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Friday, 05 April 2013 11:02
HARARE - As Zimbabwe commemorates Independence Day in two weeks, veterans of the 1970s liberation war are still wallowing in poverty, a senior representative has said. While a few well-connected have benefited from President Robert Mugabe’s largesse programmes such as land...Read More
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Sunday, 24 March 2013 14:11
HARARE - Matabeleland South provincial governor, Angeline Masuku, says war veterans should back off from the debate around President Robert Mugabe’s continued occupation of office despite advanced health. Addressing mourners at the burial of veteran journalist and former deputy news editor...Read More
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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 » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Monday, 18 February 2013 11:50
HARARE - War veterans resettled in Norton are engaged in a bitter land wrangle with the local chief, Claudius Mandaza Nyamweda, who is pushing for their eviction. The war veterans, led by Willard Zviripi, claim the chief has been taking their...Read More
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News » Guthrie Munyuki, Senior Assistant Editor
Thursday, 14 February 2013 12:30
HARARE - War veterans have stitched a new plan to prop up President Robert Mugabe in watershed elections which the veteran leader and his colleagues want held by June. Known for their knee-jerk tactics and combative mood often accompanied by violence,...Read More
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Friday, 08 February 2013 15:30
MASVINGO - Former freedom fighters here have warned their national leader, Jabulani Sibanda, against setting foot in the province ahead of this year’s decisive elections. They say the volatile war veterans chairperson could incite political violence in the province. Speaking to...Read More
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Monday, 07 January 2013 10:32
HARARE - The body of a liberation war hero exhumed in Mudzi late last year under former central bank advisor Munyaradzi Kereke’s “$100 000” project is lying at a mortuary in Bikita as wrangling stalls reburial. This follows revelations that Kereke...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Thursday, 22 November 2012 10:05
HARARE - Veterans of Zimbabwe’s 1970s liberation war have set their sights on the contentious diamond money, 15 years after they arm-twisted President Robert Mugabe into a payout that precipitated a national economic meltdown. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)...Read More
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Saturday, 06 October 2012 14:02
HARARE - Police have refused to explain why they failed to act on war veterans who besieged the New Government Complex, grounding government business to a halt in at least four ministries. The war veterans, who were demonstrating against Finance minister...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Thursday, 04 October 2012 11:46
HARARE - We are appalled by the repetition of violent intimidation against our journalists in the line of duty and specifically at the New Government Complex in Harare on Tuesday. This deplorable act of thuggery and intimidation — unleashed by pseudo...Read More
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Thursday, 06 September 2012 11:45
HARARE - A group of war veterans have warned the Parliamentary select committee (Copac) that they do not want to be forced into another “liberation struggle” over differences that can easily be resolved through dialogue. Jabulani Sibanda, the Zimbabwe National Liberation...Read More
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