Ex-Minister Matinenga a ‘Heartless Black Rhodesian’ – Say War Veterans
War veterans have hit out at former cabinet minister and Harare lawyer Eric Matinenga, disparaging him as a “heartless black Rhodesian” after he criticised security services commanders meddling in politics. Douglas Mahiya, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesman, said Matinenga remarks prove that he does not appreciate the role played by the […]
A hero called Father Zimbabwe
THE founding father of Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo died in Harare on July 1 after a long battle with prostate cancer and was buried at the national shrine on July 5, 1999. He was 82. The largest crowd ever seen at the Heroes Acre estimated at nearly 100 000 mourners, including foreign dignitaries, […]
Was Rhodesia’s Declaration of Independence a shock to Britain and what was the general international response?
I’ll summarise a lot of things that are very complex and very nuanced in a rather basic way if that’s okay, as I’m not an expert but I know a fair bit on Rhodesia and UDI. According to Wikipedia when Ian Smith declared the independence of Rhodesia in 1965, it created ‘outrage’ in Britain. Is […]
Nonagenarian Robert Mugabe is 102 years old; official ID reveals
A verified copy of his national registration ID obtained from official government sources shows Mugabe is a lot older than what has been peddled since he took office. The public information available says Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924; yet copy obtained by our sources revealed the real date of birth of the longstanding […]
Zimbabwe’s Hwange Colliery, when the wheels came off
FROM a company that used to employ as much as 5 000 people and support a community of over 100 000 more people, Hwange Colliery has been reduced to a pale shadow of its former glory days. How such a huge company has collapsed is the subject of this discussion. In 1893, Albert Giese, a young […]