Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Josiah Magama Tongogara (4 February 1938 – 26 December 1979) was a prominent Zimbabwean guerrilla commander during the Rhodesian Bush War. [1] He was the brother of the current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's first wife, Jayne. [ 2 ]
He was followed by Josiah Tongogara from 1973 until his death in 1979; by then ZANLA had an estimated 25,500 combatants. [1] With the war drawing to a close, commands fell to Robert Mugabe, previously ZANU's number two leader after Tongogara and head of the movement's political wing.
Two important targets of the attack, ZANLA commanders Josiah Tongogara and Rex Nhongo escaped. [ citation needed ] A "stay-behind" force of Rhodesian SAS remained in ambush positions around the area overnight, to wait for any ZANLA who might return; these SAS were then extracted by helicopter in the morning. [ 15 ]
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwe War of Independence, [13] was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe).
Tongogara was founded as a secondary school in the early 1980s, and A-Level was only introduced in 1989. It is the biggest high school in Shurugwi by student population. Pakame Mission , about 40 km to the southwest, is a Methodist -run mission.
The remaining military leaders of the ZANLA Dare ReChimurenga were Josiah Tongogara and the highly-regarded barrister Herbert Chitepo. Operating from bases in Zambia and later from Mozambique , insurgents subsequently began launching attacks against Rhodesia.
Zimbabwe Staff College – Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks, Harare; Zimbabwe Military Academy (ZMA) – Gweru [60] Zimbabwe School of Infantry (Z S Inf) – Mbalabala; All Arms Battle School (AABS) – Nyanga [60] Recruit Training Depot (RTD) [60] – Imbizo Barracks, Bulawayo; Field Artillery Training School (Lt. Col I Chitungo)- Ngezi ...
During the Zimbabwe War of Liberation Mujuru, with Josiah Tongogara, led the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) while Robert Mugabe was in jail for 10 years (from 1964 to 1974). Mugabe, along with Edgar Tekere , subsequently slipped into Mozambique after their release, with assistance from chief Rekayi Tangwena , where Mujuru ...