crippling cash shortages. For 28-year-old Grievance Sipikita, Zimbabwe “is my country too” and there is no office that is too important not to be knocked at in his quest for answers. Sipikita wrote […]

Mthwakazi party appeals to South Africa over Gukurahundi

Mthwakazi party appeals to South Africa over Gukurahundi

THE secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has started lobbying South Africa President Jacob Zuma’s government to push for the Gukurahundi atrocities to be included on Sadc’s agenda for the victims to get justice. MRP foreign affairs secretary Ackim Gasela Mhlanga said they chose South Africa because it had the muscle to cause the regional bloc […]

Gukurahundi cover-up fears in Kezi

Gukurahundi cover-up fears in Kezi

Suspected human bones believed to be of victims of the Gukurahundi massacres discovered in Kezi, Matabeleland South last week were “hurriedly” reburied without any forensic analysis, raising questions that government is “hiding something”. David Coltart signs autographs at the launch of his book at the Gallery Delta in Harare Kezi is one of the areas […]

Gukurahundi law divides Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF

Gukurahundi law divides Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s proposed law to address the Gukuruhundi atrocities is facing massive resistance from Zanu PF MPs, with some ruling party legislators openly declaring they will not support the Bill in Parliament. Mphoko is sponsoring the reworked National Peace and Reconciliation Bill, which among other issues, will deal with the emotive Gukurahundi, where […]

Zanu PF MPs want Gukurahundi buried

The Gukurahundi genocide must not be addressed by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill (NPRC) as it will open old wounds, Zanu PF lawmakers have said. Zanu-PF Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba weighed in saying the banning of second hand clothing was not a good idea especially in the face of current job losses. […]

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