Chiwenga: “Honestly, Mugabe Is a War Vet!”
17 August 2016
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Gen Chiwenga

The Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Gen. Constantino Guveya Dominic has rushed to defend President Robert Mugabe’s liberation portfolio.
Chiwenga is quoted in the Mugabe controlled media dismissing former Vice President Joice Mujuru who is said to have attacked Mugabe saying he is not a senior veteran of the liberation struggle because he did not have a nom de guerre.
Gen Chiwenga reportedly pointed out that the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, Zanu Chairman Herbert Chitepo, and independent South Africa’s first President Nelson Mandela — among many others — deliberately did not have guerrilla names.
Mujuru two weekends ago reportedly said President Mugabe’s lack of a nom de guerre was evidence he was at the periphery of the Second Chimurenga.
The report published in the Herald continues saying: Functionaries like Mr Gift Nyandoro have gone to the extent of rewriting history by saying President Mugabe joined the struggle in its twilight, yet all historical accounts record the Zimbabwean leader’s active involvement in the nationalist battle for democracy dating to 1960, 20 years before Independence and six years before the war started.
And Gen Chiwenga has shot back saying the fiction being created by the opposition demonstrated crass ignorance of how the war was fought and the different roles the leadership had in its execution.
He said, “The top leaders were elected by the people to lead the struggle and they made a supreme sacrifice to go out there to lead the combatants. There was no need for them to change their names because they were already known.
“It would be naïve for President Mugabe, for example, to change his name. Who didn’t know that this is President Mugabe or Vice President Joshua Nkomo or Vice President Simon Muzenda or Ziyapapa Moyo, or even our commanders Josiah Magama Tongogara? They were known.
“Why fighters had to be given noms de guerre or to change their names was for two specific reasons: for the individual’s personal protection and for the protection of their families.
“They had to be protected. Can you imagine if I had used my real name, Constantino, and then I get captured and killed, then they would take me to the village, my home, and make a lot of propaganda? That would derail the struggle.
“Who would then want their sons and daughters to go to war when they see bodies being paraded in their villages?”
Gen Chiwenga went on: “Others wanted to use their own names but we said that was dangerous in a scenario that they are captured or killed.
“For instance, I changed names twice officially but during the war I had so many names.
“When I changed sectors or provinces I would use another name so that the enemy could not follow up on where I was operating.
“When I joined the struggle I was Samuel Munyoro; that was my first name. Second, I was given Dominic Chinenge. What they (his superiors at the time) did not know was that Dominic was my real name and I did not tell them that.
“So all those who talk about noms de guerre have no idea of how a guerrilla war is waged. They have no idea on how an armed struggle is waged.”

11 Replies to “Chiwenga: “Honestly, Mugabe Is a War Vet!””

  1. Mt Zion ndizvo..was there…house of hunger…during Kudzange’s era. We were taught good morals though. Certainly enough morals not to produce the likes of Chiwenga….whatever he wants to call himself. He commandeered his juniors into being used naRobert now it’s hard one. The chief murderer will soon be dead and buried..and Chiwenga and his surrogates will be scheming new names

  2. Mt Zion ndizvo..was there…house of hunger…during Kudzange’s era. We were taught good morals though. Certainly enough morals not to produce the likes of Chiwenga….whatever he wants to call himself. He commandeered his juniors into being used naRobert now it’s hard one. The chief murderer will soon be dead and buried..and Chiwenga and his surrogates will be scheming new names

  3. Leave Joshua Nkomo out of your stupid talk that does not hold waters. VaNkomo was a decorated Zipra leader known to his army as Umdala Wethu. Umafukufuku. Don’t talk of vaChitepo vamakapfuudza na Mugabe as the struggle was starting nokutya challenge nenjere dzavo. Go hang iwe Form 2 wepa Mt St Mary’s Wedza. Ko maka bviswa rinhi pa SUICIDAL WATCH LIST

  4. Leave Joshua Nkomo out of your stupid talk that does not hold waters. VaNkomo was a decorated Zipra leader known to his army as Umdala Wethu. Umafukufuku. Don’t talk of vaChitepo vamakapfuudza na Mugabe as the struggle was starting nokutya challenge nenjere dzavo. Go hang iwe Form 2 wepa Mt St Mary’s Wedza. Ko maka bviswa rinhi pa SUICIDAL WATCH LIST

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