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- noun Plural form of
pungwe .
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Examples
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"pungwes," a colloquial term for all-night political indoctrination used by militants since the independence war that swept Mugabe to power in 1980.
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Hundreds who remained have to attend all-night ZANU-PF propaganda sessions, called pungwes.
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Retribution is ongoing in the north-east; there are reports of MDC members being made - after the poll - to attend the infamous pungwes, compulsory government indoctrination sessions.
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Retribution is ongoing in the north-east; there are reports of MDC members being made - after the poll - to attend the infamous pungwes, compulsory government indoctrination sessions.
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One of Zimbabwe's traditional chiefs has banned the prayer vigils and all other night-time gatherings - known locally as pungwes - in Rusape because of the high incidence of sexual abuse in the district, said the state-controlled Manica Post.
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An MDC member in Murehwa said: "They (ZANU-PF youths) take young girls to the pungwes (all-night political meetings) where they stay the whole night ...
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