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KGVI renamed Josiah Tongogara BarracksThe President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa says the renaming of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) barracks marks exorcising of the ghost of colonialism...OnlineHistory6 December 2017
Stamps declared a national heroHealth Advisor to the President and Cabinet and former Minister of Health and Child Welfare Dr Timothy Stamps , who died on Sunday, has been declared a national hero. Dr Stamps, who was 81, died at Bo...HeraldHistory29 November 2017
Feb 21st now public holidayThe notice is contained in Statutory Instrument 143 published in the Government Gazette on Friday. “His Excellency the President, in terms of Section 2(2) of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Bus...HeraldHistory27 November 2017
Dr Timothy Stamps diesHealth Advisor to the President and Cabinet Dr Timothy Stamps has died. He was 81. Dr Stamps, who is the former Minister of Health and Child Care, died yesterday afternoon at Borrowdale Trauma Centre....HeraldHistory27 November 2017
Airport renamed after PresidentThe Harare International Airport was yesterday renamed Robert Mugabe International Airport at a ceremony attended by thousands of people, senior Government officials and captains of industry. The airp...HeraldHistory10 November 2017
Muvuti declared national heroVeteran nationalist and former Zimbabwe Newspapers Group board member Cde Don Kwaedza Muvuti, who died on Wednesday last week at a Harare hospital, has been declared a national hero. Cde Muvuti (84),....HeraldHistory31 October 2017
Msika declared national heroineThe widow of national hero Vice President Joseph Msika, Maria, who died on Friday last week, has been declared a national heroine and will be buried at the National Heroes’ Acre on Thursday. Mbuya Msi...ChronicleHistory26 September 2017
Minister Sleeps on Grave 14 Nights in Spiritual Bid to Avoid Dismissal, Corruption ChargesMt Darwin – Zimbabwe’s Minister of Local Government, Saviour Kasukuwere allegedly spent 14 nights sleeping on his father’s grave in a bid to spiritually cleanse himself of ‘bad luck’ which would expos...OnlineHistory4 September 2017
Ritual at 'Killer's' Doorway - MaPecca's Family Seeks Alternative JusticeThe late Tawanda ‘MaPecca’ Moyo’s relatives yesterday morning took his body to the business premises of the man who shot him which are in the city centre saying it was part of “rituals” to ensure just...ChronicleHistory4 September 2017
Mai Muzenda dies •National heroine status to be tabledIT was a dark day for Zimbabwe yesterday as the nation lost another towering woman, Mai Maud Muzenda, the widow of Vice President Dr Simon Vengai Muzenda. She was 88. Amai Muzenda passed on at the Ave...HeraldHistory23 August 2017
Cde Rutanhire declared national heroThe President and First Secretary of Zanu PF, Cde Robert Mugabe has conferred a national hero status on the late Cde Peter Clever George Rutanhire. The conferment of a national hero status on Cde Runt...OnlineHistory22 August 2017
Mahofa's Last Words RevealedNATIONAL heroine Cde Shuvai Ben Mahofa called several top Zanu-PF and Government officials in her final hours, imploring them to ensure the ruling party remained united, it has emerged. Among those sh...OnlineHistory20 August 2017
Cde George Rutanhire DiesZanu-PF Politburo member Cde George Peter Rutanhire has died. Cde Rutanhire succumbed to renal failure at Karanda Hospital in Mt Darwin early yesterday. Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Minister...OnlineHistory20 August 2017
Mahofa declared national heroinePresident Mugabe has conferred national heroine status on Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Senator Shuvai Ben Mahofa who died on Monday.She was 76. The announcement was made by Zanu-P...HeraldHistory17 August 2017
Grace Mugabe Hands Herself Over to SA PoliceJohannesburg - Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe has handed herself over to police after she allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old model with an extension cord in Sandton at the weekend. "[She] is not un...OnlineHistory15 August 2017
Grace in SA Hotel Brawl Over SonsA Johannesburg woman has claimed she was assaulted by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s wife‚ Grace. Gabriella Engels (20) claimed she was assaulted by Mugabe’s wife at a Sandton‚ Johannesburg‚ hot...NewsDayHistory15 August 2017
President, Nation Mourn MahofaPresident Mugabe has mourned Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Senator Shuvai Ben Mahofa who collapsed and died in the early hours of yesterday morning.Sen Mahofa was rushed to Mukurir...HeraldHistory15 August 2017
Cde Mahofa DiesThe nation has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Cde Shuvai Ben Mahofa early this morning. Minister of Information, Media & Bro...HeraldHistory14 August 2017
Famous Zimbabwean sportsmen born in July1. Paul Strang (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner) Born: July 28, 1970, Bulawayo Major teams: Zimbabwe, Kent, Manicaland, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mashonaland, Mashonaland Country Districts, Notti...OnlineHistory27 July 2017
#Throwback_Thursday: 5th Parliament opens its new sessionIn Zimbabwe, on 20 July 2000, Parliament opened its new session and sat opposition members for the first time in a decade. President Robert Mugabe opened the new Zimbabwean parliament with a pledge to...OnlineHistory20 July 2017
Govt ups efforts to erase colonial heritageTHE government is reinforcing efforts to rewrite history through erecting monuments that glorify the culture and heritage of the African people, replacing colonial monuments that pampered imperialism....NewsDayHistory20 July 2017
Police Identify 40 King Lion Bus Crash VictimsPolice have identified 40 bodies out of the 43 passengers who perished in a King Lion bus accident along the Harare-Chirundu highway on Wednesday night. In a statement last night, police spokesperson....ChronicleHistory11 June 2017
Thief Attempt to be Santa Claus Goes WrongA suspected thief became a prisoner of his own scheme after he got stuck for two days in a chimney. Andrea Zunga (33) of Makokoba suburb was part of a gang of three that hatched a plan to enter Thabis...ChronicleHistory30 March 2017- Speeding Kombi Kills Grade 5 Pupil at Zebra CrossingA grde Five pupil died on the spot while a man was critically injured after they were hit by a speeding commuter omnibus while crossing a road in Bulawayo yesterday. The speeding kombi hit Natasha Tsh...ChronicleHistory30 March 2017