Patricia Molly Walkeden affectionately known as Pat Walkden was born on this day in 1946. Patricia was born in Bulawayo. She is a professional tennis player and
Read More →Ryan Cairns a professional golf player was born on this day in 1984. Cairns is part of the Sunshine Tour
Read More →Vitalis Chikoko, a professional basketball player was born in Harare on this day in 1991. Vitalis currently plays for Levallois in France.
Read More →The 1981 Entumbane uprising also known as the Battle of Bulawayo or Entumbane II started around 20:00 around Entumbane area in Bulawayo on this day. It was a battle between two guerrilla factions, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA). The battle ended on the following day.
Read More →The 1981 Entumbane uprising also known as Entumbane II or Battle of Bulawayo came to an end in the evening of this day. The battle resulted in over 260 deaths. A national army relief column was sent to stop this between ZIPRA and ZANLA forces. Read more on what led to the uprising in the […]
Read More →Iron Duke Dam partially collapsed and killed two people on this day. Iron duke Dam is near Glendale in Mashonaland Central. The cause of the collapse were believed to be caused by heavy rains in the area, damaging the infrastructure.
Read More →Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe announced the launch of Stan, the bank’s virtual assistant. Stan will be available on Facebook, Twitter and web chat.
Read More →Southern African Development Community sent 70 observers on this day to Zimbabwe to observe the presidential elections. The team would return in the following month. The same elections were monitored by South Africa.
Read More →South African government sent over 60 observers led by Sam Motsuenyane to monitor presidential elections in Zimbabwe. The team would return in the following month.
Read More →a draft constitution was rejected in a referendum by 55% of the voters on this day in 2000.
Read More →State security agents detained over 50 Harare Polytechnic students who were protesting for the state to address exorbitant fees being charged by state higher learning institutions.
Read More →Police violently suppressed peaceful protests held in Harare and Bulawayo by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). Over 188 protesters we arrested and beaten.
Read More →Zimbabwe’s longtime opposition party leader and former Prime Minister Richard Morgan Tsvangirai died on this day in 2018. Tsvangirai succumbed to colon cancer in Johannesburg. Tsvangirai was the president of the MDC-T party at the time of his death, which he co-founded as Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in 1999.
Read More →Hilton Cartwright, a Zimbabwean born Australian cricketer was born on this day in 1992. Cartwright was born in Harare and spent most of his childhood in Marondera where his parents owned a farm. He moved to Australia in 2003 after their farm became subject to Zimbabwean government land reform programme.
Read More →Adelaide Tambo nee Tshukudu died on this day in 2007. She was 77 when she passed on. Adelaide is considered an ANC, South African and African heroine as she was a prominent anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. She was buried in her home town of Wattvile next to her husband Oliver Tambo.
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