The four war vets leaders who have been in police custody are now free to go home.
Francis Nhando, Victor Matemadanda, Hoyini Samuel Bhila and Headman Moyo are alleged to have undermined the authority of President Robert Mugabe or insulted him.
The four senior leaders of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) were arrested and charged with contravening Section 33 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Chapter 9:23]. The state claims they undermined the authority of President Robert Mugabe or insulted him.
They were represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights chairperson Beatrice Mtetwa and David Drury, who also gave notice of constitutional issues they would want addressed at the next remand hearing on the 5th of September 2016.
Magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe granted them bail on the condition that they each deposit $300 with the Clerk of Court and report to various CID Law and Order sections twice a week.
The four leaders who are now free, albeit under harsh reporting conditions, were met by their happy and excited families at the magistrates court.
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Please consult a therapist ,sir. i see your bitterness has you confusing self opinions and dreams as facts. Only a fool like you can concoct such baseless vernomous spew and imbibe it as true. Get help!
Block hate speech ,tribalism and racial please Mr editor.An for an eye makes the world blind
Block hate speech ,tribalism and racial please Mr editor.An for an eye makes the world blind
Mugabe slave and dog. No wonder he is fcuking you Shonas hard!
Mugabe slave and dog. No wonder he is fcuking you Shonas hard!
Shona Hater I am not a Mugabeist. I was the first person to stand up to Mugbe abuse. We are not talking about recent Mugabe history. We are talking about Mzilikazi and son Lobengula history which you want to distort and give them a stake in Mambos land yet they were just refugees. What is your loci standi when you talk of the San people? The San are in their lands in Namib Desert, in Tsholotsho and parts of South Africa. Look at Mandela with his squinty eyes. Mandela a true San tribesman.
Shona Hater I am not a Mugabeist. I was the first person to stand up to Mugbe abuse. We are not talking about recent Mugabe history. We are talking about Mzilikazi and son Lobengula history which you want to distort and give them a stake in Mambos land yet they were just refugees. What is your loci standi when you talk of the San people? The San are in their lands in Namib Desert, in Tsholotsho and parts of South Africa. Look at Mandela with his squinty eyes. Mandela a true San tribesman.
Spot on. The tribal friction and hatred between uMthwakazi and the Shona is spawned by the Shona people’s interpretation of history that has been defined for them by Mugabe since their days in Mozambique.
This is why I say all Shonas are basically Mugabeists at heart. They just pretend to seek unity only when it suits them like now, that Mugabe is abducting and killing them. Otherwise they all largely share his views. You can see from the many numerous references to Zululand by these Shonas whenever these issues come up.
I mean, how does invading, stealing and keeping land much longer than the person who next invades and then forcifully grabs it from you, make you the legitimate owner? Expiration of time does not change the fact that what you stole and now call yours remains stolen property.
We need to change the name of the country “Zimbabwe”. Its very misleading and I believe it is the basis of Shona arrogance. Even their spirit mediums talk as if this land has always been Shona territory.
This land belongs to the San people of Southern Africa. All of us are invaders. There will never be any understanding between us and the Shonas as long as they persist with their Mugabe foisted versions of our history as a nation!
We are all in this land through the historical circumstances which are not of our own choice.Most of you ignore the historical piece which suggests that the first inhabitants of this land were aBathwa derogatory referred to as Bushmen by the White man who arrived later than both Nguni and the so called Shona.In other words,all of us are immigrants in this country and we should find a political dispensation that would accommodate us as citizen of this country preferably the federal arrangement which acknowledges unity of nations with diversity under the same flag.
We are all in this land through the historical circumstances which are not of our own choice.Most of you ignore the historical piece which suggests that the first inhabitants of this land were aBathwa derogatory referred to as Bushmen by the White man who arrived later than both Nguni and the so called Shona.In other words,all of us are immigrants in this country and we should find a political dispensation that would accommodate us as citizen of this country preferably the federal arrangement which acknowledges unity of nations with diversity under the same flag.
I am truly sorry for the posts that I have been penning about Mthwakazi, Gukurahundi and the general acid comments on Shona people. I found out the hard way that Magariro of Wedza is my real father following a tip posted on this page. My mother confessed to me. I’m really very very sorry for insulting my own kith and kin Please find it in your hearts to forgive me, I was made to believe the man whom I call father here in KoBulawayo was my father and fought for what he stands for. His hatred of Shonas spawned in me similar hatred but little did I know it was because of the fact that my mother slept with my real biological father , a Shona to conceive me.
Gukurahundi stinks and its primitive. Nothing will change that fact.
As a Shona Gukurahundi; Mugabe was desperate for your numbers and votes so he could defeat the political giant Joshua Nkomo. He knew you were maleable and stupid. He also knew you were a primitive people and also you had the numbers he could use to further his self-serving objectives.
So he decided the best way to get all these Shonas to turn against Nkomo was to make himself as far more Shona as possible. He devised a strategy to characterise Rhodesia as a Shona entity that was founded by Shona forefathers.
He then went on to turn Ndabaningi Sithole (a Ndawu)’s ZANU into a purely Shona entity that had nothing to do with all other Rhodesian black citizens.
Because of the primitivity of the Shona; he went on to invoke exclusively Shona spirit mediums as guardians of the struggle; unlike in ZAPU were this was deliberately avoided for the sake of inclusivity and national unity in diversity. Party structures were named in Shona. Only Shona struggle Songs were produced and sang. No other languages were used except Shona. All this Shonalisation of the party and the struggle, which he later transplanted onto the rest of the country after 1980 independence certainly endeared him to the Shonas immensely; particularly those in rural areas and thus facilitated the turning of their backs on their erstwhile long beloved Joshua Nkomo Chibwechiteza; now a zimuNdevere; who was strictly speaking, a Khalanga/Sotho.
Come 1980 the primitive Shona mind had been Mugabenised and there was no going back. They werent on to vote Mugabe overwhelmingly. Then Gukurahundi Mugabe still set on his 1979 ZANU Grand Plan of Shonalising Zimbabwe, thought the best way of achieving this would be through a one party Shona state. All this was typical Maoist and North Korean stuff that he learnt and then borrowed from those slit-eyed yellow thugs of the east.
He knew that as generations faded and new Shona voters came on stream; his long term ambition of life Presidency and a one party Shona state would never succeed if ZAPU and Joshua Nkomo were allowed to continue existing and as powerful as they were. So his first task was to deal with ZAPU supporters in Mthwakazi through Gukurahundi. After which he changed the history curriculum of the country to reflect himself; his ZANU and his Shonas as the only people with an authentic claim to the country Rhodesia.
Now throw in the country’s new name “Zimbabwe” – hooray; all the strategies fell into place. The history taught to Shonas at a very young age was deliberately manipulated to exclude their own evil past and made to start with the coming of the Ndebele and the whites as the trouble makers.
The Shonas were deliberately projected as the owners of the country who were peaceful industrialists who never caused trouble to anyone, but instead were invaded by thugs from the South Africa.
Nothing of the San people is mentioned. Mugabe himself and ZANU are projected as the only prosecuters of the struggle; even if he only came in around 1975 and officially took over as leader of ZANU in 1976; only four years before independence in 1980.
The long list of those who came before him and started it all is totaly ignored and wiped out. This is the history that continues to be taught to the ignorant stupid maleable Shona minds like yours, at a very young age. Its called psychological conditioning.
Any wonder Mugabe has lasted this long? Any wonder the country is far more divided than it ever was in Rhodesian days? Any wonder you are now this poor as you continue preaching and singing his divisive history lessons?
And as Shonas, you now claim its not your fault but that of Mugabe and his ZANU PF; yet you were all part and parcel of his strategies. Like condoms, you were used and abused. Why do you think even today he never insults Shonas as Karangas or Manyikas but only says tribalistically nasty things against the Mthwakazi people?
He is aware he relies on your numbers to stay afloat. He long told himself he doesnt need Mthwakazi vites to win because we are very few. That is why he can afford to abuse them tribally. That is why he throws his tribal insults with abandon.
Wake up – you are too young small boy to understand this complicated tribal political chickanery. You need an educated brain to analyse and decipher the meanings and objectives of such complicated political strategies.
As a Shona Gukurahundi; Mugabe was desperate for your numbers and votes so he could defeat the political giant Joshua Nkomo. He knew you were maleable and stupid. He also knew you were a primitive people and also you had the numbers he could use to further his self-serving objectives.
So he decided the best way to get all these Shonas to turn against Nkomo was to make himself as far more Shona as possible. He devised a strategy to characterise Rhodesia as a Shona entity that was founded by Shona forefathers.
He then went on to turn Ndabaningi Sithole (a Ndawu)’s ZANU into a purely Shona entity that had nothing to do with all other Rhodesian black citizens.
Because of the primitivity of the Shona; he went on to invoke exclusively Shona spirit mediums as guardians of the struggle; unlike in ZAPU were this was deliberately avoided for the sake of inclusivity and national unity in diversity. Party structures were named in Shona. Only Shona struggle Songs were produced and sang. No other languages were used except Shona. All this Shonalisation of the party and the struggle, which he later transplanted onto the rest of the country after 1980 independence certainly endeared him to the Shonas immensely; particularly those in rural areas and thus facilitated the turning of their backs on their erstwhile long beloved Joshua Nkomo Chibwechiteza; now a zimuNdevere; who was strictly speaking, a Khalanga/Sotho.
Come 1980 the primitive Shona mind had been Mugabenised and there was no going back. They werent on to vote Mugabe overwhelmingly. Then Gukurahundi Mugabe still set on his 1979 ZANU Grand Plan of Shonalising Zimbabwe, thought the best way of achieving this would be through a one party Shona state. All this was typical Maoist and North Korean stuff that he learnt and then borrowed from those slit-eyed yellow thugs of the east.
He knew that as generations faded and new Shona voters came on stream; his long term ambition of life Presidency and a one party Shona state would never succeed if ZAPU and Joshua Nkomo were allowed to continue existing and as powerful as they were. So his first task was to deal with ZAPU supporters in Mthwakazi through Gukurahundi. After which he changed the history curriculum of the country to reflect himself; his ZANU and his Shonas as the only people with an authentic claim to the country Rhodesia.
Now throw in the country’s new name “Zimbabwe” – hooray; all the strategies fell into place. The history taught to Shonas at a very young age was deliberately manipulated to exclude their own evil past and made to start with the coming of the Ndebele and the whites as the trouble makers.
The Shonas were deliberately projected as the owners of the country who were peaceful industrialists who never caused trouble to anyone, but instead were invaded by thugs from the South Africa.
Nothing of the San people is mentioned. Mugabe himself and ZANU are projected as the only prosecuters of the struggle; even if he only came in around 1975 and officially took over as leader of ZANU in 1976; only four years before independence in 1980.
The long list of those who came before him and started it all is totaly ignored and wiped out. This is the history that continues to be taught to the ignorant stupid maleable Shona minds like yours, at a very young age. Its called psychological conditioning.
Any wonder Mugabe has lasted this long? Any wonder the country is far more divided than it ever was in Rhodesian days? Any wonder you are now this poor as you continue preaching and singing his divisive history lessons?
And as Shonas, you now claim its not your fault but that of Mugabe and his ZANU PF; yet you were all part and parcel of his strategies. Like condoms, you were used and abused. Why do you think even today he never insults Shonas as Karangas or Manyikas but only says tribalistically nasty things against the Mthwakazi people?
He is aware he relies on your numbers to stay afloat. He long told himself he doesnt need Mthwakazi vites to win because we are very few. That is why he can afford to abuse them tribally. That is why he throws his tribal insults with abandon.
Wake up – you are too young small boy to understand this complicated tribal political chickanery. You need an educated brain to analyse and decipher the meanings and objectives of such complicated political strategies.
Its his mother the whore that lied to him about the Kalanga man he thinks is his father. Note I did not say Karanga but Kalanga
Its his mother the whore that lied to him about the Kalanga man he thinks is his father. Note I did not say Karanga but Kalanga
Uri Mushona we chiShona weku Hwedza. Ini Ngoni Mundevere ndiri hama yababa vako, huya kumusha usiyane nezvinotaurwa nehure amai vako.
Uri Mushona we chiShona weku Hwedza. Ini Ngoni Mundevere ndiri hama yababa vako, huya kumusha usiyane nezvinotaurwa nehure amai vako.
Iwe Shona hater, mwana we muShona what is your problem why cant you accept the fact that your mother who is a whore got you from Magariro of Hwedza. Jabulani as I understand is not your real name it is Shona translation of Mafaro . Magariro is still alive and well and we urge you to go for a DNA test. You can give your blood sample or saliva to ZimEye whom we shall give Magariro’s details. So you see my foolish friend you are veery confused. Go and find Magariro or alternatively I can give you my number so that we can discuss how you can get in touch with your real biological Shona father
Iwe Shona hater, mwana we muShona what is your problem why cant you accept the fact that your mother who is a whore got you from Magariro of Hwedza. Jabulani as I understand is not your real name it is Shona translation of Mafaro . Magariro is still alive and well and we urge you to go for a DNA test. You can give your blood sample or saliva to ZimEye whom we shall give Magariro’s details. So you see my foolish friend you are veery confused. Go and find Magariro or alternatively I can give you my number so that we can discuss how you can get in touch with your real biological Shona father
A Shona Gukurahundi obsessed with everything South African. Its not my fault that you are a Shona. Go cry somewhere else!!
A Shona Gukurahundi obsessed with everything South African. Its not my fault that you are a Shona. Go cry somewhere else!!
Go to school. You ignorant Burundi refugee!!
This Shona Hater character is just trying to divert attention from the content of the article. Leave him be, you are playing into his hands.
This Shona Hater character is just trying to divert attention from the content of the article. Leave him be, you are playing into his hands.
Refugee (Shona Hater) any responses to to the history lesson. Those are undisputed facts of history of the Umfecane upheaval caused by Tshaka which affected your tribe refugee. You now need to trace back your footsteps back to KZN and leave our land. Not even one square inch shall be ceded to Mthwakazi. Mambo ruled from Zambezi to Sofala province in Mozambique where he traded with Arab traders and built the Great Zimbabwe ruins. Do you need more facts to disprove your claim to our land which you want to call mthwakazi. Uyagula wena. Ubulawa you PTSD from your gukurahundi experience. Dinga uncedo mfowethu uqubekele phambili ngempilo yakho kulokuthi ube ulokhu uphupha based on wrong historical facts abt mthwakazi
Refugee (Shona Hater) any responses to to the history lesson. Those are undisputed facts of history of the Umfecane upheaval caused by Tshaka which affected your tribe refugee. You now need to trace back your footsteps back to KZN and leave our land. Not even one square inch shall be ceded to Mthwakazi. Mambo ruled from Zambezi to Sofala province in Mozambique where he traded with Arab traders and built the Great Zimbabwe ruins. Do you need more facts to disprove your claim to our land which you want to call mthwakazi. Uyagula wena. Ubulawa you PTSD from your gukurahundi experience. Dinga uncedo mfowethu uqubekele phambili ngempilo yakho kulokuthi ube ulokhu uphupha based on wrong historical facts abt mthwakazi
Shona hater I now address you as refugee because you are one. So refugee where is Mthwakazi? Mthwakazi is your original home where you were subjects of Tshaka the Zulu king. It must be somewhere near KZN (Kwa Zulu Natal) province. So wake up from your nightmare and go and claim your mthwakazi land from the KZN Chiefs. After that repatriate the whole of your people occupying Mambo Mwenemutapa’s land back to mthwakaziin KZN. Beware of xenophobia though from your tribesmen
Shona hater I now address you as refugee because you are one. So refugee where is Mthwakazi? Mthwakazi is your original home where you were subjects of Tshaka the Zulu king. It must be somewhere near KZN (Kwa Zulu Natal) province. So wake up from your nightmare and go and claim your mthwakazi land from the KZN Chiefs. After that repatriate the whole of your people occupying Mambo Mwenemutapa’s land back to mthwakaziin KZN. Beware of xenophobia though from your tribesmen
Thats real he doesnt respect pple when he doesnt even know his history
Thats real he doesnt respect pple when he doesnt even know his history
mhata yako umugondoyi
mhata yako umugondoyi
whats next now War Vets
whats next now War Vets
You need some serious lesson in history. This land belongs to Mambo. Mzilikazi is a refugee who sought refuge in the land of mambo when he ran away from Tshaka the Zulu king. We need to uproot Mzilikazi and lobhengula Graves grave and all his people and return them to Mangosututhu Buthelezi in KZN. You are subjects of buthelezi and you need to go back including you and the lot of all people in our land which you now claim to be mthwakazi. Mthwakazi is in KZN. Mere refugees are abusing Shona hospitality. Moreover the South Africans don’t even want you makwerekwere – remember xenophobia against you makwerekwere? So you are stateless people of mthwakazi. Uzibambe wena ndoda ngoba awulalizwe ngapha Kuja limpopo. When push comes to shove we will force you over the limpopo. You came here after the year 1815. You refugee you suffer from PTSD- Post traumatic stress disorder.
Nothing to celebrate. Release of these Gukurahundis will mean nothing until they visit Njelele and King Mzilikazi’s grave. They need to ask for forgiveness for the blood they spilled in Mthwakazi.
Nothing to celebrate. Release of these Gukurahundis will mean nothing until they visit Njelele and King Mzilikazi’s grave. They need to ask for forgiveness for the blood they spilled in Mthwakazi.