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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 expectations. Zimbabweans of all political pers…

Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:14hrs | | 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 individuals in Zimbabwe. Freeth represents an …

Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 4 | 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 compensation in the first place, except by asser…

Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:55hrs | 3 | 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 position in this regard better than his appoin…

Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 4 | 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 party formed by the joint Council of Chief…

Published: 17 May 2019 at 20:42hrs | 20 | 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-operation.Zimbabwe's relations with many Afr…

Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | 3 | 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 provides a window of possible settlement throu…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1 | 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 heir to the crown. King Lobengula's descendants sa…

Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1 | 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:       17 February 2018Venue: &nbsp…

Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 16:02hrs | | 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-going investigation.   This br…

Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 19:06hrs | 2 | 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 descendant of Prince Njube who was one of…

Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | 79 | by Jonathan Maphenduka

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