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Miles Tendi

4 years

A cheaper paperback African edition of "The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker" for 320 Rands/£15/US$20, available here: Book Trailer:

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Miles Tendi

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3 years

Of historical falsehoods and silences: 1. ED was not a member of the Crocodile Gang. 2. Silence on the 1980’s Gukurahundi. 3. Silence on the DRC War. 4. Silence on the death of Solomon Mujuru. 5. The 2017 military coup is referred to as a “military assisted transition”.

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Coming Soon.

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⁦When a cartoon is worth a thousand words. ⁦ @gathara ⁩

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ED says "43 or 44" yrs ago he was released to Zambia. Thats 1976 or 77. ZANU ceased operating from Zambia in 1975, after Chitepo's death. How is it possible that ZANU received him in Zambia? Tongogara was in Zambian jails from 1975-6. How did he send Peter Baya to receive ED?

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4 years

Unveiling of the plaque #VicFallsCity HE Pres @edmnangagwa narrates his connection to Vic Falls

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1/2. Today, 15 August, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Solomon Mujuru/Rex Nhongo. Sudden deaths can change the course of political history; some more than others.…

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Despite all the joy and the hope following Mugabe’s overthrow, in the aftermath of this election, Zimbabweans’ democratic dreams appear as distant as ever. | Blessing-Miles Tendi

Zimbabwe was united. This election has divided us again | Blessing-Miles Tendi

With the result being disputed, and the army losing trust after this week’s killings, Zimbabweans’ moment of hope has passed, says Blessing-Miles Tendi, associate professor of African Politics at...

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Women weeping today during ED’s announcement that Auxillia Mnangagwa will not seek re-election as local MP in July in order to concentrate on her duties as First Lady. Auxillia also begins to weep, at some point. Not even the dynamite Grace Mugabe pulled off a stunt like this one

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7 yrs ago today (14 August) at 20:20 General Solomon Mujuru entered his Beatrice farmhouse, ostensibly to retire to bed. At about 03:00 on 15 August, mostly skeletal remains were discovered on the floor of a small living room. The remains were later identified as General Mujuru’s

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3 years

Done writing a lengthy book review. Look out for it tomorrow or Friday!

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7 years

War vets are calling another inclusive march yet Zanu made clear recent events are about internal party politics. I hope those who intend to march will pull the rug from under the army’s feet by saying: “We also want these reforms NOW or we stay in the streets” #changethenarrative

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1/10 @DrObertMpofu , in his “On The Shoulders of Struggle: Memoirs of a Political Insider”, observes that General Solomon Mujuru was “unyielding in his commitment to ensuring that Mnangagwa never ascends to the presidency of ZANU PF and Government”.

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3 years

The University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations has made a statement regarding the Cecil Rhodes statue: … @Politics_Oxford

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Former Mines Minister, Obert Mpofu, refuses to cooperate with Parliamentary Committee on Mines & Energy. Zimbabweans deserve straight answers on the opaque, corrupt goings on in the Mines ministry but if today’s events are anything to go by, straight answers will never come.

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2/2 But as serious as Mutodi’s shortcomings are (the misogyny especially) he should not be the first one fired this week. All those responsible for the violent, heinous, acts against women in Harare & Bulawayo recently should have been sacked (and prosecuted) first, Mutodi second

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7 years

An opportunity was lost today. Marchers ought to have pulled the rug from under the army’s feet by articulating broader agendas: Security Sector Reform; independent electoral commission; nature of government they want between now & 2018 poll. Zim’s problems are bigger than Mugabe

Dr Christine Cheng 鄭穎茵

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7 years

Hoping to hear from @MilesTendi on #Zimbabwecoup #ZimbabweRising & #ZimMarch .

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@RuvhenekoP your look of disbelief..... 🤣🤣

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1/7. Yesterday @DMwonzora wrongly referred to Gukurahundi as civil war. Today he backtracks & decides to play politics by calling it genocide. Our politicians don’t understand the history of the 80s & when they are caught out, they choose to politicise the history of that decade.

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Congratulations Marc Howard @mtjhoward for your just released excellent book on black soldiers in the Rhodesian colonial army & Zimbabwe National Army: @hallowellbe @MariaSoleMarsh

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The hypocritical UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, along with its running dogs in Harare like @UKSimonT & the departed @CatrionaLaing1 must hang their heads in shame. Please shut the hell up & go hang a million times!

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We spoke this morning to lawyers representing @PastorEvanLive , who is currently in police custody. Following his case and the situation in #Zimbabwe very closely. @UKinZimbabwe

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1/10 @HeraldZimbabwe article about Cde Chehondo underlines the enduring validity of the maxim, ‘journalism is the first rough draft of history’. It also reflects the power of social media influencers, posturing as patriotic amateur historians, to misinform followers. @rangamataire

The Herald Zimbabwe

@HeraldZimbabwe

4 years

Cde Christopher Makwambeni aka Cde Chapwititi Chehondo gives his account of developments in Assembly Points during the ceasefire period in 1979.

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Just as Robert Mugabe was once demonized and the entire Zimbabwe crisis was laid at his doorstep, we are now witnessing the demonization of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga & the narrow personalization of Zimbabwe’s post-election political difficulties.

Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zimbabwe Is Old Wine in a New Bottle

The government’s crackdown proves that the ruling party will hold on to power by any means necessary.

foreignpolicy.com

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3/10 But I disagree with @DrObertMpofu that ED came to power via the “will of the people". Mnangagwa came to power via the will of the gun. Operation Restore Legacy was a coup that shared comparable justifications & operational attributes with military coups in Africa since 1956.

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6 years

Happy Birthday Zimbabwe. Icho! (Charira)

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Peter Baya wasn't a ZANLA High Command member when ED was released to Zambia, as ED claims in the clip. At the time the High Command had 9 members: Tongogara, Sheba Gava, Robson Manyika, Rex Nhongo, Meyor Urimbo, Joseph Chimurenga, Justin Chauke, William Ndangana & Cletus Chigowe

Ministry of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting

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At No Man's Land between Zimbabwe and Zambia, HE Pres @edmnangagwa was met by the late Peter Baya who had been tasked by Gen Tongogara to receive him

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7b. “It is a mistake for anybody to believe that the Shona have organised against the Ndebele. This is not so.... it (5th Brigade) is a political party army" - Joshua Nkomo

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10/10 Solomon Mujuru backed his wife for the job after the Sekeramayi bid failed. Mujuru, opportunistically, rode a feminist wave in ZANU PF for a woman vice president so as to block Emmerson Mnangagwa from ever securing the vice presidency. Male dominated power politics at play!

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Dumiso Dabengwa: a military czar without peer in making of the Zimbabwean state | Zimbabwe News Now via @zimlive

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Mnangagwa’s path to power is strewn with dead bodies, broken bones & souls. Yet a “free & fair” 2018 poll is uppermost for some while for others its all about economic stabilisation. Zim’s problems are multifaceted. Simplistic focus on the economy & elections won’t fix everything

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Why signs for transitional justice in Zimbabwe don't look promising via @TC_Africa

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6/10 (ii) One of the things Solomon Mujuru criticised Mugabe for was his hard heartedness, which he felt had been bad for Zimbabwe. Mujuru saw comparable hard heartedness in Mnangagwa and was of the view that Zimbabwe needed a break from a cycle of callous political leadership.

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6 years

The Ides....

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4 years

Register for the London Launch of "The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker:" @EventbriteUK @royafrisoc @NickWestcottRAS @michelawrong @MilesMorland

Book launch: The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe

Book Launch: 'The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker' by Miles Tendi (Oxford University)

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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3 years

RIP Major General Paradzayi Willings Zimondi (Tonderai Nyika). One of the last times we met you said: “now that you have finished General (Solomon) Mujuru’s book, you must help me write mine”. We started but will now never finish. I will miss your war stories, humour & warmth.

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7 years

The deep state (military) that engineered this change of leadership will remain, thwarting any real democratic reform. I expect only comestic democratic reform that will not threaten ZANU's hold on power. Mnangagwa is also into neoliberal big business, which is not my cup of tea.

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@advocatemahere

7 years

The dying moments of Mugabe's Presidency. The aspiration of the Zimbabwean people is that we'll set the nation on a track of economic and democratic reform that'll make him see why we wanted him & his wife to go. Complicated yet doable. We choose hope.

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5 Brigade had 3 commanders in its life. Perrance Shiri was the first. Second and longest serving was Emile Munemo. Third was Edzai Chimonyo. The 5 Brigade commander at Bhalagwe was Chimonyo. Minister of State Security in the Prime Minister’s office took charge of Gukurahundi.

Zenzele

@zenzele

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Perrence Shiri ‘Bigboy Samson Chikerema’ aka The Butcher of Bhalagwe aka Black Jesus, the Former commander of the 5th Brigade, the man who was in charge of The Gukurahundi Genocide has died.. #Asakhe

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"The president is with us. He is in a safe place. He has seen a doctor. There is no problem." Sheka hako! 😂😂

FRANCE 24 English

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🔴 #Guinean special forces staged a #coup on Sunday, capturing President #AlphaCond é and dissolving the constitution. In an #exclusive #interview with FRANCE 24, the head of #Guinea ’s🇬🇳 elite army unit on Sunday confirmed the #president was being held by his forces⤵️

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5/10 (i) Mnangagwa never saw active combat as a ZANLA guerrilla & his role in larger nationalist politics was marginal. For Solomon Mujuru, Mnangagwa’s meagre liberation struggle credentials disqualified him from seeking to determine the direction of ZANU’s succession politics.

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7 years

Sounds all too familiar to Zimbabweanists....

Eusebius McKaiser

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7 years

Zuma's reshuffles are never informed by genuine effort to improve the state but rather by self-preservation and further looting opportunity.

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Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s army officers and politicians should follow his lead: via @ @mailandguardian

Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mujuru: general and nonpartisan – The Mail & Guardian

Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s officers and politicians should follow hi

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9/10 On Solomon Mujuru’s reverence for education: when the ZANU vice presidency became vacant in 2004, he opposed his wife Joice’s candidature. He believed Sydney Sekeramayi was more accomplished. @DrObertMpofu

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8/10 (iv) Mujuru had an injudicious belief the highly educated & bright make the best leaders. This conviction partly explains his misguided support for Mugabe in the 1970s. Mujuru believed there were better educated, brighter, ZANU politicians than ED who could become president.

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10 Events are complex. @HeraldZimbabwe article lacks context to contain complexity & it doesn't corroborate accounts. Folks also need to be more critical of influencers posing as patriotic amateur historians - reasonable people are giddy about a faulty account devoid of context!

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So @acielumumba , a pretender who reeks of corruption, has morphed into a corruption whistleblower? May the gods help Zimbabwe!

#ThePeoplesChampion👊🏾🤝✊🏾

@acielumumba

6 years

Tonight I will talk about the alarming levels of corruption sadly within my own Ministry. 😞 I have no idea how we allowed it to get this far. Might not have a job after this but the people deserve to know how their country is being run! See u on FBlive 9PM

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An African liberation fighter and until his ‘death by fire’ in 2011 a key figure in Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF, this biography of Solomon Mujuru throws much needed light onto the opaque elite politics of the 1970s liberation war, independence army & ZANU PF

The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe

Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe

www.cambridge.org

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7/10 (iii) Solomon Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa clashed over some business interests in the 1990s, most famously in the ZIMASCO affair. These differences over business resulted in very bad blood between them. @DrObertMpofu

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Some of Zimbabwe’s July 2018 election campaign videos are mind boggling. Here is one: “2018 election, ED pfeee! Pfeee. Pfeee.”

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2/10 @DrObertMpofu observation fits my Mujuru biography’s account of the General's stance towards the prospect of a Mnangagwa presidency. As I write about, Mujuru remarked: “Mnangagwa will become president of Zimbabwe over my dead body”.

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This document is fake.

Dr Walter Mzembi

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I attach evidence of contestations for the control of Zanu PF btwn Civilians & the Military - Joint Operations Command Minutes on 2013 Parliamentary Candidates , this is well before the advent of G40 as you know it ! Read carefully

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Yoweri Museveni on Robert Mugabe’s “philosophical mistakes”, i.e. Mugabe did not understand the role of the private sector and should not have ejected white farmers.

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ZBC News Online

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3 years

The book "A LIFE OF SACRIFICE:EMMERSON MNANGAGWA", was authored by Eddie Cross.

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The Motivations and Dynamics of Zimbabwe’s 2017 Military Coup:

African Affairs

@AfrAfJournal

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Just published on #AdvanceAccess : @MilesTendi 'The Motivations and Dynamics of #Zimbabwe ’s 2017 Military Coup'.

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David Moore’s new book does precisely what feminist scholars have critiqued for decades now. It is laden with unquestioned patriarchal notions and gendered trivialisations that impoverish the study of politics: via @TC_Africa

Book on Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe’s legacy has many flaws

Moore did not unearth any treasures in his research of Mugabe’s legacy. He has not even drawn a map that might lead us to them.

theconversation.com

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KGVI is symbol of the independence army Nhongo built. To rename it after Tongo who never contributed to the independence army is to downplay Nhongo’s contribution. Nhongo has become a mortal foe (“sellout”) to Mugabe & his leadership successors in ZANU #PoliticsOfMemorialisation

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4/10 @DrObertMpofu shies away from stating why Solomon Mujuru was determined to prevent an Emmerson Mnangagwa presidency. Mujuru had four reasons for opposing Mnangagwa's bid to become president of Zimbabwe. Here goes....

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One for all the Manchester United supporters..... (a placard from the ongoing anti-coup protests in Myanmar).

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The University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre stands 100% with Black Lives Matter and Rhodes Must Fall:

Statement on Recent Events

African Studies Centre Oxford School of Global and Area Studies UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 12th June 2020. Statement of Recent Events The global reactions to the recent killing of an unarmed black man, Mr...

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When ED said "anenge arota zvakaita Zambia zvayambuka kuuya kuno, muka ubike doro", I found myself agreeing with him. It is, partly, muddled stances such as this one by Jameson Timba that make me agree with ED that Zanu will triumph in 2023.

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The unintelligent rant by DCS Charamba following similar stupid remarks by Chinamasa about the ZNA are a manifestation of their fear for MDCA & the people. Fortunately Generals Sibanda & Chimonyo said the army will uphold the constitution. Stop tarnishing our army #ZimWillChange

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@MaxBoot The President’s “generals” are serving the country at the expense of the reputation of the armed forces

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The Burmese Coup/Red Carpet for General Min Aung Hlaing. Morten Morland’s Times Cartoon: February 2 2021.

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General Motau defies South Africa’s chief of the defence force by urging serving soldiers to participate in a meeting on how to intervene in ANC internal politics. Motau’s group also plans to meet ANC leaders to express its views on the state of the party.

Former intelligence chief urges troops to intervene in ANC

A former chief of military intelligence, Maomela Motau, has defied the chief of the defence force, Gen Solly Shoke, by urging serving soldiers to take part in a meeting to discuss how to intervene in...

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A reply to Nic Cheeseman’s column on democracy in Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe: A reply to Nic Cheeseman’s column on democracy - The Africa Report.com

A letter to the editor in response to ‘When Zimbabwe stops pretending to be a democracy” published on 23 January 2023.

www.theafricareport.com

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Panashe Chigumadzi discussing her new book, “These Bones Will Rise Again”, which focuses on Zimbabwe’s November 2017 ‘coup that was not a coup’, spirit mediums and the uses and abuses of Zimbabwean Liberation History. ⁦ @PanasheChig ⁩

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Goodbye, George Kahari….

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France condemns the coup in Mali and threatens to apply EU sanctions. A month ago France defended the coup in Chad, citing the need for Chadian 'stability'. A tale of coups, double standards and France just being France in its 'back garden'.....

France condemns 'coup d'état' in Mali, threatens EU sanctions

France on Tuesday condemned the ousting of transitional leaders in Mali who had been tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August.

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Oxford vice-Chancellor accused of making 'unwarranted and inappropriate' claims about Nelson Mandela

Oxford dons' rebellion over vice-chancellor’s ‘inappropriate’ Mandela claims

Academics criticise Prof Louise Richardson for drawing on anti-apartheid leader’s own words to 'defend colonial-era statues'

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7/7. Politicians need to stop politicising the dark history of the 1980s & also do some serious reading about it. Alexander & McGregor’s book ‘Violence & Memory’ & the CCJPZ report are good places to start. @DMwonzora

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3/3. "Read General Chiwenga's statement and Sibusiso Moyo's statement saying the president is safe.... those two are what signalled to me what was at stake. It was a contest for power in ZANU PF that had nothing to with the people". @TrevorNcube and @SimbaMakoni in conversation.

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You ran a great campaign and I stand ready to be part of it again in future, in my own small way. Well done Comrade Mahere.

Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼

@advocatemahere

6 years

We consistently said that we’d win or we’d learn. We’ve learnt that it’s important to take a stand, to speak up, to participate, to innovate, to challenge, to collaborate, to step outside one’s comfort zone and to be the change. We thank you ALL for your support. #ForeverYellow

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9/10 Its odd that @HeraldZimbabwe makes great play of Cde Chehondo’s cameo because the real star in the course of Nhongo’s address was Cde Chinx, crooning ‘Maruza Imi’. Cde Chinx was the real highlight of that pre independence election address. @RangaMberi

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Agreed, Zim would’ve been different had Tongogara lived to be an actor in independent Zim. But that difference does not necessarily mean a better Zim. A man’s history in relation to power is a useful guide to future conduct. Tongo was a dictatorial militarist. (Alarm Bell Rings!)

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SAHJ invited historians whose research has focused on various aspects of Mugabe’s life to reflect on his legacy. The historians’ contributions touch on a wide range of topics & themes informed by the many controversies in which Mugabe was a central player:

Remembering Mugabe

Published in South African Historical Journal (Vol. 72, No. 2, 2020)

www.tandfonline.com

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How Cuban art fed Africa's liberation struggles: An exhibition of Cuban propaganda posters and magazines in London shows the support Fidel Castro gave to African liberation movements during the Cold War.

How Cuban art fed Africa's liberation struggles

The Cold War propaganda posters which shows the support Fidel Castro gave to those fighting imperialism.

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“The junta has no legitimacy, no moral or legal authority to exercise executive power” - you should have said that the day the “junta” put Mugabe under house arrest. Hamuna! You even attended the misguided solidarity rally & sent Tsvangirai to the inauguration. Maruza imi!

TENDAI BITI

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The reconsolidation of the military -State conflation is a betrayal of 18 November. The open flaunting of a securocratic junta construct is the greatest threat to this country s existence.The junta has no legitimacy, no moral or legal authority to exercise executive power .

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1/3. "Why have we gotten to where we are so quickly? There was a time two years ago when people thought things were going to change. I was one of those people. Did we misread Mnangagwa or this is the real Mnangagwa?" @TrevorNcube and @SimbaMakoni in conversation.

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4/7. Gukurahundi was acts committed with intent to destroy a political group (ZAPU) & its supporters. Calling Gukurahundi genocide is technically incorrect. It was a crime against humanity and calling it that DOES NOT, in any way, diminish the gravity of the crime @DMwonzora

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Happening now: A riveting discussion on “Life and Politics in Zimbabwe". Panelists: ⁦ @chamunogwa ⁩ ⁦ @NovuyoRTshuma ⁩ ⁦ @Seka_hako ⁩ ⁦ @ushehweduk ⁩ Convenor:⁦ @hodgdan ⁩ ⁦ @ODID_QEH ⁩

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Despite eulogies by Cyril Ramaphosa and Thabo Mbeki after his death, the historical records show Mugabe and ZANU PF collaborated with the old apartheid government to keep the ANC’s military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) out of Zimbabwe.

Zanu-PF and Umkhonto we Sizwe: A less than cosy relationship

Despite eulogies by Cyril Ramaphosa and Thabo Mbeki after his death, the historical records show Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF even collaborated with the old apartheid government to keep the ANC’s...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

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Miles Tendi

@MilesTendi

4 years

Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo. ✊🏾

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@MilesTendi

4 years

Critical documentary on systematic rape during 1980s Gukurahundi. "I want my virginity back" is a statement by victims themselves. Its representative of their plea for recognition, healing & rehabilitation, so they can be anew, free of rape trauma. @zenzele

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Miles Tendi

@MilesTendi

4 years

Marcelino dos Santos, one of the founders of FRELIMO & a key figure in Mozambique’s anti-colonial struggle is dead at the age of 90:

Just in: Mozambique's Marcelino dos Santos, historic Frelimo leader, dies at 90

Marcelino dos Santos, one of the founders of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), passed away this Tuesday at the age of 90, President Filipe Nyusi has announced. The historic leader was also...

clubofmozambique.com

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Miles Tendi

@MilesTendi

6 years

Today ED officiated at a ceremony renaming 3 Brigade HQ as Herbert Chitepo Barracks. All ED said about Chitepo's end is: “Chitepo died on 18 March 1975". Full stop! Well Chitepo was in fact assassinated & his end changed ZANU history’s course. History is too inconvenient for ED!

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@MilesTendi

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Mnangagwa's naked opportunism. The opposition must tread carefully; Tsvangirai’s legacy should not be hijacked by the same undemocratic forces who fought & still fight against the ideals he stood for: @nelsonchamisa @EngMudzuri @BitiTendai @Welshman_Ncube @263Chat @advocatemahere

Zim Media Review

@ZimMediaReview

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Statement released by President Mnangagwa on Morgan Tsvangirai: * Pays tribute for his role in fighting for free elections and democracy * Mnangagwa to call meeting with all parties * Consulting family on "befitting honour" for Tsvangirai

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25 June 1975: Happy Independence Day Mozambique. Aproveite o seu dia Camaradas!

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@MilesTendi

4 years

6/7. Until there is truth telling by perpetrators & declassifying of state intelligence reports from the period, we cannot be certain of the number of civilians that were killed. Politicians stoke divisions when they carelessly throw fatality figures around @DMwonzora

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@MilesTendi

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4. Farewell, Colonel Lionel “Katsande” Dyck: “in the 1980s he had a young lion as a pet in the army. He used to walk around with that young lion. Everybody, including me, was afraid of him" - Major General Paradzayi Zimondi, 2014

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@MilesTendi

7 years

@Mathuthu @T_Masiyiwa @steve_hanke Singapore model cannot be replicated in Zim. Singapore & Zim markedly different: ED not visionary principled leader like Yew; Yew had highly technocratic government but ED made political appointments last week; Singapore is a city-state & geopolitics different to that facing Zim

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2. Farewell, Colonel Lionel “Katsande” Dyck: “Dyck would come to brief Mugabe on ZNA ops against RENAMO in Mozambique. I used to cringe becoz he would give very descriptive briefings about precisely how they killed RENAMO & left intestines hanging in trees" - Dan Stannard, 2016.

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1. Farewell, Colonel Lionel “Katsande” Dyck: “There are no hard commanders left in ZNA, just corrupt, political little shits. Soft as cooked peas. Its becoz Bob the Gob [Mugabe] sent ZNA into the Democratic Republic of Congo. It eroded ZNA. I weep when I see it now”- Dyck, 2023.

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Miles Tendi

@MilesTendi

3 years

The detention of Mali’s civilian leadership came hours after a government reshuffle left out two soldiers who led the coup in August last year and raised fears of a second military takeover.

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Miles Tendi

@MilesTendi

4 months

“Ukada kuisa ZANU PF muhomwe, ino kupisa. Ugotsva. Ugotsva. Wechingo tsva, ugoyibudisa!”

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@MilesTendi

4 years

In 2017 UK Ambassador Catriona Laing aided & abetted a civilian-military coalition government, created by a military coup, in Zimbabwe. In 2020, as High Commissioner to Nigeria, Laing is leading the UK’s push for Security Sector Reforms in Nigeria, following #EndSARS protests. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Sir James Duddridge KCMG

@JamesDuddridge

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We are monitoring developments in #Nigeria closely. I note the Nigerian people’s democratic and peaceful calls for police reform. The UK & @CatrionaLaing1 continue to support the Nigerian Government in delivering reforms.

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@MilesTendi

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2/10 Cde Chehondo’s memory is failing or he is an ignorant person. Interviewees often get events mixed up, more so when the subject is something that happened 4 decades ago, so I’ll cut Cde Chehondo some slack & say his memory is failing. Why? @bhebhiNyarai @stanleykwenda

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@MilesTendi

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4/10 Cde Chehondo claims BMATT officers were also present at the AP. This, too, is failing memory. BMATT did not exist during the ceasefire. It came into being after independence. @michaelkaliika

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3/10 Cde Chehondo claims General Peter Walls was present at the AP. But Walls did not visit any APs during the ceasefire because he was not a member of the Ceasefire Commission. Walls began visiting APs after the ceasefire, in his capacity as chairperson of the Joint High Command

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@MilesTendi

4 years

Cheaper paperback edition for Africa @ 250 Rands:

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@MilesTendi

3 years

Business Day cartoon, 13 January 2021: “Don’t you forget... it’s not Uganda, it’s Myganda” - Yoweri Museveni.

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@MilesTendi

7 years

@RGMisGoblin @ElayneOkaya @TrevorNcube President Clinton came under scrutiny & impeachment because he lied under oath. Its actually Monica Lewinsky who suffered greater vilification & sexual slander because of the attitudes of men & women like Trevor Ncube and @RGMisGoblin

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@MilesTendi

3 years

Dominic Raab told officials that Britain should strike trade deals with countries irrespective of whether they violate standards on human rights, according to leaked audio from a video call:

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@MilesTendi

5 years

During 2017 coup @amutambara stated: "the Generals must be resolute. U cannot be half-pregnant. Either u are pregnant or u are NOT pregnant. Either there is a coup or there is no coup". And on 18/11/2017 he marched in support of the coup. In 2019 he now tells us coups are bad??🤔

Hopewell Chin’ono

@daddyhope

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1 @amutambara speaks here with crystal clarity about the issues that are affecting the country. The state foundation has been swept away by the chronic disorganization in government and continual lying about what will be done about it. @ShingiMunyeza @ZimMediaReview @matigary

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“It is clear that these women were targeted for these violations because they are women who have chosen to participate in the country’s politics. The attacks dissuade young women from engaging in politics”:

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