Columnist / Jonathan maphenduka
Letter of retirement
SINCE President Emmerson Mnangangwa's takeover it has become increasingly possible for the private media to publish views and comments, which are in the main contrary to government's view and expectat...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:14hrs | 2193 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Has Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch signed a treaty with Zimbabwe?
I READ with great interest a re cent letter to the editor by Ben Freeth in which he raises issue with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the land compensation question and property rights of individ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 320 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa's govt fails to fill gaps in compensation debate
THERE are issues in the compensation debate to which government has closed its mind and, therefore, has miserably failed to justify the decision. They include government's failure to justify compensat...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:55hrs | 370 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Does Lobengula deserve a monument?
I read with great interest the report that a monument is to be built in honour of Mbuya Nehanda at long last. But then i said to myself: Why not do the same for King Lobengula or even Mukwati (Makwati...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:41hrs | 732 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Donald Trump is an atheist and a blasphemer
DONALD Trump is a liar when he claims that his unbridled dictatorship owes its currency through God's appointment. Trump declared recently that he is the most powerful president of the United States b...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1167 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Money changers and the secret of their wisdom
THE foreign currency auction announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently appears to have started on a high note, but there is a nagging fear that those favourable comments by observers may have...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 5731 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
What's in a name and history?
SOMEWHERE in Buhera East, near Dorowa Mine before you cross Save River into Ziyambi Purchase Area, there is a school named after King Mzilikazi kaMatshobana. I would give everything to know if posteri...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 265 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The mystery of Zimbabwe politics currently on display
ABOUT four months ago the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruled in favour of Thokozani Khupe in a matter in which there was an argument relating to the legitimacy of her leadership of MDC (T) and Nelson Cha...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:39hrs | 541 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Incredible potable water potential around Bulawayo
SO the City of Bulawayo is re-commissioning Khami Dam sewer treatment works as another source of potable for the city. Why not go further and include Aisleby Farm sewer treatment works into its water ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 384 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Axis of tribalism and African nationalism in conflict
IN the days when I was young and my political philosophy had reached its formation stage, my hero was Mhunhuwepasi Mangwende. His name has an agreeable affinity for unhu/ubuntu and its rhyme is just p...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 273 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The mafia was at work in the Nuanetsi Ranch
THE acquisition of Nuanetsi Ranch and its subsequent use as a base for the founding of the Development trust of Zimbabwe (DtZ) has an interesting historical link with the nationalist struggle for inde...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:46hrs | 631 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Scapegoating Africans as a lazy lot unable to use land
THE war of words against African holders of land continues unabated as government finds itself in an embarrassing situation after the land reform programme of the year 2000. In an extremely disquietin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:39hrs | 242 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Hypocrisy and more power inspired hypocrisy
iN the centre of harare there is a world-famous building named Karigamombe which is Robert Mugabe's example of self-glorification at the expense of a man named Joshua Nkomo, who was considered by Muga...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:30hrs | 268 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Botswana, Zimbabwe relations are an embarrassment
AT least 1 300 Zimbabweans living in Botswana have been expelled from Botswana following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Last week Vice-President Kembo Mohadi went on a tour of Plumtree bord...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 32173 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The fiasco of Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo
AMID a flurry of government efforts to find suitable accommodation for the treatment of the Covid-19 patients, it was announced that Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo's posh Hillside Suburb had been iden...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 2565 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The lost industrial glory of the city of Bulawayo
AFRICAN nationalism demands that the history of British colonialism must be condemned at every opportunity and I must be counted among those who lose no opportunity to condemn this phenomenal episode ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 896 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zimbabwe opposition continues to be plagued by division and confusion
The recent Supreme Court ruling that Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the MDC is illegitimate because his appointment infringed the founding constitution of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) ha...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 952 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Lockdown necessary, but works against long-term good
THE catastrophic results of the Covic-19 pandemic, which continues to ravage the world cannot be determined at this stage.However, it is clear that one does not need a crystal ball to foresee ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 201 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The pipeline that its detractors call a pipedream
IN December 1992 Joseph Msika who was then minister responsible for water development, announced that Government had plans to build a pipeline from Lake Kariba to Kudu in the rich Kadoma District whic...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 305 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Publicans, sinners at work in the food relief system
THE government food relief system started bearing fruit with reports last week that qualifying beneficiaries have received some money through their accounts with the People's Own Savings Bank (POSB). ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 272 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Supreme Court decision on Chamisa a great blow to MDC Alliance
THE recent Supreme Court decision upholding Dr Thokozani Khupe as legal successor to the late co-founder of the Movement for Democratic Change (Tsvangirai) is a serious blow to Nelson Chamisa's appoin...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 2413 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
So the capital will be in Mt Hampden after all
THE decision to locate Zimbabwe's new capital at Mount Hampden will indeed go down in history as the only decision that deserved poetic justice in memory of an episode whereby African nationalism and ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1586 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa's govt takes plunge to compensate white farmers
ONE of the most interesting developments in the recent budget statement is government's decision to compensate former white farmers after nearly 20 years following the 2000 land reform programme. The ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:39hrs | 180 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Does the people's land belong to the state or the government of the day
IN a recent article I attempted to explain the historical background of land ownership in this country, which was introduced by colonists and has since been inherited and accepted as the norm by today...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:15hrs | 419 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
What is sphere of our influence in the global village?
IT is the ability and willingness to stay in your club. What is one's club? It is the body of those who share common beliefs and values. When Robert Mugabe stormed out of the British Commonwealth of N...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:40hrs | 52 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Matabeleland Zambezi water project remains a mirage
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni was in the news recently calling for action to bring the Zambezi River water to Bulawayo. The city of kings, if I may join those who want us to remember the city's history...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 256 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa walks tight rope
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is still walking a tightrope between extremism and moderation as he approaches the end of the first year of his election last July.Perhaps nothing demonstrates his...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1485 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The birth of tribal domination in Zimbabwean politics
On 8 November 1978, at the age of 61 years Chief Khayisa Ndiweni, formed the United National Federal Party (UNFP), as a break away from the Zimbabwe United Peoples Organization (ZUPO), a political par...Published: 17 May 2019 at 20:42hrs | 4595 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Opposition is looming against the 'Ndebele' king
GOVERNMENT has not lost any time to mobilise opposition to the time-honoured Ndebele monarchy. This follows the court dismissal of Bulelani Colin Khumalo's coronation bid on March 3. It is cle...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:10hrs | 1275 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Recalling the bungling and painful reality
THE recent announcement by the Government that Zimbabwe has joined Zambia and Botswana in the Kazungula Bridge project, belated though it is, is a coup de grace in international relations and co-opera...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | 238 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ndebele king: Unemotional solution required
I HAVE been investing a great deal of time to find a possible solution to the monarchy controversy and I have come to the conclusion that the recent Court ruling provides a possible answer. It provide...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:51hrs | 691 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Quibbling about chiefs' role and Lobengula's coronation date
THERE are several stumbling blocks against resolution of the Ndebele monarchy issue.The first is that those who are not members of Lobengula's house cannot join in the identification of an hei...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | 578 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
King Nyamande Lobhengula II, unveiling invite
You are cordially invited to come and attend an unveiling function that shall be held to unveil King Nyamande Lobhengula II. This function shall be held as follows:Date:  ...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 16:02hrs | 3212 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
King Nyamande Lobhengula II, Named
The King Lobhengula Royal House has finally come to a conclusion in regard to the heir of the Royal Throne. This communique comes as a follow up to the announcement that was made on 02 January 2018. T...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 11:35hrs | 6103 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Drama enters race for monarch
IN a dramatic new development in the race for the Ndebele monarch, the Sihluku house, which had appeared to monopolize the race, has lost its dominance with the emergence of the Sumpe house in an on-g...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 19:06hrs | 2114 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
King Nyamande Lobhengula II to be Unveiled
King Nyamande Lobhengula II is to be unveilled mid January 2018. UMthwakazi nation must brace itself for the unveiling of the rightful heir to the Mthwakazi Royal Throne. Identified by the King Lobhen...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 14:08hrs | 2159 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The amaNdebele monarchy
On 9 September 2017 hundreds of Ndebele people and their leading chiefs gathered at Mhlahlndhlela to be told that a successor to the Matabele kingship had been identified. He is Bulelani Khumalo, a de...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | 2348 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
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