News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Thursday, 07 March 2013 09:52
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has given in to demands by war veterans to meet him to discuss their demand for $20 000 payout each and their welfare. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association secretary general Shadreck Makombe confirmed the development....Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:49
HARARE - Zimbabwean war veterans — often seen as rowdy and President Robert Mugabe’s shock troopers in any election — have demanded $1 billion in fresh gratuities and diamond mining claims in Marange, it emerged yesterday. In a shock appeal before...Read More
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Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:45
MASVINGO - Heavily-armed police in Masvingo torched over 30 homesteads belonging to war veterans who invaded black-owned farms on Thursday. The war veterans said they invaded the farms because the new owners were leasing land to white farmers who were chucked...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 10:24
HARARE - Two war veterans’ groups are fighting over land in the southern parts of Harare currently held by Magamba eChimurenga group. Clifford Hokonya and Charles Mpofu, from Harare province of the war veterans association, are allegedly leading the fight against...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:41
HARARE - War veterans loyal to President Robert Mugabe have told him the hard truth: Zanu PF is losing support even in his home province at a time the 88-year-old is vigorously pushing for elections. In no-holds-barred talk, the war veterans’...Read More
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 11:06
HARARE - The War Veterans Pension Fund should be availed to all Zimbabweans because the liberation war was a collective effort and not the preserve for a select few, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. Tsvangirai was addressing a group of...Read More
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Monday, 08 October 2012 11:17
HARARE - The late army general Vitalis Zvinavashe once cautioned former liberation fighters that if they fought the war so they would be compensated, then they were not different from mercenaries. Mercenaries consist of a private armed force hired for the...Read More
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Friday, 05 October 2012 15:23
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the picket by war veterans at his offices was politically motivated and said he will not be distracted in performing his national duty. He said the latest demonstrations, the 12th this year, was...Read More
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Thursday, 04 October 2012 17:34
HARARE - Around 5pm this Tuesday, I was walking home after work along Samora Machel Avenue when I caught up with my colleague Bridget Mananavire, who was the night reporter on duty that day. We strolled along Samora Machel Avenue, and...Read More
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