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JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo

The article gives an insight into the life of Moyo and also projects him as a fearless individual who did not hesitate to challenge his leader, the late Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo when he felt things were not been done properly. Below is the …

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Prof Makhurane hero declaration 'another first'

THE awarding of a national hero status to Professor Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane by the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) on 5 November, 2018 was a very apt and wise decision.It was also a virtually …

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Lobengula did not disappear

INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele monarch had died of smallpox and was b…

Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 10 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Tribe and the ism that fights unity in diversity

LAST week's issue of The Sunday News published a very thought-provoking article by Micheal Mhlanga on tribalism in which the author tried to justify that concept, and quoted a couple for what one can conclude to be either social anthropolo…

Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Obituary : Rest in peace our eminent revolutionaries

Zimbabwe lost two prominent women in September alone, their deaths occurring hard on the heels of that of Mrs Maud Muzenda, another eminent Zimbabwean revolutionary mother.Mrs Angeline Kamba's death was just about two weeks before that of …

Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:56hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Dog meat is not part of nation's food culture

The recent arrest of a Bulawayo man on allegations of selling parts of dogs' carcasses he retrieved from some rubbish dumping sites was a very unusual occurrence.The dogs had been put down by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to An…

Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Lest we forget

Zimbabwe yesterday remembered its national heroes and heroines who selflessly contributed their lives, limbs or properties for the liberation of their fatherland, which is now in the hands of the African people like all other African count…

Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

August - the month of traditional worship

THE lunar month of August starting on Tuesday is upon us. Zimbabwe is a country in which that period is culturally associated with traditional worshipping at several shrines in various regions.In the misty past during the Mambo era, the mo…

Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Zimbabwe presidency won through ballot box

Zimbabwe's mass and social media are awash with suggestions and arguments about who should or will succeed President Mugabe, and when.The succession debate should actually be dealt with at two levels, the Zanu-PF party level, and the Gover…

Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Let's hold free and fair elections

We should each one of us appreciate that thousands of lives were lost and millions of dollars' worth of property was destroyed in the liberation struggle to achieve freedom to choose our own representatives in various institutions, from vi…

Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Joshua Nkomo: selfless patriot in the truest sense of the word

The following is a lecture delivered by veteran journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu at the Joshua Nkomo Memorial Lecture at Wits University in South Africa yesterday on the occasion of celebrating the 100th year Post Humus Birth…

Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:35hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Maverick JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo

TWENTY TWO January will mark 40 years since the death of Jason Ziyapapa Moyo. The maverick Moyo who was Zapu's Vice-President was killed by a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. His death has been shrouded in controversy with some of the view t…

Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

The Ndebele State: Origins And Tribes

One hundred and forty-eight years ago yesterday, September 6, 1868, Mzilikazi kaMatshobana Khumalo, founder-king of the Ndebele State, died, leaving an unfortunate situation in which there was no clear successor to his throne.The heir-appa…

Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | 21 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

The veld fire menace

As I was writing this article, a veld fire was raging across a part of Trenance in Bulawayo, destroying whatever else in its path, grass, trees, and reptiles.It was unattended and would die down after it had devoured whatever it could.A ki…

Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Land resettlement still unresolved 36 years later

A Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is currently touring the country sounding public opinion on the national land resettlement programme which was launched shortly after the attainment of independence in 1980, but much more vigorously in …

Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:27hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

War veterans: Architects of Zimbabwe's sovereignty

ZIMBABWE commemorates Heroes' Day today at a time when the nation is seized with misguided individuals calling for the Zanu-PF Government to step down to make room for a situation that is not exactly clearly spelt out. In that mixture of Z…

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

A 'marriage' of shame

A rather strange civil court case was heard in Bulawayo recently in which a man begged a magistrate to evict the man's daughter and her lover from his (the man's) house.The daughter had been living with her lover at her maiden home in spit…

Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo: His life, legacy

LAST Friday's celebrations of the 17th anniversary of the death of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo were one of the national occasions where many Zimbabweans looked at their country's past with deep admiration of what and how the country's bl…

Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Mission hospitals funding biased

THE Chronicle of June 21, 2016 carried a news item showing massive disparities in the Government funding of mission hospitals in some of Zimbabwe's regions.The story said a report tabled by the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care …

Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Zambezi water: Solution to Bulawayo's ills

Bulawayo City is a pale shadow of its former self. This is mainly because of closure or relocation or contraction of many commercial, industrial companies and social welfare organisations.Once referred to as the Manchester of the Federatio…

Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Renaming the streets and surbubs is honoring our heritage

There has been much media debate on the spelling of some Zimbabwean street and suburbs' names going on, with some people strongly criticising former colonial administrators for deliberately distorting some of the names or leaving out some …

Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Zimbabwe@36: time to decentralise

NEXT Monday, Zimbabwe will celebrate its 36th Independence anniversary, three dozen years of ups and downs, a period during which the country left the British Commonwealth, made gigantic educational achievements, and experienced astonishin…

Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Economic welfare to top Mugabe, war vets indaba

ZIMBABWE's veterans of the national armed liberation struggle are scheduled to meet their patron, President Robert Gabriel Mugabe today at a Harare venue.Three obvious important issues are likely to feature during the historic indaba initi…

Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

ZAOGA opens University: A contribution to society

About two weeks ago, this publication carried a story about President Robert Mugabe thanking and congratulating a well known Zimbabwean church, the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) led by Professor Ezekiel Guti, for establishing a…

Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Cephas Msipa presents fascinating read in auto-biography

Cephas George Msipa, one of Zimbabwe's living pioneer freedom-fighters, will officially launch his book, In Pursuit of Freedom and Justice, in Bulawayo this Friday.Msipa, 85, lives in Gweru in the Midlands province. A veteran of the libera…

Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Drought threatens to worsen agro - based economy of entire Southern region

ZIMBABWE's agro-based economy is bound to be negatively affected by the drought facing the region South of the Zambezi River, a region comprising South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho.In addition to the shrinki…

Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:37hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing

ONE of the negative factors to guard against in Zimbabwe's economic-cultural environment are conmen some of whom occasionally rip off desperate pursuers of illusive financial fortunes.Stories abound of some obviously very naÃ¯ve people, in…

Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Destruction of historical monuments ill-advised

The "Rhodes Must Fall" campaign has now reached Britain where a statue of Cecil John Rhodes at Oxford's Oriel College is likely to be removed from its pedestal and thrown into either some dark storeroom as was the case with that which was …

Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Unity Accord: A continuation of Zimbabwe's aspirations

THE observation of the December 22, 1987 Unity Accord is a continuation of Zimbabwe's national aspiration to remain a united people. It is a universally recognised fact that unity breeds harmony, peace and progress in every field of human …

Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

The Ndebele kingdom revival storm

In last week's instalment, we learned how Bagedze stole the Kalanga king Tjilibundule's hair strand so that her father Tjilisamhuli's medicine man, Ngomane Gumbo, could perform his magic to neutralise Tjilibundule's charms.Bagedze was duly…

Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 08:06hrs | 91 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Xenophobia: Zimbabweans must learn SA languages

THE South African campaign against foreign black Africans is now over, and that country's social and political atmosphere has returned to normal.The campaign caused a great deal of emotional outbursts in neighbouring countries as well as i…

Published: 02 May 2015 at 20:05hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Removing Rhodes' grave won't change history

SOME Zimbabwean print media recently published stories to the effect that some members of the Zanu-PF Youth League were stopped by an arm of the national security machinery from removing the remains of Cecil John Rhodes from his grave on t…

Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 08:56hrs | 7 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Let's not sow seeds of sexual immorality among pupils

Unplanned and unwanted pregnancies occur at an alarming rate among school-going children, resulting in some government authorities suggesting that condoms should be made available to all school children of the appropriate age-group.That su…

Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Garbage collection, disposal is important

There is a public outcry throughout Zimbabwe about the dirty conditions of most of the country's urban centres, a situation that worsens daily as garbage accumulates in so-called sanitary lanes.It is also likely to spill onto the streets a…

Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 06:18hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Njelele renegades must be brought to book

A group of people who have thrice visited the traditional sacred Njelele Shrine and verbally harassed and insulted its official keeper, a MaNdlovu, were recently described as "renegades" by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' As…

Published: 23 May 2012 at 04:44hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

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