2nd Chimurenga Files
3 years ago | February 14, 2021
Second Chimurenga: Spirit led war
CDE Pepukai, born Nyembesi Judith Tsodzo, left school in Rushinga in 1974 to join the liberation struggle. She was 15 ...
3 years ago | February 7, 2021
At the front there was no death, only ‘injuries’
IN this, the second instalment of a conversation between GARIKAI MAZARA and Cde Pepukai, born Nyembesi Judith Tsodzo, ...
3 years ago | January 3, 2021
‘Injustices made me politically conscious’
THE name Andrew Ndlovu might not readily ring a bell to some of our readers, but those old enough to remember Chenjerai ...
3 years ago | December 6, 2020
‘They called me a dissident’
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected ...
3 years ago | November 29, 2020
‘Nyathi was a sell-out from the start’
Fortuitously, only Cde Seven survived from that episode. In this narration with Garikai Mazara, Cde Chakaipa remembers ...
3 years ago | November 22, 2020
Serving in Ian Smith’s Rhodesian Airforce
AS the country inches towards Unity Day signed on December 22, 1987 when Zanu and Zapu put civil hostilities in the ...
3 years ago | November 8, 2020
Face-to-face with Chimoio massacre
IN last week’s instalment, Cde Joze, born Joel Mutandi, narrated how he crossed into Mozambique to join the liberation ...
3 years ago | November 1, 2020
Running away from school to join the struggle
AT the tender age of 17, Joel Mutandi abandoned his O-Level studies at Hartzell High School to join the liberation ...
4 years ago | October 18, 2020
Mavonde battle decisive in liberation struggle
IN this third and final instalment, Cde Gidza, born Gilbert Mutyambizi, relives the Mavonde Battle, which was a decisive ...
4 years ago | October 11, 2020
Grand Reef attack was revenge for Chimoio
LAST week, Cde Gidza Makhanya, born Gilbert Mutyambizi, narrated how he left the country to join the liberation ...
4 years ago | October 4, 2020
‘Vetting of recruits was thorough’
In a conversation with Garikai Mazara that spanned several hours, he broke down numerous times. He carries the mental ...
4 years ago | September 20, 2020
Correcting the colonial wrongs
IT has been 130 years since the so-called Pioneer Column arrived and raised the Union Jack in present-day Harare, which ...
4 years ago | August 30, 2020
Scholars purr over Mpofu’s biography
Renowned academics have commended Dr Obert Mpofu’s forthcoming book, “On the shoulder of the Struggle: Memoirs of a ...
4 years ago | August 16, 2020
‘The chosen dozen’
For about seven months after crossing from Rhodesia to Botswana and finally Zambia, Cde Daylight Mabanga found himself ...
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