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South Africa Is a Confirmed Criminal & Mafia State - Only Second to Colombia!

In every community setting across South Africa, the dominant conversation is about the criminal activities of the ANC party and government. Multiple commissions of inquiry have exposed serious acts of corruption, only for the cases to fizz…

Published: 28 Oct 2025 at 17:22hrs | 634 | by Nomazulu Thata

South Africa & Zimbabwe; Collapsed governments; What is next?

What next for South Africa, what next for Zimbabwe? The aspirations of the people's freedom and independence have been thwarted by organisations that purported to be genuine fosters of UHURU: ANC and Zanu PF failed dismally to rise above c…

Published: 27 Oct 2025 at 07:09hrs | 590 | by Nomazulu Thata

President Zandile Dubula is illiterate

Zandile Dubula desperately tried to hide her ignorance when asked to define "Frontline States." In such moments, it is better to admit, "I don't know," than to force a glaringly wrong answer. Her response was painful. On camera, she stamme…

Published: 24 Oct 2025 at 09:15hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Chiwenga: A feeble persona and zero leadership qualities

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga failed to vote for himself during the passage of Resolution Number 1 and Section 6 of ZANU PF's constitution on Friday, 17 October 2025. His inability to stand for what he believed in crushed the last ve…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 19:18hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

An 80-Year-Old Geza's October 17 Uprising Flopped Dismally

A day before the October 17 demonstrations, I wrote an article on Bulawayo24 appealing to youth across tribal divides to sit down-to save lives that could be carelessly lost. I made it clear: an uprising must have a visible leader. Geza, h…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 22:50hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Geza's October 17 revolution is a paper tiger: Come back home and lead!

To speak against the October 17th demonstrations is not counter-revolutionary - it's a call for sanity. Politics in Zimbabwe has deteriorated. Today is Wednesday, and the ZANU-PF Congress is on its second day. What emerges from it is never…

Published: 15 Oct 2025 at 19:45hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

ANC members scramble for food at Nathi Mthethwa's funeral

In true ANC fashion - where looting has become institutionalized - it was appalling to witness funeral attendees scrambling for food at Nkosinathi Mthethwa's memorial. "Disgusting" is a mild word for what transpired. A food van, stocked wi…

Published: 13 Oct 2025 at 20:42hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Why France Refused South Africa Investigating the Death of Nkosinathi Mthethwa

Allowing only one South African investigator into France to probe the death of Ambassador Nkosinathi Mthethwa carries implications that go far beyond protocol. France knows what transpired-before, during, and after his death. But they will…

Published: 12 Oct 2025 at 18:21hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

A coup in South Africa if Ramaphosa fires General Nhlanhla Mkwanazi

Botswana's President is deeply concerned about an imminent coup in South Africa. The revelations from General Nhlanhla Mkwanazi's commission - unpacking the rot in councils and government institutions - have serious repercussions not only …

Published: 11 Oct 2025 at 15:42hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

When a Ndebele Betrays, He/She Betrays Absolutely

Before independence in 1980, some traditional chiefs from Matabeleland betrayed the liberation struggle more than their Shona counterparts. They cooperated with the Smith regime, selling out their own people for personal gain. These are fa…

Published: 09 Oct 2025 at 15:56hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Reviving the ZANU/ZAPU Unity Accord feeds only one ZAPU stomach: The Vice Presidency

ZIPRA war veterans never cease to amaze me. ZANU PF has systematically crushed the spirit of the Ndebele people - eroding the pride that once defined them. The 1987 Unity Accord stopped the carnage, yes, but it also ushered in a one-party …

Published: 08 Oct 2025 at 13:52hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Tendai Mbofana: Rape is a scourge that needs urgent redress at parliamentary level

Dear Tendai, Let's agree: rape has reached alarming proportions in Zimbabwe. It is countrywide, indiscriminate, and increasingly grotesque. Elderly women - some as old as 96 - are being raped by teenage boys. One nonagenarian remains …

Published: 06 Oct 2025 at 16:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Thabani Mpofu Must Recall Nelson Chamisa from Harvard: It's a CIA Scholarship!

Advocate Thabani Mpofu was recently heard mocking Senator Sengezo Tshabangu's illness. A learned legal scholar making jokes about a man battling for his life in India - how low can one sink? I am no fan of Tshabangu, and many share that vi…

Published: 05 Oct 2025 at 17:41hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

South Africa & Zimbabwe: Two Coups Imminent - What Will Happen to SADC?

If South Africa coughs, the entire SADC catches a cold. Should a coup d'état erupt in South Africa, Zimbabwe will follow. The infighting between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga has reached boiling point. Minister in the ANC Presidency, Khumbudzo Nt…

Published: 04 Oct 2025 at 19:15hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Is Baloyi-Chiwenga a white woman? She groomed Generali Chiwenga to be civil!

Miniyothabo Baloyi is a Ndebele woman who dared what many would not - marrying a man with a reputation as dark and violent as General Constantine Chiwenga. His legacy should repel intimacy, yet she chose it. Miniyothabo is brave. But she i…

Published: 04 Oct 2025 at 08:41hrs | 1427 | by Nomazulu Thata

I Dislike US Secretary of State Marco Rubio - But His Claims on Human Trafficking in Zimbabwe Are Spot-On

How did trafficked Malawian women end up in South Africa? Most likely, the transit route was Zimbabwe. Along the way, money changed hands - fiscal transactions greased the path to exploitation. Around 100 Malawian women were trafficked by …

Published: 02 Oct 2025 at 11:32hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Matabeleland's Leadership Void Is Dangerous for the Region

It appears ZANU PF has successfully crushed Matabeleland into complete silence. The region is at a total standstill. ZAPU PF is nowhere to be seen or heard. There is no movement suggesting the region is alive. ZAPU leadership is not perfor…

Published: 29 Sep 2025 at 21:55hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Nyokayemabhunu could be my son Nqobizitha

How political systems destroy our children defies common sense. I stopped following Nyokayemabhunu's legal case for many reasons - too daunting, too numbing. Each court briefing feels like induced labour pains. Mothers will understand this…

Published: 28 Sep 2025 at 18:41hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Christopher Mutsvangwa Trolling Again - But Is He Punching Above His Academic Weight?

Does Ambassador Mutsvangwa know that General Chiwenga holds a doctorate degree? His social media interviews troll Chiwenga as uneducated. But Chris missed the memo: Chiwenga graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He holds the acad…

Published: 28 Sep 2025 at 00:28hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

ZANU PF's Rotten Triangle: Mnangagwa, Chiwenga, Tagwirei - Who Bleeds First?

The script is familiar when it comes to Zimbabwe's power matrix. Chiwenga gave Mnangagwa an inch, but Mnangagwa snatched a mile. Even in his wildest calculations, Chiwenga never imagined Mnangagwa would disappoint this deeply. The comrade-…

Published: 22 Sep 2025 at 08:50hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Zimbabwe-Ndebele speaking Zandile stop Criminal Operation Dudula!

There are Ndebele people in South Africa, but Zandile Dubula - supposedly Zimbabwean - raises questions. Her surname sounds uncommon in Ndebele settings. Just saying.Some believe that being in South Africa allows them to reconnect with the…

Published: 18 Sep 2025 at 18:21hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

You can leave the ghetto, but you can't remove the ghetto inside - Same with apartheid

Apartheid is no longer a legal system, but it remains deeply embedded in the psyche of South Africans - black and white. Black South Africans loathe black foreigners with the same intensity that white South Africans once loathed black Afri…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 16:26hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Germany's Dislike of Ms. Anna Lena Baerbock Makes Her Vulnerable at the UN

Anna Lena Baerbock has become a punchbag - ridiculed to the point of nastiness. Her first taste of public insult came from Germany itself, where her English accent was mocked and reduced to caricature. She once tried to say "beacon of hope…

Published: 15 Sep 2025 at 21:57hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

South African Criminal Organization Exports 'Operation Dudula' to Zimbabwe

The female leader of Operation Dudula seems to believe violence is a badge of honour. She recently suggested that Operation Dudula should be exported to Zimbabwe to remove ZANU-PF. In South Africa, foreigners are treated like rats and mice…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:54hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Strangely, Shonas Have Pardoned Chiwenga's Gukurahundi Atrocities

Binary positions often emerge in blame-shifting narratives. In most media outlets, Chiwenga has been nearly sanctified. Listening to Shona media, one hears reverence for Chiwenga - while Mnangagwa is cast as the villain. He's described as …

Published: 10 Sep 2025 at 08:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Jonathan Moyo's Praise-Singing to Return: It's Cold Outside the ZANU PF Bubble

I strongly advise Jonathan Moyo never to make the mistake of thinking he can return to Zimbabwe. Makuruwane is still alive and kicking. Dr. Walter Mzembi's incarceration is a clear warning of what awaits Jonathan should he come back. Years…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 21:30hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Organized Crime Syndicates in Southern Africa: We Begin with Our Presidents!

To be politically correct, I will exclude African presidents who have served their citizens with great respect. My article responds to a piece on BYO24 today, which lamented crime syndicates in Southern Africa as if this were a new phenome…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 19:36hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

The Slightest Push of a Button: 'Sex' - A Commodified Female Body on Display

Tendai Mbofana's article today was a masterstroke. He is a shining star among gender critics - far surpassing many others we know but won't name. The title of his piece on BYO24, "Can it truly be called empowerment if women still believe t…

Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 21:09hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Tembeka Nicolas Ngcukaitobi, your legal reputation could be on the line!

Having had the Lungu case decided conclusively in court by three judges, a sudden twist of events followed immediately after the ruling. The Lungu family must have prepared themselves for both outcomes - that they might win or lose. Bitter…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 21:10hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

How could Chiwenga be so near a religious institution

The Zimbabwean Catholic Church is compromised seriously! My reply to your article while still very fresh; about three hours old on Bulawayo 24 social media. I loved reading your input today regarding VP. Chiwenga, his deep connection with …

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 07:15hrs | 14 | by Nomazulu Thata

If Lord Mayor David Coltart dies, will his remains be sent to the UK for burial?

How many millions of white people are buried in Southern Rhodesia? It is indeed attention seeking to demand the removal of Cecil John Rhodes be repatriated to the UK. Following the logic carefully, are we to exhume all who were part of the…

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 18:56hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

To be President is the highest job most Africans dream of

The best job an African dream of is to become a President: not medicine, not teaching, not becoming a university professor, not engineering or physicists, Chemists, social scientists or whatever. What if the young and hopeful Akot Emmanuel…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 15:50hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Kemi Badenoch is bad enough: Thanks to Socialist East Germany: GDR!

I was about 22 years old when I landed in East Germany on scholarship to study metallurgy. To put everything into context, I was facilitated with a Zapu PF scholarship to study in East Germany, a socialist country back then. I must emphasi…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:10hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

How African dictators are groomed! Akot will be one!

When I saw Emmanuel Akot from Uganda talking to President Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe, I despaired. I could not help but said to myself: this is how dictators are born and nurtured in Africa. The young innocent boy soiled himself: the audience h…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 14:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

President Lungu murdered by drug cartels in South Africa?

As we wait for the court proceedings regarding Advocate Chagwa Lungu's resting place, so many conspiracy theories are unfolding, some of which are unsettling. Before South African courts on the 4th of August could legally determine the nex…

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 19:32hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Operation Dudula perpetrating genocide: Black on Black violence in SA

Operation Dudula is hunting down people and killing them by burning and stabbing them to death. Zimbabweans, together with other foreign nationals, all blacks are hunted down by criminals - Operation Dudula in South Africa; ruthlessly murd…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 17:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Constantine Chiwenga: get lost!

Mrs. Merry Chiwenga is a victim of Zanu PF dirty politics. The young woman was used to the point of becoming mad. She is accused of trying to murder Chiwenga: question is, who gave Merry orders to temper with the hospital gargets put on Ch…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 20:47hrs | 2051 | by Nomazulu Thata

Ramaphosa went to Ukraine & Russia to bring peace that is not in South Africa

Operation Dudula is upon us. Our Zimbabwean citizens are chased like they are rats and mice in their neighbourhoods. Who is my neighbour: asked the philosophy of UBUNTU. A fellow human being, seeking health assistance, is denied because sh…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 17:00hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

If Regimond Tagwirei became President, he will not steal much!

Stealing revenues in national coffers will continue if Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa became president. It is not the same if Regimond Tagwirei: In Zambia looting became a thing of the past when Hakainde Hichilema became president. Hich…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 16:07hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Kembo Mohadi betrayed Matabeleland: Mthwakazi MRP is spot on!

Before he dies, Kembo Mohadi must be told how much he betrayed Ndebele people. To say it post humus is too late. His home region constitutes Matabeleland. Kembo must be told now that he will not be missed in Matabeleland and Midlands if he…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 16:05hrs | 617 | by Nomazulu Thata

How President Trump humiliated African Presidents in the White House!

That Trump has a low opinion of Africans generally is known and documented since 2016 when he was elected president of USA. It began with President Ramaphosa of South Africa. What was he doing in the White House? Did the exodus of Afrikane…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:39hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

An open letter to Chimhama: are you in South Africa?

Dear Madam Chimhama, I hope I find you well, daughter of the African soil!I am writing this letter because I am deeply concerned about your utterances of violence in your video you made and was played in Point 5 Creatives studies plat…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Edgar Lungu: untidy facts surrounding his burial place?

The death of former President of Zambia, Advocate Lungu is opening a can of worms. How did he get a Zimbabwean diplomatic green passport from Zimbabwe. This question must be asked by Zimbabweans too, how did got it? Surely, from the govern…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Pearls cast before a swine: does not know what to do with them

Power was trust upon him: Chamisa was literally given power by former President Tsvangirai on his death bed. He was terminally ill; it was a matter of days and hours; Tsvangirai died leaving Chamisa baptized at the helm of the Movement for…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:31hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Jabulani Sibanda, you got it wrong about Zimbabwean tribalism

To appease tribalism in that manner will not be solving tribalism anyhow. The politician you are talking to is the worst tribalist and the core problem in Zimbabwe body politics. Jabulani, fighting tribalism does not mean surrendering to C…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 20:31hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

The death of an African President: Advocate Edgar Lungu!

The philosophy of Ubuntu will not allow me to talk about former President Edgar Lungu using outdoor language. Africa is rid of a ruler that destroyed the image of the African continent; we are yet to recover from the mess Lungu left behind…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:48hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Savage Africans want colonialist Leander Johnson's demarcations revisited!

They cannot peacefully coexist without Leander Johnson's demarcations between Ndebele and Shona nations! British colonialist Leander Johnson realized the animosities between Shona and Ndebele Kingdoms. He authorized Munyathi River as the p…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 15:59hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

What value systems, dignity and integrity does Mnangagwa know? Stuff and nonsense!

In Shona, I would have said: Ndiko kunonzi kujairira Vahnu uku! This man can just open his mouth wotanga kubukura, ogo bukura ogo bukura! A Portuguese adage says: even a small ass can do it if a stomachache needs to empty lower bowel produ…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 21:32hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Celebrating 10 years of selective activism and ticking boxes!

It pains me when I find myself critiquing Zimbabwean women, especially organisations that want bring change in our broken-down system of fighting gender violence. Sometimes I find it inappropriate to respond to some of their media informat…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 22:15hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Nyokayemabhunu will not survive!

About Nyokayemabhunu, it has become clear that he was sent by big people in politics to do the dirty work for them outside Zimbabwe. South Africa is a political haven for Zimbabweans; still has a modicum of democratic principles: a politic…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 18:11hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

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Supreme Court nullifies Welshman Ncube AI-generated legal submissions

'Mnangagwa is panicking'

Chiwenga's wife catching strays

Family yet to bury loved one 2 years after mysterious death

'Eat my wife, I kill myself'

RBZ policies, not banks, driving high lending rates

Zimbabwe to host major Africa trade fair from 2029

Govt urged to tighten screws on human trafficking

Zimbabwe night vending ban falters

Hughton, Redknapp among 200 applicants for Warriors job

Levy scandal as Harare buys only 2 ambulances

Chiwenga missed Mnangagwa's SONA

Mega Pak Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd manager up for fraud

Fugitive car dealer arrested after 5 years on the run

Harare Councillors and directors snub 2026 budget announcement

Bulawayo Polytechnic gutted by fire

Six Dead, 40 Injured in Harare–Mukumbura Road Bus Crash

No to 2030 extension

Police confirm Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident

Zimbabwe loans ARVs to Botswana, donates portion in regional health solidarity

Govt to launch Responsible Mining Initiative amid worsening land degradation

MP Mhangwa urges govt to cut LPG Import Bill through local gas substitution

Man dies in bicycle accident

Relegation-threatened Bosso players boycott training

Pavillon bus involved in a serious accident

Tragedy in Mt Darwin as cow falls into well, killing young woman

Zimbabwe announces strict enforcement of axle load limits

Zanu-Pf, Eureka Mine unleash violence on artisinal miners

Church Leaders Unite to Tackle Africa's Social Crises at Landmark Summit

Minister to Lead Sanitation Awareness Drive in Guruve Amid Open Defecation Concerns*