CHRONICLES FROM THE SECOND CHIMURENGA

4 days ago | March 26, 2023

‘Rhodesian brutality drove me to join the war’

CDE FANUEL TINGASIYE MATSENGA (FTM), whose nom de guerre was TAFIRENYIKA CHIMURENGA OR FARABHUNDU, joined the liberation ...

2 weeks ago | March 19, 2023

I saved a bullet to take my own life

This is the final instalment of the narration by Cde Sonny Sha-mbira (SS) of his journey at the war front during the ...

3 weeks ago | March 12, 2023

Taking the war effort to the next level

CDE SONNY SHAMBIRA (SS) continues recounting his exploits during the liberation struggle. This week, he focuses on how ...

4 weeks ago | March 5, 2023

Comrades were torn to shreds by bombs, bullets

This week, Cde Sonny Shambira (SS) continues narrating his meandering journey to the war by recounting how he was ...

1 month ago | February 26, 2023

We survived on powdered milk, roots

CDE SONNY SHAMBIRA (SS), whose nom de guerre was Chirariro Masvusvu, was among the thousands of young men who joined the ...

1 month ago | February 19, 2023

Tortuous journey of a determined man

On Tuesday, Zimbabweans will celebrate Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day in commemoration of the birth of the ...

3 months ago | January 8, 2023

Death, disease threatened dream to join war’

Last week, Cde Aaron Musiwavo Tokoyo (AMT), whose nom de guerre was Jackson Chaminuka Musiwavo, recounted his tortuous ...

3 months ago | January 1, 2023

‘They said I was too young to join the war’

CDE AARON MUSIWAVO TOKOYO (AMT), whose nom de guerre was JACKSON CHAMINUKA MUSIWAVO, was among thousands of young men ...

3 months ago | December 25, 2022

Turning the tide against the enemy

This is the final instalment of our discussion with CDE HAMUNYARI MAKADZANGE (HM), a prominent war collaborator who ...

5 months ago | October 16, 2022

A journey in democracy and constitutionalism

Dr Obert Mpofu The recently held Central Committee elections confirm ZANU PF’s pro-people leadership style. Some made it ...

War collaborators risked life and limb

THE role played by war collaborators, who were known as mijibha and zvimbwido, is integral to the narrative of the ...

2 years ago | July 18, 2021

Sellouts were not shown mercy

Cde George Kufakunesu, whose Chimurenga name was Softguy Chimurenga, narrates to our Senior Reporter TENDAI CHARA his ...

2 years ago | May 16, 2021

‘I survived Rhodie dakotas, helicopter bombs’

  AFTER five instalments in which Cde Sando Kano shared with us a mixed bag of both exhilarating and depressing ...

2 years ago | March 21, 2021

The capture of Yvonne Mulligan

  CDE No Doubt Magorira, born Loice Nyandoro, left school in 1976 aged 15 to join the liberation struggle. In ...