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Aug
06
2020
By The African Mirror
How artists have preserved the memory of Zimbabwe’s 1980s massacres

How artists have preserved the memory of Zimbabwe’s 1980s massacres

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
GIBSON NCUBE, Associate Professor, University of Zimbabwe “LET people vent,” lamented performing artist and television personality Kudzai Sevenzo in a tweet as Zimbabweans on social media reacted to the death of Perence Shiri. Shiri was the Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement. Zenzele Ndebele, an investigative journalist, also spoke out in a tweet: “Shiri gets to be buried like a hero. We never got a chance to mourn our relatives who were killed by the 5th Brigade.” Shiri was a military man who commandeered a praetorian army that killed over 20,000 civilians in the provinces of Matabeleland and the…
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Jul
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe government minister died from COVID-19

Zimbabwe government minister died from COVID-19

COVID-19
ZIMBABWE's agriculture minister Perrance Shiri died from the COVID-19 infection, becoming the first senior government official to succumb to the pandemic, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed. Shiri, a retired general who helped plot a coup that ousted Robert Mugabe in 2017, died on Wednesday. The late liberation war veteran was declared a national hero and will be buried on Friday during a closed ceremony. "Now that it is confirmed that Minister Shiri died of COVID-19, we will follow World Health Organisation regulations on how the funeral should proceed," Mnangagwa said during a funeral wake at Shiri's home in Harare. Zimbabwe…
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Jul
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe minister Shiri, who helped plot Mugabe ouster, dies at 65

Zimbabwe minister Shiri, who helped plot Mugabe ouster, dies at 65

NEWS
ZIMBABWE's agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who helped plot the ouster of Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup, has died, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced. Shiri, who commanded the air force for 25 years until he joined the government in 2017, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, two government sources said. He died in the early hours of Wednesday. "Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country," Mnangagwa said in a statement. He did not say how Shiri died. But domestic media said Shiri, 65, succumbed to complications…
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