In his memoirs, A Lifetime of Struggle (2007), Tekere wrote that he accepted his “share of responsibility” for the failure to build democratic institutions in Zimbabwe. But he blamed Mugabe for ...

EFFORTS by Zanu PF Manicaland Province to lure Edgar Tekere back into the ruling party appear to be faltering after the veteran politician this week said he had not rejoined the party. Tekere did not ...

President Robert Mugabe has reportedly relented to pressure from his inner cabal and Zimbabweans at large over the national hero status of the late veteran nationalist Edgar Tekere. Tekere, who was 74 ...

Edgar Tekere (74), one of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle icons and a founding member of Zanu-PF, died this week after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. His death is certain to be a litmus test ...

President Robert Mugabe hated the late national hero Edgar Tekere with a passion, partly because of his book, A Lifetime of Struggle, which ridicules the President, but the reasons go beyond that, ...

Harare - Edgar Zivanai Tekere, a leader of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle and one of President Robert Mugabe's renowned critics, died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a family spokesperson ...

VETERAN nationalist Cde Edgar Zivanai Tekere, who died in Mutare on Tuesday, has been declared a national hero and will be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Sunday. Cde Tekere (74) died ...

• Edgar Zivanai Tekere, Zimbabwean liberation war icon. Born: 1 April, 1937, in Nyang'ombe, Rhodesia. Died: 7 June, 2011, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, aged 74. Edgar Tekere, who has died at the age of 74 ...

Harare - The party of Zimbabwe's president on Sunday buried with full honours a foremost critic it twice expelled from its ranks. Edgar Tekere, a founding member of President Robert Mugabe's party who ...