Zimbabwean Politician Simba Makoni was appointed as Minister of Finance. It was his third ministerial duty after previously serving as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry and Energy Development in the early 80s.
Read More →The first draft of the Zimbabwe constitution was released on this day, but it was highly contested. The rejected provisions covered devolution, presidential running mates, the constitutional court, a prosecuting authority, a clause on land commission, same-sex marriage and foreign funding of political parties.
Read More →On this day in 2004, retired army commander and brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri was appointed the Minister of Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation by his excellency president Robert Gabriel Mugabe (late). He retired soon after the resignation of Mugabe in 2017.
Read More →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 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 […]
Read More →On this day in 2021, award winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was awarded the Greenfield people journalist of the year 2020. He was awarded for giving an investigating reporting on the COVID-19 procurement corruption which was done by high profile public officials including the Health Minister in Zimbabwe.
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 1990, Zimbabwean broadcaster Zororo Makamba (late) was born. Makamba was the co-founder and director of a digital and broadcasting company known as , ‘Eleven dogs’. In 2020, he was caved in to Covid-19 few days on his return from New York City and he was recorded the first person to have […]
Read More →On this day in 2005, former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (late) signed into law the Zimbabwe Election Commission Bill and Electoral Bill # 5. SADC officials were pleased and it laurelled Zimbabwe for being ‘the first country to comply with the regional election’.
Read More →On this day in 1976, the former Rhodesian politician John Wrathall (late) was sworn in as the country’s President to succeed his former Clifford Dupont (late) who had died of cancer. Wrathall was the country’s second President following the 1969 Constitution which made Rhodesia a republic and severed the remaining ties to the British Crown.
Read More →On this day in 1989, the late Robert Gabriel Mugabe was nominated as sole candidate for the office. He was inaugurated as the country’s first Executive President of Zimbabwe.
Read More →On this day in 2020, Douglas Mwonzora was declared as political party leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) after Thokozani khupe had resigned from office.
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