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National Youth Day: Symbol of hope or reminder of forgotten struggles?

Tellingly, none of the respondents cited newspapers as a source, highlighting the gap between official messaging and the realities on the ground.

By Sandra Gama Mar. 7, 2025

National Youth Day: Symbol of hope or reminder of forgotten struggles?

Beyond Bhalagwe, a carceral archipelago?

It seems that Foucault was influenced by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘The Gulag Archipelago’, his opus on the Soviet formal collectivisation of farms and concentration camps system.

By Mbuso Moyo Feb. 23, 2025

Beyond Bhalagwe, a carceral archipelago?

Black man, you’re on your own: The West’s selective outrage

During that time, Mugabe became the darling of the West, even getting undeserved honorary degrees from Western universities.

By Mxolisi Ncube Feb. 13, 2025

Black man, you’re on your own: The West’s selective outrage

Late Bishop Karlen remembered for confronting Mugabe over Gukurahundi

At least 20 000 civilians were killed in Matabeleland and Midlands in the 1980s after Mugabe deployed a North Korean-trained brigade allegedly to fight dissidents.

By Nizbert Moyo Feb. 4, 2025

Late Bishop Karlen remembered for confronting Mugabe over Gukurahundi

‘Gukurahundi hearings a joke’

Chief Mathema said culture teaches people that the offender should not be the one dictating to the offended what needs to be done.

By Staff Reporter Jan. 18, 2025

Unity Day: Gukurahundi victims crying out for justice

The Unity Accord was signed on December 22, 1987 between PF Zapu and Zanu to stop the killings in Midlands and Matabeleland regions.

By Nizbert Moyo Dec. 21, 2024

Unity Day: Gukurahundi victims crying out for justice

Ntutha stood for truth and culture: Paul Themba Nyathi

Matabeleland-based pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu organised the memorial service.

By Silas Nkala Nov. 27, 2024

Ntutha stood for truth and culture: Paul Themba Nyathi

Tsholotsho Gukurahundi victims demand apology

A Gukurahundi survivor Hlanganiso Sithole (76) from Sikhale line in Matabeleland North’s Tsholotsho district still bears the scars of the torture he endured at the hands of the Fifth Brigade.

By Nizbert Moyo Nov. 24, 2024