On this day in 2015, the former President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (late) was granted the position to chair African Union (AU).
Read More →On this day in 1983, urban grooves artist Leonard Mapfumo was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. Mapfumo is an urban grooves/hip-hop artist. He has been so active on the national hip-hop scene since 2002 and have gained recognition as one of the fathers of Zimbabwean urban sounds. Mapfumo begin to record and perform soon after graduating […]
Read More →On this day in 1961, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa was born. Masiyiwa is best known as the founder and chairman of Econet Wireless International and Zimbabwe’s first billionaire. In 1968, together with his family fled to north-central Zambia Town of Kitwe due to regional government instability in the country (Zimbabwe). In 1978, after […]
Read More →On this day in 2000, inaugural Congress of the Movement for Democratic Change was held, in Chitungwiza. It was aimed at providing a standing constitution. The Movement for Democratic Change adopted, amended the name, its headquarters of the party, legal status, aims, values, objectives and culture of the MDC.
Read More →On this day in 1962, Zimbabwean man Johanne Ralleke (late) was stung by honey bees 2.443 times at Kamativi tin mine in Hwange. He is currently the Guiness Book of World Record holder for the greatest number of bee stings sustained by any surviving human being.
Read More →On this day in 2014, Zimbabwe authorities (ZRP) arrested 11 student leaders in apparent retaliation for non-violent protests that was held at Harare Polytechnic Institute. The students vandalised school properties and they were against deteriorating academic standards as well as rules barring students with outstanding fees from attending classes.
Read More →On this day in 1992, the late, Amai Sally Mugabe, late President Mugabe’s first wife died from kidney failure at the age of 60. In 1962, she demonstrated in mobilising African Women (AW) in challenging the Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) constitution, she was charged with sedition and was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Read More →On this day in 1980, the late Rhodesian nationalist Robert Gabriel Mugabe returned to Rhodesia after being exiled for five years. At the grounds in the Highfield township of Salisbury, crowds rejoiced as Mugabe pointed out that there would be no more injustice based on race and colour.
Read More →On this day in 2019, in Zimbabwe, top three officials, amonst them Sibusiso Moyo who were succumbed to COVID-19 were buried at the National Heroes Acre. There were put in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll […]
Read More →On this day in 2021, Khumula Homes Zulu died after being attacked for refusing to share his mopane worms aka amacimbi in Bulawayo. The late Mr Khumbula Homes Zulu suffered a swollen mouth, thus finding it so difficult to breath.
Read More →On this day in 1983, at night Joshua Nkomo (late) who was fired from government and placed under house arrest, fled to Botswana for satefy after the Fifth Brigade had been deployed in the northern part of the Matabeleland province.
Read More →On this day in 2008, former President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (late) announced that joint presidential and parliamentary elections would go ahead on March 29.
Read More →On this day in 1947, Zimbabwean politician and Former Minister of Finance and Economic Plannning Patrick Antony Chinamasa was born. Chinamasa also held other ministerial duties before heading the Finance ministry.
Read More →On this day in 1968, former Zimbabwean cricketer Mark Burmester was born in Durban, South Africa. Burmester was the first Zimbabwean to take a Test wicket and between 1992 and 1995, he played in 3 Test and 8 ODIs.
Read More →On this day in 2019,.the late Zimbabwean music legend, Oliver Mtukudzi aka Tuku died at the age of 66 after succumbing to cancer. Mtukudzi’s songs often included lyrics that were centred on societal concerns, including HIV/AIDS, alcohol abuse, as well as encouraging self-respect by making the use of Shona aphorisms. Later in his career, Mtukudzi […]
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