Former Zimbabwean Minister, the late Amos Bernard Muvengwa Midzi was born. Midzi served in the Cabinet successively as Minister of Energy and Power Development and Minister of Mines and Mining Development from 2002 to 2009. He died aged 63.
Read More →Zimbabwe musician Mukudzeyi Mukombe aka Jah Prayzah was born on this day in Uzumba. Mukudzeyi dreamt of becoming a soldier, this dream later inspired his band’s performance costumes. Most of his songs are centred on cultural traditions to African countries. In 2022, he released a hit love song, ‘Furuwa’.
Read More →On this day in 1969, Zimbabwean former footballer Wilfred Mugeyi was born. He retired in 2007 and became an assistant coach at his former club Ajax Cape Town. In 2012, he became the club manger. Later on he became head coach of Chippa United. He had an identical twin and referees confused the two.
Read More →On this day in 1964, Zimbabwean born Pieter Johan Andries (Andrew) Oberholzer was murdered. Oberholzer was stabbed to death by the members of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). Oberholzer worked as a foreman of the Silverstreams Wattle Company.
Read More →On this day in 2008, A male MDC supporter was assaulted and detained by ZANU-PF youths. He was accused for supporting the opposition party and for being a betrayal of the long standing political party, that is, ZANU-PF.
Read More →On this day in 1943, Zimbabwean Politician Charles Ndlovu aka Webster Shamhu was born. Shamhu previously served as Minister of Information and Publicity, and Minister of State for Policy Implementation. In 2004, he stepped down as editor of the ZANU-PF weekly news publication, ‘The People’s Voice’. Shamhu was one of the people denied travel to […]
Read More →Former Deputy Minister Cephas Msipa (late) was born in Zvishavane. He was schooled at Siboza school and Dadaya Mission. Dr Msipa was a teacher before he picked interest in politics. He died aged 85 at West End Hospital in 2016.
Read More →On this day in 1944, Lord Walker of Aldringham, Michael Walker was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Walker served as Chief of the Defence Staff (head of all British Armed Forces), a post he held for 3 years before retiring and receiving a life peerage in 2006, chief of the General Staff […]
Read More →Zimbabwean lawyer, businessman and politician Welshman Ncube was born in Gweru. Ncube is a practicing lawyer in the firm Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers, where he is the senior partner at their Bulawayo offices. Ncube gained prominence in 1992 when he was appointed professor at the young age of 31.
Read More →Former Minister Dr. Henry Madzorera was born on this day in 1975. Dr. Madzorera served as Minister of Health and Child Welfare from 2009 to 2013 and also as Senator of Kwekwe.
Read More →On this day in 2000, police force disturbed a match during a soccer match of Zimbabwe against South Africa. The police fired tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying match setting up a chaos that killed people at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
Read More →On this day in 1946, Queen of Mbira and Traditional Music Ambuya Stellar Rambisai Chiweshe was born. Before Zimbabwe attained its Independende, Chiweshe released 20 singles of which her most hit song was ‘Kusahwa’ which went viral. Some of the songs potrayed impact of colonialism and social life of African inhabitants.
Read More →On this day in 2019, Zimbabwean Politician and vice-chairperson of the opposition MDC party Job Sikhala was arrested and charged with treason. He was charged for trying to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe. He also pointed out at a rally that he wanted to topple the President from his office before his next election.
Read More →On this day in 1978, Zimbabwean politician Nelson Chamisa was born in Fort Victoria. Chamisa holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and public administration and an LLB (Honours). On 30 July 2018, Chamisa lost a disputed election to ZANU PF’s Mnangagwa, the elections which had been widely criticized for lacking credibility and being unfair.
Read More →On this day in 2021, Zimbabwe global journalism seminar was held. The main ideas which were discussed were on how journalism has suffered in Zimbabwe, cyber security laws and how to deal with online trolls. Subsequently, Award winning journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono addressed how he was mistreated on occassions he was held in custody and in […]
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