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King Lobengula fate mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding the fate of 19th century Ndebele King Lobengula - son of the nation's founder King Mzilikazi - is still a moot historical event to Ndebele people, some Zimbabweans and scholars...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 10:30hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
The legacy of the first citizens of Zimbabwe
Historians argue that the San people were the earliest inhabitants of what now constitutes modern-day Zimbabwe. Archaeologists date San occupation as far back as the Stone Age, 20 000 years ago....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:55hrs | 10 | by Mzala Tom
Zambezi Valley braces for more dinosaur excavations
The discovery and excavation of remains of a two-legged dinosaur, that lived 230 million years ago, according to carbon dating in Mbire, has opened floodgates of explorations by archaeologists and loc...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Pathisa Nyathi
Julius Malema is of Jewish ancestry!
THIS week's piece was supposed to scrutinise the symbiotic relationship between the Ndebele and Tonga tribes, which is believed to be backdated to more than 100 years ago.According to tradition, t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 68 | by Burzil Dube
Mnangagwa backs down on Zimbabwe genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given in to demands by traditional leaders, who want the government to take a back seat in the exhumation and reburial of victims of army atrocities.Mnangagwa,...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda's Gukurahundi remarks ignite storm
A PROPOSAL by Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, for government to stay the ongoing exhumation of Gukurahundi victims until a legal framework has been put in place has torched a storm, w...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi remarks ignite storm
A PROPOSAL by Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, for government to stay the ongoing exhumation of Gukurahundi victims until a legal framework has been put in place has torched a storm, w...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mthwakazi commemorate Gukurahundi in UK
Rights pressure group, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) will this Saturday launch a campaign for an inquiry by the United Nations into the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres....Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Join Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Day on 29th June 2019
Join Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Day on 29th June 2019Location: St Martin's Church Centre, 33 Parkstone Road, Desford, LE9 9HY, Leicestershire, United KingdomTime: 12:00...Published: 27 May 2019 at 14:36hrs | | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Poser for Gukurahundi mass graves
The exhumation of the remains of Gurahundi victims buried in mass graves dotted around Matabeleland and those thrown into mine shafts will pose ethical challenges as it will require the consent of all...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The horrors of Gukurahundi relived
At a time when former president Robert Mugabe's government avoided debate on Gukurahundi massacres to an extent that talk about the bloody past was criminalised, a human rights activist was helping th...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Memorial Commemorative Day 2019, UK
Each year the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders, will be organising and encouraging the organising of Matebeleland Gukurahu...Published: 04 May 2019 at 22:42hrs | | by 1893 MHRRM
1893 MHRRM Launches Genocide Memorial Day Commemorative Events in the UK and South Africa
Each year the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders will be organising and encouraging the organising of Matebelela...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Zimbabwe police dogs only trained to sniff for marijuana, says Minister
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended Zimbabwe's recent hiring of South African sniffer dogs to help search for Cyclone Idai victims buried under rubble in areas hit by the catastrophe....Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Racism is behind outlandish theories about Africa's ancient architecture
Some of the most impressive buildings and cities ever made by humans can be found in Africa: the ruined city of Great Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe in South Africa, Kenya's Gedi Ruins and Meroe in Sudan. Perha...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand
Zimbabwe urged to build another bridge across Limpopo
VILLAGERS from Maramani in the Shashi area of Beitbridge are asking authorities to reconsider building a bridge linking Zimbabwe and South Africa in their area 100km west of Beitbridge town.Th...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv opens Premium bouquet channels to Zimbabwe Compact subscribers
DStv Compact and Compact Plus viewers are being given an 'open window month' enabling them to view three television channels available only on the DStv Premium bouquet.According to ...Published: 18 May 2017 at 12:00hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
'What is wrong with being Black?
Whereas the Bible has been faulted as being complicit in the subjugation of the black people, everywhere they appear in its passages, it is with respect to mission or majesty.A question often ...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:31hrs | | by Stanely Mushava
The Mbare World War II tunnels spark interest
The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) has since been alerted to the possibility of an archaeological find and has initiated a process to determine the historicity of the claims.A s...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:53hrs | | by Stanely Mushava
Cecil John Rhodes: Keeping watch over his remains
A story is told of a young Zimbabwean who finds himself in America, finds himself part of a white American crowd. He sticks out, thereby attracting some attention. After a while one white American ap...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 10:39hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
The Origins of Bukalanga
But whence are the Kalanga? The origins of the Kalanga can be traced back to a people that settled in the Zimbabwean plateau immediately after the Christian era, and intermarried with a peopl...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Found in Christian
The skeleton of a young Christian noblewoman, who was laid to rest on a "burial bed" some 1,400 years ago, is giving archaeologists precious clues to the earliest days of the English church.U...Published: 23 Mar 2012 at 05:40hrs | | by Moyo Roy
New Humanoid species found in China
Archaeologists have found four stone age people in caves in China who could be an entirely new species of humanoid, which they say 'opens a new chapter' in the history of evolution. The fossi...Published: 14 Mar 2012 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tutankhamun's grandfather (statue) discovered in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the biggest statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III and another of the goddess Sekhmet, the country's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Tuesday....Published: 26 Apr 2011 at 14:41hrs | | by Moyo Roy
400 000-year-old human remains found
Jerusalem - Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man.A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said on Mond...Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 13:21hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Tools point to earlier sea travel
Athens - Greece's culture ministry says archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world's earliest sea voyages by humansA ministry statement says...Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 13:21hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Oldest wine press found
Washington - Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6 000 years ago in what is now southern Arm...Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 13:11hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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