On this day in 1902, the late Southern Rhodesia Governor Humphrey Vicary Gibbs was born. Gibbs was elected to be MP for Wankie in 1947. In the year 1964, he was a conduit for negotiations between British Government and the rebel regime and in 1965, he opposed the Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
Read More →On this day in 2017, the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe resigned from power after yielding to political and military coercion. Mugabe had been serving as the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe since 1987.
Read More →On this day in 2017, the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Gabriel Mugabe was placed under house arrest after days of negotiations and impeachment proceedings.
Read More →On this day in 2017, the Zimbabwe military launched ‘Operation restore legacy’ for the purpose of facilitating a transfer of power to the late Mugabe to his former Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Read More →On this day in 1965, the governments of India and Ceylon imposed diplomatic sanctions (non-recognition) against the Rhodesian government. For this reason, the Rhodesian government was condemned by the UN Security Council.
Read More →On this day in 1968, Rhodesia adopted a new flag again. This was the third independence celebrations after the country had declared independence from Britain. The new design had vertical green-white-green stripes with the full coat of arms at the centre.
Read More →On this day in 1965, Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and his cabinet signed a proclamation of Independence from the British Parliament. The British government responded by requesting the United Nations to impose sanctions against the rebel country in which Ian Smith and his cabinet signed this agreement. The agreement was signed at 11AM on […]
Read More →On this day in 2017, President Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and expelled him from the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party.
Read More →Hopewell Chin’ono on Tuesday 3 November 2020 was again arrested in Harare for the charges of writing in support of anti-government protest on his twitterr account. Subsequantly, he open another twitter account in which he wrote about corruption, together criticising President Mnangagwa and and his government. His lawyer, Gift Mtisi argues that the charges laid […]
Read More →On this day in 2004, the late Mr. Roy Leslie Bennett filed an application seeking his release pending the determination of an appeal he had lodged with the Supreme Court and constitutional challenges which was to be instituted by him.
Read More →On this day in 1888, the Rudd Concession was signed. The Rudd Concession was an agreement between Charles Rudd together with his negotiators and Lobengula. Charles Rudd had been sent by Cecil Joh Rhodes who feared Lobengula would cancel the Moffat Treaty which had been signed earlier on.
Read More →On this day in 1889, Queen Victoria granted the British South Africa Company a Royal Charter. The company received a Royal Charter modeled on the that of British East India Company. The directors were the 2nd Duke of Abercorn, Cecil John Rhodes and Alfred Beit.
Read More →On this day in 2008, the SADC Organ of Defence and Security held a meeting to discuss how to overcome the Zimbabwean political crisis. The meeting failed to break the political impasse but announced that it was calling for a summit of all SADC member states to try and resolve the Zimbabwe crisis. These events […]
Read More →On this day in 2008, police dispersed about 150 activists from the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) and the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) who were holding a demonstration in Harare using teargas. The demonstrators were calling for a resolution to the political crisis that had put Zimbabwe in a stall after the 2008 general […]
Read More →On this day in 1889, Queen Victoria granted the British South Africa Company a Royal Charter. The company received a Royal Charter modeled on the that of British East India Company. The directors were the 2nd Duke of Abercorn, Cecil John Rhodes and Alfred Beit. Learn more about the Royal Charter here
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