Top 3 commanders in 1980 – ZANLA and ZIPRA respectively: ZANLA Rex Nhongo Agnew Kambeu (Lieutenant-General Amoth Norbert Chingombe) Josiah Tungamiria ZIPRA Dumiso Dabengwa Lookout Masuku Ben Mathe
Category Archives: ZANLA
ROBSON DAFORD MANYIKA
1965 – Chief of Staff, ZAPU. Member of High Command ZIPRA 1972 – Military/Political Commissar, ZANU 1973 – Chief Commandant: Training and Personnel, ZANLA. 1977/79 – Secretary of Manpower Planning and Labour, ZANU 1980 – Member of Parliament for Mashonaland West, ZANU (PF) 1980 – Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Robson Manyika was […]
TEURAI ROPA NHONGO
1974 – Member of General Staff, ZANLA Army. Medical Assistant 1976 – Commander Chimoio Camp – Mozambique 1977 – Central Committee, ZANU. Secretary for Women’s Affairs. 1980 – M.P. for Mashonaland Cnetral, ZANU (PF). 1980 – Minister of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Zimbabwe. Teurai Ropa is a ‘Chimurenga’ or war name given to a girl […]
JOSEPH CHIMURENGA
Joseph Chimurenga is a self-educated man who became responsible for one of the three operational zones within Rhodesia in which ZANLA was active between 1973 and 1975. He first became a guerrilla fighter in 1966 and served for a time with the Frelimo forces in the Tete Province. In March 1975 he was detained in […]
JOSIAH MAGAMA TONGOGARA
1972 Military Commander, ZANLA. Chief of Defence, DARE ReChimurenga (ZANU War Council). Josiah Magama Tongogara was born in Selukwe (Shurugwi) in 1938. He obtained his primary education, up to Standard VI, at an Anglican mission school. He went to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) in 1960 and studied book-keeping. He became secretary of Chainama Golf Club in 1961. When he […]