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 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 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 1957, Zimbabwean novelist, film maker and playwright, Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in Mutoko, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In September 2020, Dangarembga was announced as the University of East Anglia’s inaugural International Chair of Creative Writing, from 2021 to 2022. Her thematic concerns are mostly centered on human folly, patriachal and post […]
Read More →On this day in 1986, Zimbabwean former International cricketer and former Zimbabwean captain, Brendan Taylor was born. Taylor supervised Zimbabwe for the ODIs until 2015, taking over to Elton Chigumbura after the World Cricket Championships. In January 2022, he was banned for taking part in cricket activities due to his engagement in corruption infringement.
Read More →On this day in 1957, Zimbabwean novelist, film maker and playwright, Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in Mutoko, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In September 2020, Dangarembga was announced as the University of East Anglia’s inaugural International Chair of Creative Writing, from 2021 to 2022. Her thematic concerns are mostly centered on human folly, patriachal and post […]
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 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 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 1971, Zimbabwean award winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was born in Harare. In 1993, he left Zimbabwabwe going to advance in his studies in United State of America. Chin’ono later worked for broadcasters such as BBC and ITV. In 2007, he came back to settle in Zimbabwe were he continued advocating for […]
Read More →On this day in 1980, former award winning Investigator Dumisani Muleya was born. In 2002, he won an award for exposing the state’s role in the farm invasion of 2000. In 2005 he won the Speakers Abbort award and in the following year the Cables Network African Journalist of the year.
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