On this day in 1982, senior Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) members including Dumiso Dabengwa and Lookout Masuku were arrested and charged with treason.
Read More →On this day in 1978, Rhodesian military troops ZAPU rebels at their base in Luangwa, Zambia. The attack went on up to the 8th of March, 53 fighters including Zambian soldiers lost their lives.
Read More →On this day in 1978, Prime Minister Ian Smith and moderate African leaders including Bishop Abel Muzorewa, Ndabaningi Sithole and Jeremiah Chirau signed the Internal Settlement, an agreement which favored African majority rule for the time.
Read More →On this day in 1970, Prime Minister Ian Smith declared Republic of Rhodesia and Clifford Dupont was named the interim president.
Read More →On this day in 2018, the Movement for Democratic Change party national council assigned the post of president to Nelson Chamisa for a period of 12 months following the death of Morgan Tsvangirai who was the founder and party president.
Read More →On this day in 2004, retired army commander and brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri was appointed the role of Minister of Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation by his excellency president Robert Mugabe. He retired soon after the resignation of Mugabe in 2017.
Read More →On this day in 2009, the Movement for Democratic Change party leader Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was sworn in as the country’s prime minister by president Robert Mugabe. Mugabe and Tsvangirai set their differences aside and signed a power sharing deal (Government of National Unity-GNU) the previous year.Two deputy prime ministers Thokozani Khupe and Arthur Mutambara […]
Read More →The Organization of African Unity sent twenty-four (24) observers led by Getrude Mongella to Zimbabwe on this day.
Read More →The Commonwealth of Nations deployed forty-two observers together with nineteen staff members to monitor the presidential elections on this day in 2002. The team was led by General Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria. They were to stay up to the 14th of March.
Read More →The United States government inflicted economic sanctions on Zimbabwe’s government officials on this day in 2002.
Read More →The European Union removes economic sanctions on eight Zimbabwean individuals on this day in 2014.
Read More →The Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe dismissed ZAPU members from coalition government including Joshua Nkomo on this day in 1982.
Read More →The European Union revokes economic sanctions on twenty-one (21) individuals and one (1) company in Zimbabwe on this day in 2013.
Read More →The European union inflicted military and economic sanctions against the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe and other government officials on this day in 2002.
Read More →The European Union sent twenty-six (26) observers from six different countries led by Pierre Schori to Zimbabwe so as to monitor the presidential elections. However, the EU removed the observers from Zimbabwe on this day.
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