Take2Zimbabwe Leicester
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- Written by: John Burke
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Organised by ZHRO Marketing member Olive Rudvidzo, in conjunction with her opposite number in ROHR Midlands. Olive co-ordinated the event with Refugee Week, the Red Cross and had a radio interview with BBC Leicester lined up.
Leicester, UK, 17 June 2017. The Zimbabwe diaspora rallied in Leicester to kick off the start of UK refugee week with the #Take2Zimbabwe protest.They have held similar protests in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and back to London where they petitioned the British PM to intervene on granting diaspora vote.
By holding the event in Leicester, the protesters are building and expanding on these previous repertoires of demanding a second independence, this time from an indigenous leadership whose
economic mismanagement has made survival all but impossible for ordinary Zimbabweans.
The event was initiated by ZHRO Marketing team member Olive Rudvidzo and organised by Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe's Midlands branch.
Still No Justice in 2025
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- Written by: Desire Munyaradzi KUNAKA with ZAPU evidence and testimonies
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Introduction
Written by: Richard Gandari [ZAPU Spokes Person, Harare]: Hits: 581
https://gukurahundi.info/the-beginnings-of-a-genocide [The Gukurahundi.info website is a collaboration of Richard Gandari [ZAPU Zimbabwe] and John Burke [ZHRO UK]
Identifying as a member or supporter of ZAPU became a death wish.
Under the then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, a caveat was promulgated, outlawing ZAPU and forfeiting all its properties to the state. Some of the properties belonged to ZPRA, the armed wing of ZAPU during the liberation struggle. Being visionaries, ZPRA veterans lawfully purchased a string of valuable properties using funds pooled from their demobilization payouts. The party, ZAPU also invested in movable and immovable properties. Everything was seized and forfeited to the state. Dr Joshua Nkomo was persecuted and hounded into exile. His lieutenants, the late Dr Dumiso Dabengwa and the late Commander Lookout Masuku were thrown into Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on trumped up charges. The rest is history as the adage goes.
Just like in East Germany in 1990, it has been four decades of denial and deafening silence.
As the watershed elections of August 2023 were rigged to maintain the status quo, hopes of a new Zimbabwe remain an elusive dream. ZAPU the corporate victim of Gukurahundi, remains incapacitated. With Mugabe’s caveat frozen in time, the resurging party is struggling to reclaim its purloined glory. As fate would have it, the leader of ZAPU today is none other than Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the very son of the late Dr Joshua Nkomo. One would consider it a golden opportunity for poetic justice but lo and behold, those wielding the levers of power have no desire to allow a new dawn for Zimbabwe. Due to incapacitation, ZAPU could not field its leader for the presidential race. The steep nomination fees demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission made it impossible for ZAPU to effectively participate in the crucial plebiscite.
Unwritten caveats designed to perpetuate Gukurahundi in other subtle and thinly veiled forms
Apart from the continued onslaught against ZAPU there remains a myriad of unwritten caveats designed to perpetuate Gukurahundi in other subtle and thinly veiled forms. Nothing short of regime change can revive hopes for the genuine resolution of Gukurahundi as a de facto genocide.
2nd time We Demand Justice for a Genocide
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- Written by: M S Nkomo, Chief F Ndiweni and J C Burke
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Thursday, Genocide Petition to the Prime Minister! [a duplicate of this Article CLICK HERE]
On 5th December 2024 we congregated outside the newly "secured" Zimbabwe Embassy - they have got some grim looking metal security gated fabrications at the side and front entrances - to make the Embassy even less friendly or appealing to the Zimbabwean Diaspora - security concerns or Guilt? - we have to ask why these new gates - {photo on Flickr - click to see for yourself SIDE DOOR - 429 CORNER DOOR }.
True to form the guilty inside locked their doors - simply as we were there. Indeed they sent out a CIO to sit in his new BMW X6 to "observe us" - so we took their photos too - again on our Flickr Album of the day. {CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DAYS PHOTO ALBUM} Please note that due to technical constraints, the videos recorded today will take some considerable time to be 'compressed' in order to be displayed upon our Flickr Platform - so expect videos to be appearing by the weekend please.
We took some more photos with our "Zanu PF Must Go" banner and by 13:30 we sidled off towards Trafalgar Square and onto Whitehall. by 13:45 we were arranged opposite Downing Street - under the gaze of "Monty" at his commemorative statue. By the time we have said our hellos to the new supporters opposite Downing Street it was time to present our band of 6 petitioners to the Diplomatic Police Unit in control of Downing Street. Ronald T Mutumbi, was due to be the Organiser of the 6 of us today - but had unexpected problems with travel on the day - such a pity.
So we 6 lined up at the solid security gates {making the Zimbabwean Embassy gates looking a little flimsy!} at the entrance to Downing Street. Our Police Diplomatic Unit Escort - was a friendly as any tourist guide - calling us in by our first names! As some may know within those gates we have to go through Air Port Quality X-Ray machines to check all our bags, mobile phones or any metal objects.
Walk 4 Freedom Blackburn
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- Written by: Prince Tinashe Chidewu
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Participation in Peaceful Demonstration in Blackburn, United Kingdom
Date of Event: 28 March 2026
Location: Witton Park Arena, Blackburn, United Kingdom
On 28 March 2026, I travelled to Blackburn in the United Kingdom to participate in a peaceful “Walk for Freedom” organised by members of the Zimbabwean diaspora. The gathering took place at Witton Park Arena, where Zimbabweans from different parts of the UK came together in solidarity.
The purpose of the walk was to raise awareness about the ongoing political, social, and economic challenges in Zimbabwe. Participants expressed concern about governance, human rights issues, and the future of democracy in the country. The demonstration remained peaceful throughout, with individuals carrying Zimbabwean flags, placards, and banners displaying messages calling for accountability, justice, and reform.
During the event, participants engaged in discussions, shared personal experiences, and demonstrated unity in highlighting the situation back home. The presence of organised groups and coordinated messaging reflected a collective effort to bring attention to issues affecting Zimbabwean citizens both inside and outside the country.
My participation in this event was voluntary and motivated by personal concern about the situation in Zimbabwe. Being part of such public demonstrations reflects my political opinion and association with others who are critical of the current conditions in Zimbabwe.This article serves as a truthful account of my involvement in the Blackburn Walk for Freedom and is provided as supporting evidence of my political expression and activities while in the United Kingdom.
- The Diaspora Walks — And the Regime Listens
- Witton Park - Blackburn
- Walk for Freedom 2025 Event Report
- Zimbabwe Crisis
- Endurance from Exile
- 12th July 2025 Leeds Walk
- Long Walks for Freedom
- 3rd May 2025 Walk4Freedom Practice
- 6th April 2025 Walk4Freedom Practice
- 5th April 2025 at 9:30am Witton Park, Blackburn
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