Nhari, Badza rebels were ‘crushed’ - The Sunday Mail
WEBOct 13, 2019 · Answer: Initially, the rebels had managed to capture Chifombo and around 10 December, Nhari, Badza, John Mataure, Cuthbert Chimedza and Chemist Ncube and others travelled to Cde Tongogara’s house in Lusaka. Their mission was to kill Tongogara, but the assassination plot was thwarted and Ncube, …
Discipline and Punishment in ZANLA: 1964-1979 - Omnilogos
WEBFeb 17, 2022 · The Commission heard evidence from John Mataure (ZANU Political Commissar) and Chemist Ncube and established that the rebellion involved Rhodesian agents. The only disciplinary action that the Commission took was to suspend Simpson Mutambanengwe, Noel Mukono and Stanley Parirewa.
Chitepo’s death and Chinhoyi 7 re-defined | The Sunday Mail
WEBNov 8, 2015 · The people who were in Dare at that time include chairman Chitepo, Henry Hamadziripi, Noel Mukono, Simpson Mutambanengwe, Mukudzei Midzi, Obert Mazhandu and John Mataure (who acted like he was working for both organs).
Mugabe On Herbert Chitepo: Book Excerpt - The Bulrushes
WEBNov 24, 2023 · In the trials conducted by ZANU’s Dare ReChimurenga after the Nhari Rebellion, the Political Commissar John Mataure is accused and convicted of collaborating with the rebels. Various accounts of his execution indicate barbaric torture leading to a gruesome killing.
Op-Ed: How Zanu came into existence – #Asakhe – CITE
WEBSep 14, 2020 · For instance, the Nhare group of commanders who were true revolutionaries had to die agonising deaths. John Mataure, Felix Rice, who were mostly of Manica extraction died violently and their remains were left to the vultures.
Zimbabwe: The Chitepo Assassination: Mataure Faces The …
WEBOn Thursday 23 January, John Mataure, a leading suspect, was brought to the meeting under guard, and the following allegations were levelled against him-: a) that he had organised a group which...
Badza-Nhari Rebellion - Pindula
WEBJohn Mataure was accused of supporting and aiding the rebels. Chitepo then condemned the rebels actions and gave punishments, mainly demotion in military rank and that they be handed over to Mozambique for further punishment.
How President Mugabe survived Chimoio attack - Zimbabwe …
WEBFeb 15, 2015 · Josiah Tongogara became Chief of Operations; I became Chief of Logistics; Robson Manyika (Commissar); John Mataure (Personnel and Training) and Gordon Munyanyi (Military Intelligence Chief).
ZANU’s External Networks 1963–1979: An Appraisal - Academia.edu
WEBThis article argues that ZANU survived as an external liberation movement through the benevolence of international networks and individuals, despite being seen initially as an ‘inauthentic’ ‘separatist’ movement that broke away …
‘I have seen worse things’ - The Sunday Mail
WEBJul 28, 2019 · Zanu national political commissar John Mataure had been arrested in Lusaka after a foiled attempt to ambush Tongogara, he was to come to Chifombo. At one time around January 1975 I was even selected to guard Mataure while he was confined to …