Gukurahundi

President Mnangagwa feared genocide prosecution, claims ex-spy chief

Former intelligence chief makes explosive allegations about Zimbabwe’s 2017 power transition in new memoir. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies orchestrated the 2017 coup that ousted Robert Mugabe primarily to avoid prosecution for their alleged roles in the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres,

October 22, 2024

Featured·Zimbabwe·Zimbabwe Politics

Media Freedom Under Threat as Zimbabwe Media Commission Imposes Gukurahundi Code of Conduct

In a controversial move, Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) Chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, has announced that media organizations unwilling to endorse a contentious code of conduct, crafted in collaboration with a select group of journalists, will face restrictions from reporting on the upcoming

March 11, 2024

Zimbabwe Politics

Zimbabwe Authorities Arrest Activists on Unity Day for Remembering Victims of Gukurahundi Massacres

Three activists in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe were arrested on Unity Day, which is a day observed in the country since 1987 to mark the signing of the Unity Accord between two major political parties.The activists, Thamsanqa Ncube, Melusi Nyathi, and Samkeliso Tshuma, were

December 22, 2022

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe president Mnangagwa tries to heal wounds of 1980s massacres

Zimbabwe has launched a programme to engage with families affected by the 1980s military operation, dubbed Gukurahundi, that left an estimated 5,000 people dead. The crackdown that targeted mainly opposition strongholds in the south and western Matabeleland provinces has remained a sensitive

October 17, 2022

Zimbabwe

Didymus Mutasa the only one saying the truth about Gukurahundi

Former Security minister Didymus Mutasa is probably the only Government official from the Gukurahundi era who has said the truth, that the entire cabinet, not Mugabe or Mnangagwa alone, contributed to the collective decision to kill an estimated over 20000 people in

December 5, 2017

Africa·Breaking News·Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe beware: military is looking after its own interests, not democracy

November 2017 will go down in the history of Zimbabwe as the beginning of the end of Robert Mugabe’s 37 year tyranny. A tumultuous week finally culminated in his resignation on November 21st. One cannot understate the widespread jubilation at the demise of Mugabe and his

November 22, 2017

Zimbabwe

Just in : Riot police block Gukurahundi prayer meeting

The anti-riot police blocked Ibhetshu likaZulu from holding a memorial service at Bhalagwe camp in Kezi Matabeleland South. The police mounted a road block at the Bhalagwe turn off. Zapu leader and Zpra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa was among the delegates expected

October 21, 2017

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