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National anthem: Rwiyo rwezvishuvo zveZimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zimbabwe ichinzizve pachihofisi Rudhende rwe Zimbabwe, inyika yakakomberedzwa iri kuchamhembe kwe Afurika, dzimwe nguva ichinzi iri kumabvazuva kana kuChamhembechemabvazuva kwe Afurika.
Yakaganhurana neMazambuko kumabvazuva, Afurika Chamhembe kuchamhembe kwayo, Vutswana kumadokero, Zambia kumaodzanyemba. Zimbambwe ine mitauro guminetanhatu yepachihofisi, ruzhinji rwevanhu runogona kutaura Chingezi kwazvo nokuda kwe hukoloni we Mabhuritani, asi huwandu hungasvike 85% huno taura Chishona serurimi rwa mai. Chishona ndicho chaive mutauro wehugari weruzhinji rwe vanhu kubva muchikarekare, Chikaranga chichinzi ndicho chimutauronyina chezera rikurukuru pakati pezvishona zvose, uye ne Chikalanga icho chinehukama nahwo. Rurimi rwechipiri runotaura nepamwe 20% yehuwandu we Vanhu iChindeḅele rwunotaurwawo zvakare muZimbabwe nevanhu veMatabele. Ava vanhu vakasvikawo munzvimbo iyi apo veChishona vanga vatodzika midzi, avo VeMatabele vakabva kuAfurika Chamhembe sechikamu cheMazulu vachitiza Mambo Shaka Zulu. Asi nhasi, Vandeḅele vanosanganisa Vakaranga-Vakalanga, Vasutu, Vashangani nevamwe wo, nekuda kwekuti Mambo Mzilikazi vakaumba Mthwakazi (Umambo we Mandeḅele) vachisanganisa vanhu vavakawana vari muZimbabwe uye nevakabviwanawo kuAfurika Chamhembe.
Zvakare kuchamhembe kwenyika iyi kune rwizi rukuru rwunonzi Limpopo, ukuwo kumawodzanyemba kunezve rumwe rwizi rukuru runonzi Zambezi. Nzizi idzi ihuru kwazvo uye dzinodira muGungwa re India.
Kubvira makore 1250 kabanga kuzvika 1629, nzvimbo yavekuzikanwa seZimbabwe iyi yaitongwa neUbwami wa Mutapa (Mutapa Empire), vachizikanwazve sekuti Mwenemutapa. Nzvimbo iyoyi yaive nemukurumbira chaizvo panyaya dzendarama (kana goridhe), iro raifambiswa nevanhu vechiArabhu. Zvakadaro, veChiputukezi vakauya ndokuparadza hurongwa ihwohwo nokukasira, zvikasiya Monomatapa iri panguva yekusaziva zvekuita. Gore ra1834 veMatabele, ava vanga vakuzviti maNdebele, vakasvikawo munzvimbo iyoyi yamadzimambo Mutapa. Vakasvika nechekuchamhemhembechemadokero kwenzvimbo yamadzimambo Mutapa. Tambo taura pamusoro kuti vanhu ava vakange vari kutiza kubva kunamambo wavowo Shaka ainge arikudya marasha chamhembe ikoko. VechiNdebele ava vaitungamirwawo namambo wavo Lobengula. Nzvimbo yavakagara iyi yaizozikanwa seMatabeleland munguva yaizotevera kusanginisira zvino uno.
Nyika ye Zimbabwe yakawana kuzvitonga mugore ra1980, apo bato reZanu-PF raRobert Gabriel Mugabe rakavhoterwa neruzhinji rwevanhu. Mureza weBhiritani wakadzikiswa musi wa18 April 1980, mureza weZimbabwe ukasimudzwa. VaMugabe vakatonga nyika iyi kwemakore anopotsa makumi mana. Mushure mekudaro, mutevedzeri wavo Emmerson Mnangagwa akatora chinzvimbo chazvo mushure mekunge va Mugabe vamanikidzwa kuti vasiye basa. Emmerson Mnangagwa uyu haana kuzvitorera chigaro ega, akabatsirwa nemauto uyezve aiva nerubatsiro rwebato raitonga rinova Zanu PF. Iri ndiro bato richirikutonga munyika ye Zimbabwe zuva ranhasi. Emmeson Mnangagwa akatpinda pachigaro mugore ra 2017 mumwedzi waMbudzi, netarisiro yekuti gore raitevera paitwe sarudzo yekutsvaga mutungamiri wenyika anodiwa nevanhu. Ruzhinji rwakamusarudza zvakare asi pakaita mutauro nemutungamiriri webato rinopikisa MDC rinotungamirirwa na VaNelson Chamisa.
Nyaya iyi yakanetsa ikatozoenda kudare redzimhosva rinoona nenyaya dzebumbiro remitemo. Nyaya yaVaChamisa yekupikisa zvakabuda musarudzo yakaonekwa nedare isina humbowo, dare rikati Emmeson Mnangawa ndiye akasarudzwa neruzhinji.