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Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
Tribal rifts widen in Zimbabwe after stupid cartoon
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, the perpetual tribal conflicts are becoming more intense. Most tensions exist between the Shona people, the country's largest tribe, and the Ndebeles, who ...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZIMDAILY CARTOON: Chamisa told to distance himself
Leading community activist and Zimbabwean Community in South Africa leader, Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena, has called upon the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, and the party to...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 10:12hrs | 56 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Opposition members condemn Ndlovu cockroach remarks
Human rights activists and opposition members have condemned Zanu-PF Matebeleland South chairman Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, for referring to the opposition as ‘cockroaches', saying he does not des...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe's forgotten intellectual and leader
NDABANINGI Sithole was one of the founding fathers of the modern state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. In August 1963, he became the first president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), the ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Mushakavanhu
PHOTOS: 'King' Bulelani Khumalo attends Elvis Nyathi death Indaba with Bheki Cele
AmaNdebele King Bulelani Lobengula KaMzilikazi on Friday was among delegates that attended an Indaba between Diepsloot commuty and and South African home affairs Motsoaledi, minister of police Bheki C...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 15:55hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTO: King Bulelani's father with Joshua Nkomo
The office of the King of AmaNdebele Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi has posted on social media a picture of Prince Humphrey Mncedisi Lobengula the father of the current King posing for a picture with ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 13:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC attacks Khaya Moyo
A WAR of words has erupted between the country's two main political parties after the MDC Alliance Monday afternoon angrily reacted to Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo's claims that the oppositio...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turning Point - HRM King Mzilikazi II
Mthwakazi omuhle ondlela zimhlophe, sizwe senkosi yohlanga ngiyalibingelela!Sesiside isikhathi lingezwa lutho oluvelela ngapha nges'Godlweni. Isizatho yikuthi njengothunyiweyo, kumele ngizwe N...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by HRM King Mzilikazi II
The Mthwakazi question: Who does or doesn't qualify to be Mthwakazian?
My intention is not to write on either the historical origins or the actual geographical boundaries of Mthwakazi State, highlighted in yellow on the above image, but I am more concerned with initiatin...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 08:26hrs | 3 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Setting the record straight about King Mzilikazi The Mthwakazi King
THIS narrative that King Mzilikazi subjugated other tribes and forced them to join his Nguni tribe to form the Mthwakazi nation is as false as falsehood itself. The narrative is refuted by both eviden...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 3 | by Reinford Khumalo
The Unity Accord & Gukurahundi
The 1987 unity accord meant nothing then to the people of Mathebeleland and the Midlands and it means nothing to them today. We said it then and we are saying it today. It actually made the leader of ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:30hrs | | by Clemen Moyo
Of the Kambarami fiasco and Ndebele-Shona issues
It's just been a few weeks since the Deputy Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Mr. Tinashe Kambarami decided to fire the town clerk, Mr. Christopher Dube, in a move that would make Kambarami an internet se...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Mandla Tshuma
Mathebeleland - The Ndexit Era
The truth remains the truth no matter what your wishes may be. Amandebele people cannot live together with Shonas even if Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo would have wanted it that way, it is just water and oil, ...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 19:25hrs | | by Clemen Moyo
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 11 | by PUMA
The rising popularity of Maskandi artists in Bulawayo
WHILE impressionable youths may think Maskandi is backward, outdated and too traditional, there are some artistes who do not want to let go of their culture, norms and traditional vernacular music....Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
How Matebeleland could immediately prosper itself
Matebeleland is the most potentially wealthiest Nation in the entire Southern Hemisphere of this planet. What we need to do, to tap into that wealth, are a few simple, but educated steps.The f...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Multiverse Dungani
Zimbabwe govt must set a remembrance day for the Matabele and Shona rebellion of 1896-1897
It would be a noble idea to honour those who fought in the Matabele and Shona rebellion in 1896-1897.The rebellions in question are correctly known as 'Umvukela WaMaNdebele' (in lsiNdebele) ...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 19:03hrs | | by Njabulo
WATCH: Lobengula's grave site revealed
In April 2017 Waswe Media posted on Youtube a video of what he alleged as King Lobengula's grave site.The King is said to be buried somewhere in Zambia. Waswe said the location was recorded in...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 08:40hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Is Mthwakazi Independence Achievable?'
Mthwakazi Research Institute, registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in South Africa, through a research that lasted for 3 months, from October 2018 to December 2018, answe...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
Ndebele kingship takes another twist - umbiko esizweni sika Mthwakazi
Sanibona sizwe sikamthwakazi kwaBulawayo, nina benkanyamba emakhandakhanda uMzilikazi kaMashobane Khumalo nomdabuli wesizwe sonke. Sicela ukwazisa isizwe samahlabezulu ukuthi kunendlu endala endlini y...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Lucky Khumalo
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...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Matebeleland needs to forgive 36 years after Gukurahundi
Zenzele Ndebele has produced a gripping and emotionally intense documentary about the perennial talking point in Matebeleland - Gukurahundi. Media reports suggested that the releasing of this film cau...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Xolani Ndlovu
It's good for our generation to groom, front Chamisa if we want Ebay in Silobela
If we want our mothers to order an iPad on Ebay from their rural home in Silobela, we need to first think why they can't do it now. We need to think who, in the catalogue of given Presidential asp...Published: 08 May 2018 at 09:04hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Xhosa King endorses Mnangagwa?
KING Zwelonke Sigcau of AmaXhosa in South Africa celebrated his 50th birthday in Bulawayo yesterday at the invitation of the Xhosa community in the country amid pomp and fanfare.The king, who ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
How am I making the life of my Mthwakazi brother better
I appreciate the reality of Shona hegemony, however it does not justify the levels of hatred that we exhibit here. Secondly, none here has been able to convincingly articulate the direction of a Shona...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by unknown
Dorcas Sibanda aka Dorcas Shumba is not Ndebele Mr president, Don't impose
Dorcas Sibanda was born Dorcas Shumba in Zvimba many years ago. She changed her name to Dorcas Sibanda after relocating to Bulawayo. It is quite unfortunate that the MDC-T president is about to ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 17:41hrs | | by Thabetha Mangena
Chamisa debacle, Undermining the Nkomo rod and the way forward
It is quite unfortunate that our young energetic president and man of the moment Chamisa has done it again. Last time it was about money from Trump's America that he said was going to be brought into ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 21:56hrs | | by Henry Madiro
MRP President to Speak at S.A. Book launch
Mthwakazi Republic Party Mqondisi Moyo has been invited to be part of the book launch this evening at Greenside, number 39 Gleneagles Road, Johannesburg, South Africa.The book, by the British ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | | by Jonathan Maphenduka
No constitution or political power can deny us our cultural rights
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said there is no constitution or political intervention can stop the Mthwakazi people from conducting their customs and tradition after the government and the courts block...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mashona vs AmaNdebele: A legacy of disgusting racism
Being born into an Ndebele family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was, in 191...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
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 | | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa like Joshua Nkomo, Hadebe says; can Joshua Nkomo brutally beat innocent Mthwakazi demonstrators in church? Insulting!
It's this bootlicking going to overdrive; some citizens are notably so hungry out there, they can easily sell their soils to become relevant in the Trump era. The Joshua Nkomo Foundation and Hadebe ar...Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 21:14hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Open Letter to Matebeleland
Dear Proud Citizens of Matebeleland The Land of our Forefathers, the Land of AmaNdebele, AmaXhosa, BaTjowa, BaKalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho, BaTonga, BaTswana and VhaVenda, IS NOT FOR SALE. Our L...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 09:51hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, Angiqale ngokubingelela sizw'esinsundu, sizw'esimpisholo. Mthwakaz'omyama ondlelazimhlophe induku zibomvu. Mazinyan'eSilo uLobhengula wamaWaba kaMzilikazi kaMatshobana kaManget...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Collen Dube
Maphenduka's view on two States in Zimbabwe gives legitimacy to a conqueror
A Bulawayo24.com reader, Tembedza Chigovanyika, has responded to Jonathan Maphenduka's '...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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 | 38 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ghana names street after Ndabaningi Sithole
THE late Zimbabwe African Union (Zanu) founder, Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, has been honoured in Accra, Ghana, where a street has been named after him.In Zimbabwe, Sithole, who was a Methodis...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi II meets Zulu King Zwelithini
Iqula lamaNdebele ebelikhokhelwa ngozithi yinkosi yaMaNdebele, uMnu. Stanley Raphael Khumalo, belise South Africa emkhosini wokukhumbula inkosi uTshaka.Lumbuthano ubungumkhosi wokukhumbula ink...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi: A Mountain Falls
Each of our public holidays has a special meaning - a particular reason for its existence. Heritage Day, which South Africans celebrate every year on September 24, is no different. The day has been se...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 09:17hrs | 2 | by City press
Bulelani has never toiled and suffered with uMthwakazi
Greetings to the mighty Mthwakazi Nation, uMthwakazi omuhle, oNdlela zimhlophe, uband' olubandwe yizitha zalutshiya. Uband'olwabandwa kusukela ngo1893 kuze kufike elalamuhla. Ubando olwabandwa lango19...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 17:22hrs | 2 | by Greater Sibanda, Mzilikazi II's Spokesperson
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, And so it has finally happened, in our lifetime, the rightful heir to the Mthwakazi Monarchy has been identified. Inkatho iwele kumNtwana uBulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo ophu...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Nkonzo kaMathanda
Mugabe's govt warned of bloodbath over Gukurahundi
Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, the outspoken Matebeleland South proportional representation MP, has warned of a bloodbath in Zimbabwe if the Mugabe led government continues to ignore the concerns of...Published: 15 May 2017 at 08:33hrs | | by Hansard
Dr Brilliant Mhlanga's brilliant response: A bruising encounter between a Mthwakazian and a Zimbabwean.
Mr Obert MC Makore a Zimbabwean put a number of questions to Dr Brilliant Mhlanga, a fearless Mthwakazian. The response was informative and instructive to an extent that Mr Makore ended up agreeing wi...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:45hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
Umthontiso Festival (Inkonzo Yokuchinsa Lokubonga Izulu Ku Jehovah)
A speech presented by HRM King Mzilikazi II at the Service Yokuchinsa held in Bulawayo eGcekeni leNxwala (ezibayeni) on Saturday the 25th March, 2017. The ceremony was conducted by the King with the h...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:24hrs | 23 | by G.Sibanda
Notice of demand for the restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:50hrs | 7 | by Paul Siwela
Imbizo yamahlabezulu invite
IMBIZO yenu MAHLABEZULU...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:23hrs | | by Imbizo
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