CHRONICLES FROM THE SECOND CHIMURENGA

24 hours ago | September 24, 2023

Some comrades wanted to kill me

LAST WEEK, decorated war veteran Cde JOHN DZINORUMA MUBAKO (JDM), whose Chimurenga name was Cde Ebby ...

1 week ago | September 17, 2023

We were determined to defeat the enemy

LAST week, Cde JOHN DZINORUMA MUBAKO (JDM) recounted how circumstances forced him to relocate from Zambia to Botswana. ...

2 weeks ago | September 10, 2023

A wedding and an assassination

WE concluded last week’s instalment with Cde JOHN DZINORUMA MUBAKO (JDM), who apparently grew up in Cde Joshua Nkomo’s ...

3 weeks ago | September 3, 2023

We watched TV at Joshua Nkomo’s house

His ambition was to be a medical doctor, but fate decided otherwise, as circumstances led him to abandon his studies and ...

4 weeks ago | August 27, 2023

It’s an honour being a liberation war fighter

This week, we conclude chronicling Cde STEVE TRINITY CHIDAWANYIKA (STC)’s journey in the liberation struggle. He ...

1 month ago | August 20, 2023

Engaging the enemy in daylight was risky

IN his narration this week, Cde STEVE TRINITY CHIDAVANYIKA (STC) tells our reporter AARON CHARUNGWA MOYO (ACM) of the ...

1 month ago | August 13, 2023

We killed 36 enemy soldiers

THIS week, Cde STEVE TRINITY CHIDAVANYIKA (STC), whose Chimurenga name was TRINITY ZUVARABUDA, continues narrating his ...

2 months ago | August 6, 2023

I endured tortuous journey to Moza

WE continue our discussion with CDE STEVE TRINITY CHIDAVANYIKA (STC), who joined the war as a 16-year-old. This week, he ...

2 months ago | July 30, 2023

My father inducted Chitepo into politics

CDE STEVE TRINITY CHIDAVANYIKA (STC) joined the liberation struggle when he was still a young man. This week, he tells ...

4 months ago | June 4, 2023

When comrades are reunited after 50 years

Lincoln Towindo Deputy News Editor SOMETIME in 1973, the Rhodesian army launched a surprise attack on a group of freedom ...

4 months ago | May 28, 2023

I always survived by a whisker

CDE PAUL NHAU (PN), whose nom de guerre was MATUDA REVOLUTION, joined the liberation war after suffering severe ...

4 months ago | May 21, 2023

I was sentenced 30 years in prison for terrorism

CDE ONIAS GARIKAYI GOSHA (OGG), whose wartime name was CDE GABARINOCHEKA, concludes his account by recounting some of ...

4 months ago | May 14, 2023

We attacked Altena Farm to get publicity

CDE ONIAS GARIKAYI GOSHA (OGG) — one of the pioneering freedom fighters of the Second Chimurenga whose nom de guerre was ...

5 months ago | May 7, 2023

We had a heated confrontation with Cde Tongogara

This week, Cde Onias Garikayi Gosha (OGG), whose nom de guerre was George Gabarinocheka, tells us about his time in ...