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Welcome to Hidden history of Zimbabwe — On 8 September 1979, Operation Uric ended at Mapai, Mozambique. 1-8 September 19...
07/09/2026

Welcome to Hidden history of Zimbabwe — On 8 September 1979, Operation Uric ended at Mapai, Mozambique. 1-8 September 1979, 376 troops attacked FRELIMO 2nd Brigade HQ, ZANLA control centre 50km inside Mozambique. Puma 164 shot down carrying explosives, 14 soldiers + SAAF crew lost. Mapai held. 2 days later, Lancaster House peace talks opened in London. Last raid proved war could not be won by guns. Did you know Rhodesia's biggest raid failed days before peace? Comment 🇿🇼

#1979

07/09/2026

Mukuwasha manyama

06/09/2026

On 6 September 2019, Robert Mugabe died in Singapore at 95. Born 21 February 1924. Prime Minister 1980 to 1987, President 1987 to 2017. Died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September 2019 at age 95.

05/09/2026

CHISI
In chivanhu, land is not just soil. It belongs to vadzimu.
That is why we have Chisi — a day ritually dedicated to spirit mediums (svikiro) and ancestral spirits (midzimu) at the end of every lunar month
On Chisi, Shona people are ritually not allowed to w**d or cultivate in their fields. It is a resting day when people are not supposed to work on the land as a sign of respect to the mhondoro. It is the traditional Shona mhondoro rest day, sanctioned by ancestral spirits, when no work may be done in the fields
In some areas Friday was a sacred day dedicated to the veneration of their ancestors (chisi). Hence, no one was allowed to work in the fields on the chisi day. In Jinga, first Thursday of every month is considered sacred (chisi) and no agricultural work may be performed.
Chisi teaches conservation — there is an association between the spirits and the land expressed in the tradition of "chisi" (days sacred to the spirits, on which people should not work the soil in any way). If you break it, people are said to be dealt with by the Chief, who may levy a fine, such as a goat.
Before white man brought Sunday Sabbath, Shona had Chisi. Land must rest, just like people.

DARE — No jail. No bribe. Only hunhu under the baobab 🌳🔥In our society, justice was not about punishment. It was about r...
04/09/2026

DARE — No jail. No bribe. Only hunhu under the baobab 🌳🔥

In our society, justice was not about punishment. It was about restoration.

Elders didn't ask "What law did you break?" They asked "Wakaita sei munhu wangu? How did you act as a person?"

Stole a goat? Return two. Insulted your neighbour? Bring a blanket and ask forgiveness before everyone.

The aim was not to lock you away, but to bring you back into the village.

Do you think Dare should come back for some cases today? Which cases should still go to Dare and not police? Lobola disputes? Land? Insults? 👇

Welcome to Hidden history of Zimbabwe — On 4 September 1975, ZAPU splits from UANC, 9 days after Victoria Falls Conferen...
04/09/2026

Welcome to Hidden history of Zimbabwe — On 4 September 1975, ZAPU splits from UANC, 9 days after Victoria Falls Conference deadlock. Same day Smith opens direct talks with Nkomo. United front cracks, separate paths begin. By November, ZIPA forms in Mozambique. Without 4 September split, no Patriotic Front. Did unity fail us or save us? Comment 🇿🇼

: #1975

03/09/2026

He was 41 years old, travelling through the night from Maputo to Chimoio to personally tell his soldiers the fighting was finally over. His car never arrived. The official record says road accident. But questions about what really happened on that highway have followed Zimbabwe for over four decades — from a CIA briefing two days later, to Ian Smith’s own memoirs, to a book that was reportedly confiscated before it could tell the full story.

Tongogara never got to see the country he spent his life fighting for. On 11 August 1981, they brought him home to rest at Heroes’ Acre.

This is his story — the general who won the war, and never saw the peace. 🕊️🇿🇼

Welcome to Hidden history of Zimbabwe — On 3 September 1978, Air Rhodesia Flight 825 Hunyani, Viscount, shot down near K...
03/09/2026

Welcome to Hidden history of Zimbabwe — On 3 September 1978, Air Rhodesia Flight 825 Hunyani, Viscount, shot down near Kariba by ZIPRA Strela missile. 38 on board killed, 10 of 18 survivors shot dead on ground. Second Viscount 12 Feb 1979 all 59 killed. Operation Gatling followed. Same date 3 Sep 1980, Zimbabwe severs diplomatic ties with apartheid SA, keeps only trade mission in Johannesburg. From tragedy to foreign policy in 2 years. Should 3 September be a memorial day? Comment 🇿🇼
: #1978

MITUPO — Why your totem is more than a name 🐘🦁In our society, before surnames, we had Mitupo. 25+ totems — Moyo, Shava, ...
02/09/2026

MITUPO — Why your totem is more than a name 🐘🦁

In our society, before surnames, we had Mitupo. 25+ totems — Moyo, Shava, Soko, Hungwe, Beta, Ngwena, Shumba...

If you are Moyo (Heart), you never eat heart. If you are Shava (Eland), you never hunt eland. That's conservation — chivanhu taught us not to destroy our own.

You never marry same totem — because same totem is your brother, your sister. Even if you meet in London, if you are both Moyo, you are siblings.

Your totem praise — chidau — tells your history: Moyo Chirandu, Shava Mutenhesanwa, Soko Murehwa...

What is your Mutupo? And do you follow its rule — what you don't eat? 👇

Drop your totem + chidau — let's see which totem is most in this page!

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