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.
Read More →On this day in 2020, Thokozani Khupe wrote a letter to Douglas Mwonzora indicating that she was suspended for violating sections of the MDC-T constitution. In response, Mwonzora urged Khupe to accept the will of the people.
Read More →On this day in 1987, the House of Assembly elected Robert Mugabe as executive president of Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo signed the Unity Accord, which provided for the merge of ZANU and ZAPU into ZANU-PF on the same day. This was a turning point in Zimbabwe’s post-independence history as it marked the forging […]
Read More →On this day in 1987, the Unity accord was signed in order to form a united nationalist political party which was aimed to end violence which had marred the country since the early 1980s.
Read More →On this day in 2002, MDC Supporter Titus Nheya was stabbed to death in Karoi at the age of 56 by ZANU-PF youth. The incident was reported to the Police officers by the Movement for Democratic Change members but no publicly known investigations were made.
Read More →On this day in 1979, the Lancaster House Agreement was signed in London. The agreement guaranteed freedom of association and the right to form trade unions. The late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe on this day emphasised the need for truce between different political parties.
Read More →On this day in 2002, Milton Chambati the late member for Movement for Democratic Change was stabbed to death at the age of 45. His head was hacked off by a group of about 50 suspected members of the ZANU PF Youth Brigade.
Read More →On this day in 1941, the late Zimbabwean Politician Stan Mudenge was born. In 1965 ater excelling with flying colours at Goromonzi mission, he enrolled for honours degree in History at the then University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. During the course of the studies, he was involved in student activism. He joined with other students […]
Read More →On this day in 1924, the late Zimbabwean politician, Maurice Nyagumbo was born in Rusape. Nyagumbo befriended William Mashaba who introduced him to the Rhodesia Communist Party. After the Communist Party party was banned in 1948, Nyagumbo by chance met James Chikerema, who helped him to form Central African Social Club (CASC) for the purpose […]
Read More →On this day in 2000, the founder of Zimbabwe African National Union, Ndabaningi Sithole died at the age of 80. His political ambition began in 1960 when he joined the new National Democratic Party (NDP) which was led by Joshua Nkomo. In the 1995 election, he won a seat in Parliament but later that year […]
Read More →On this day in 1939, the late Zimbabwean politician Dumiso Dabengwa was born in Bulawayo. He served as the head of Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) intelligence during the Rhodesian Bush War. In 1982 he was charged for perdifying his country and was set free in 1983 due to lack of clear evidence. From 1992 […]
Read More →On this day in 2017, Zimbabwean politician Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was sworn as Zimbabwean President. In his oration he promised Zimbabwe a cornucopia of political, social and economic ameliorate.
Read More →On this day in 2017, Zimbabwe’s former finance minister Ignatius Chombo was abducted in Harare. In giving his report, Chombo pointed out that mysterious man took him and kept him for a week in an incognite location. More important still, at some point he was charged of corruption, but unfortunately Lovemore Madhuku pointed out that […]
Read More →On this day in 1927, the late Zimbabwean journalist Willie Dzawanda Musarurwa was born in Zvimba Reserve. From 1952 to 1957, Musarurwa was a teacher. He then persuade a Diploma in Journalism. Together with George Silindika and Sketchley Samkange, they worked as members of ZAPU up until Musarurwa was appointed as ZAPU’s first archetypal.
Read More →On this day in 1922, the late Rhodesian politician Mark Partridge was born at States Mines in South Africa, . Partridge later on moved to Salisbury were he worked for as the Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Defence. His zeal as a South-African born settler for Transvaal type segregation policies led him to put […]
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