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Happyton Bonyongwe (born 1960), retired major general of the Zimbabwe National Army; Dumiso Dabengwa (1939–2019), former head of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) intelligence; Azim Daudpota (1933–2017), Pakistani commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe; Ken Flower (died 1987), head of the Central Intelligence Organisation
The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe: Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964 (Rochester University Press, 2008). Sibanda, Eliakim M. The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia (2004). Wiseman, Henry; Taylor, Alastair M. (1981).
The name Zimbabwe was officially adopted concurrently with Britain's grant of independence in April 1980. Prior to that point, the country had been called Southern Rhodesia from 1898 to 1964 (or 1980, according to British law), Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979, and Zimbabwe Rhodesia between June and December 1979. Since Zimbabwean independence in ...
The name "Zimbabwe" stems from a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, a medieval city in the country's south-east.Two different theories address the origin of the word. Many sources hold that "Zimbabwe" derives from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "houses of stones" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of ibwe, "stone").
Mugabe called on Zimbabwe's media to refer to his wife as "Amai" ("Mother of the Nation"), [484] although many Zimbabweans resented the fact that she was a foreigner. [485] She was appointed as the head of ZANU–PF's women's league, [484] and was involved in a number of charitable operations, and was widely regarded as corrupt in these ...
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Grace Mugabe (born 1965), former first lady of Zimbabwe; Robert Mugabe (1924–2019), former President of Zimbabwe and leader of ZANU-PF; Sally Mugabe (1931–1992), former first lady of Zimbabwe; Joyce Mujuru (born 1955), founder and president of the National People's Party former first vice-president, Solomon Mujuru (1945–2011), former ...
This list also includes names of people from Harare, Zimbabwe under the city's former name, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.