Columnist / Pathisa nyathi
The power of goblins (Ontikolotshe)
A FEW days ago, my attention was drawn to some screaming and sensational headlines on social media. "Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Malawi." I never thought the story that appeared in the Malawi Voi...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:19hrs | 315 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Journey to koBulawayo: Learning about a community through its material culture
WHEN a people settle at a place, there is interaction between them and the environment.Their minds, their worldview impact on the environment, its various aspects and, in the process, space is...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Crossing the Limpopo River
NKANYEZI Dube is a 25-year-old young woman from Lubhangwe in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South. She attended Lubhangwe primary and secondary schools. She did not qualify to proceed to universi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
BCC reassures residents on service delivery
THE Bulawayo City Council has reassured residents that it is working round the clock to ensure improvement of service delivery in the country's second largest city.The local authority has in r...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:46hrs | 4 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Ndebele villages or regiments: Organisational units within the state
FOR about 25 weeks now we have been investigating the phenomenon of naming, initially starting off at the cosmic level but later getting down to the terrestrial plane. Our interest has been to investi...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 8 | by Pathisa Nyathi
From KoBulawayo to Bulawayo @ 125
No sooner had Dr Leander Starr Jameson sauntered into the Maxim Hotel located just west of the Market Square did he pronounce Bulawayo a town. That happened on June 1, 1894, making Bulawayo 125 years ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 11 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Umthwakazi: Honouring the San (Abathwa) who tamed the land
TODAY'S article is the last in a detour we took to prepare for the continuation of visits to the Ndebele State by London Missionary Society (LMS) Reverend Dr Robert Moffat. His last trip to King Mzili...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:27hrs | 17 | by Pathisa Nyathi
What happens when a chief's eldest child is a daughter: A look at the Mvuthu chieftainship
This time we focus the spotlight on the Mvuthu chieftainship at Jambezi within Hwange District in Matabeleland North. Our interest in it is inspired by the instance when a girl who was the eldest ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:03hrs | 4 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Thriving goat project at Sankonjana
IT took the combination of technical support from a non-governmental Organisation (NGO) and indigenous knowledge to transform the fortunes of Meli Nyathi through his goat rearing project. Today he boa...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Highlanders Football Club @ 90: The Ndebele royal connection
THIS year Highlanders Football Club, formerly Lions Club and later Matabeleland Football Club, turns 90 years old. The club was established in 1926 by Ndebele royal sons.It is envisaged that t...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
How JZ Moyo got the name 'Ziyapapa'
JASON Ziyapapa Moyo, son of Tamuhla, hailed from Matobo District's Donkwe-Donkwe area. His mother was a MaNyathi of the Babirwa people. Both Mdongo and Tafi Zibuya were Tamuhla's brothers, all...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:03hrs | 10 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Ndebele perceptions of a king and the State
LET us today bring to the conclusion the story of the fate of King Lobengula as told by the whites. The sources tell of how the Major Allan Wilson Patrol comprising 12 men crossed the Shangani River i...Published: 17 May 2015 at 11:21hrs | 4 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Ndebeles in the UK to instal their diaspora chief
The Ndebele community in the United Kingdom has resolved to embark on the process of identifying, appointing and installing a chief in line with the installation of Chief Albert Zwelibanzi Gumede in S...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 11:25hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi
BaKalanga: Any links with the semitic world?
WE promised to interrogate the claim that the Mwali religion of the BaKalanga seems to have links with that of the Jews in Israel. The basis of the observation was the idea of a High God, Mwali who is...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:18hrs | 7 | by Pathisa Nyathi Cultural Heritage
Origins of the name KoBulawayo
"IT is my job to declare the town open. Gentlemen I don't think we want to waste any talk on it. I make the declaration now. There is plenty of whiskey and soda inside so come in."These histor...Published: 21 Apr 2014 at 14:17hrs | 9 | by Bulawayo @120 Pathisa Nyathi
Seeking to understand the Njelele Shrine
FROM far to the south the prominent hill stands above the rest. Distance has given it a sky blue hue. It is a cut above the rest. In comparison, other numerous hills pale into oblivion save for S...Published: 02 Feb 2014 at 09:30hrs | 78 | by Cultural Heritage Pathisa Nyathi
Cultural Heritage with Pathisa Nyathi: A closer look at who the Kalangas are
LET us take forward the story of the Khupes which we are using to gain broader insight into the history of the Kalanga, the people into whose society they were assimilated. But before w...Published: 21 Dec 2010 at 20:04hrs | 50 | by Pathisa Nyathi
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