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Edgar Zivanai Tekere (1 April 1937 – 7 June 2011), nicknamed "2 Boy", [1] was a Zimbabwean politician. He was the second and last Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) who organised the party during the Lancaster House talks [2] and served in government before his popularity as a potential rival to Robert Mugabe caused their estrangement.
Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana also known as Mbuya Nehanda (c. 1840–1898) was a svikiro, or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She was a medium of Nehanda, a female Shona mhondoro (a powerful and respected ancestral spirit). [ 1 ]
She was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. [1] Mathuthu was the former Minister of State in Matabeleland North. She was appointed in 2017 following cabinet reshuffle and was also the member of Senate for Matabeleland North and former Deputy Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services.
The following radio stations are licensed to broadcast in Zimbabwe and some are available for livestream. Radio stations provide access to information to the Zimbabwean people most of which reside in rural areas. This was particularly important during the Covid 19 Lockdown since people were restricted from moving
Chenjerai Hove (9 February 1956 – 12 July 2015), was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona. [2] " Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an intense examination of the psychic and social costs - to the rural population, especially, of the war of liberation in Zimbabwe."
Patrick Kombayi (2 November 1938 – 20 June 2009 [1]) was a Zimbabwean businessman, a former mayor of Gweru and an active member of the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai faction in the Midlands Province.
Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state, a ceremonial president, after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country's
Alex Tawanda Magaisa (10 August 1975 – 6 June 2022) was a Zimbabwean academic and lecturer of law at the Kent Law School of the University of Kent. [1] He served as the Advisor (Chief of Staff) of the then Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai from 2012-2013. [2]