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Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3319 | by Staff reporter
More changes loom at ZBC
A CHANGE of the editorial team at State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is looming in the wake of a restructuring exercise being implemented by a newly-appointed board.The ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda High to introduce Sesotho subject
GWANDA High School has started working towards introducing SeSotho as one of the subjects to be taught at the school in line with Government policy of promoting the teaching of all indigenous language...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Shona people do not exist in Zimbabwe' Hopewell Chin'ono says
In his thought-provoking opinion piece, journalist Hopewell Rugoho-Chin'ono challenges the conventional notion of a unified "Shona" tribe in Zimbabwe. He argues that this commonly accepted label is a ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 12:04hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
'Zimbabwe MPs, ministers shunning local languages'
BUSINESSWOMAN and talk-show host Rebecca Chisamba has accused parliamentarians of not doing enough to promote the country's indigenous languages.Chisamba made the statement during an interview...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National languages critical in decolonising the mind
President Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the National Languages Conference in Victoria Falls.Running under the theme: "Redefining the role of Zimbabwean languages for national developme...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected at national languages conference
THE three-day National Languages Conference opens today in Victoria Falls with President Mnangagwa expected to give the keynote address tomorrow.The theme is: "Redefining the role of Zimbabwea...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele, Shona Highway Code to be rolled out
Prospective driver's licence holders could soon be allowed to take their provisional licence tests in languages they are more familiar with as government takes steps to finalise the translation of the...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF fully aware if they lose power even once, will be reduced to same level as Mwonzora's MDC!
I remember some years back attentively listening to a lecture presented by the sage Dalai Lama - the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people - as he shared his pro...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 09:12hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Show us criminals that surrounded Gushungo
My People,Ignatius Chombo, the man who was branded the biggest criminal around Gushungo, is now a free man.Chombo was seized by soldiers on the night of the infamous coup while sleepin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Dr Stop It
Zimbabwe's online content creators under siege
FREEDOM of expression and access to information is and will always be the backbone of any democracy.The media should express itself freely, without being gagged or persecuted. At the bottom of...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Evans Mathanda
Mnangagwa accords wife national honour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt on drive to promote marginalised languages
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a nationwide drive to promote previously marginalised indigenous languages.Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told journalists at the la...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff writer
Social media and the spread of fake news in Zimbabwe
IT is not often uncommon that a new phenomenon dramatically rises up with so much clout and influence that it breaks and reshapes established African norms and beliefs.Africans are traditionally a...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chinamasa died and has been resurrected
Zanu PF heavyweight Patrick Chinamasa who was reported on social media to have died has trashed the reports revealing that he was very much alive.In an interview with ZBC's Reuben Barwe on the...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF infighting exposed
THE chaos that characterised Zanu-PF polls has revealed that the ruling party is still struggling for cohesion three years after its long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was toppled in a coup, analysts have ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Reuben Barwe wins Zanu-PF election
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief correspondent Reuben Barwe has been elected unopposed as secretary for information and publicity in the Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elec...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe on mission to learn Ndebele language
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe has said he is learning Ndebele and being conversant in the language is his priority at the moment. Since the adoption of the 2013 C...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Rueben Barwe and ZBC taking up the JerusalemaDanceChallenge
THE State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has released its Jerusalema dance challenge video.The video features prominent ZBC stuff such as Reuben Barwe, Hazvinei Sakarombe...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere writes on the Education Bill
The Education Amendment Bill is currently before Parliament. The proposed law introduces some important changes to the Education Act which governs education policy in Zimbabwe. Given the far-reaching,...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 10:37hrs | | by Fadzayi Mahere
MDC RELOAD: Old wine in new skins
The MDC prides itself as a party of reformists and the keepers of this country's economic keys. Members of the party fantasise and hoodwink the world that without them nothing meaningful will take pla...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 15:56hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Judith Makwanya dies
Veteran journalist Judith Makwanya has died. She was 56.Reports indicate that Makwanya was admitted at the hospital on Monday. She is known for being a long-serving ZBC journalist who executed...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why ZANU PF will not reform
The recent events since the beginning of this year of 2019, has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that there is no such thing in reality as the so called ‘New Dispensation'. The reckless announceme...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 12:11hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Zanu-PF will never reform
The recent events since the beginning of this year of 2019, has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that there is no such thing in reality as the so called ‘New Dispensation'. The reckless announceme...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Motlanthe; Charamba clash on 1 August killings report
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has issued a contradictory statement to that of August 1 killings Commission chairperson Kgalema Motlanthe regarding the publicity of the commission report....Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 08:06hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa assassination probe must be professional
The despicable grenade attack at Bulawayo's White City Stadium on June 23 that claimed two security aides and left at least 47 others injured, including Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, was the new admini...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bombing: Barwe feeds reckless ethnic narrative
At the height of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, I read about an interesting concept in South Africa, "swart gevaar" (black danger), as the athlete's defence was that he thought there was an intrude...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagawa's office denies any hand in bomb attack
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office yesterday denied stage-managing a bomb blast in the second capital as a pretext to hunt down and silence political opponents linked to the country's sulking forme...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Elections are going to be free, we told,' says Chamboko - name them, another feeble excuses
It is easy to see why Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends failed to implement even one democratic reforms designed to stop Zanu PF rigging the elections; it is, either, Zimbabwe's opposition politic...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 06:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
MRP inaugural rally successful
Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed that its rally in Bulawayo on Saturday was successful and the party will proceed to other areas in the country to campaign ahead of the 2018 elections."Sta...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Jorum Gumbo not dead
Contrary to reports on the social media that the newly appointed Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Dr Joram Gumbo had died in a car accident, the Minister today attended the 17th ...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to the President of Republic of Zimbabwe: Emmerson Dambuzo Mnangagwa
Ndebele people (all other tribes which are not Shona, as they have been classified as such) have always been treated like 2nd class citizens in a country that they belong to. How long are we goin...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 23:20hrs | 2 | by Patience Nomusa Mpofu
WATCH: Mugabe's random reshuffles confusing Reuben Barwe
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief correspondent, Reuben Barwe stumble live on TV....Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cops forced to learn isiNdebele
GOVERNMENT has widened the training of ZRP officers to include the 16 languages as provided in the constitution, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni told parliament on Wednesday.Chewa...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to revise broadcasting laws
Government is working towards revising broadcasting laws which will make it mandatory for radio stations, both public and private, to broadcast in the 16 official languages, a Cabinet Minister has sai...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Language vital cog in a people's culture
Speech by Honourable Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe at the official launch of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Montrose Studios news bulletins in n...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Dr Chris Mushohwe Minister
Why we should celebrate Malaba appointment
The elevation on March 27 2017 of Justice Luke Malaba to the position of chief justice for the Republic of Zimbabwe by President Robert Mugabe is both symbolic and significant in a number of ways....Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Matshobana Ncube
Early Childhood Development Maths, Science in local languages
Early Childhood Development centres countrywide are teaching learners all subjects using local languages common to their areas to "enable (children) to fully grasp key concepts".This began...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet urges Church leaders, Ndebeles to rise up, lead the revolution in Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG - A church leader sent a hard-hitting message Thursday, challenging Zimbabwean Christians and Ndebeles to "wake up" and lead the revolution, as a tidal wave of change sweeps across the co...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Mxolisi Ncube
Counting Down to Bikita West By-Election, violence escalate
As the count down to Bikita West by elections continues where six candidates are contesting for the House of Assembly seat, human rights violations continue escalating in the constituency.The ...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 03:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Saving ourselves, Saving Zimbabwe from further destruction (Bowling ZANU PF all out for 36 runs)
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Dr Martin Luther King Jnr.Who is Zimbabwe? It is all those who are inhabitants (different colours [one people], diff...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 20:21hrs | | by Justice Maphosa
'Thigh vendors' leave men asking for more
A syndicate of four thigh vendors from Glenorah left revellers asking for sex dances at Dendere night club Mvurwi yesterday.Amazulu dance group as they are affectionately known by their client...Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mushohwe scapegoats US and Canada, whilst Charamba intimidates protestors
Asked by a BBC reporter in 1979 whether he had any qualms about the use of violence on the Smith regime, Mugabe answered, "We have tried all manner of peaceful demonstrations, with the biggest being i...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 19:36hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Zesa corruption scandal deepens, Wicknell Chivayo involved
CORRUPTION-RIDDEN Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is embroiled in a fresh tender scandal in which convicted fraudster Wicknell Chivayo was awarded another US$113 million deal on top his s...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 08:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe to introduce Tonga degree
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) will starting this August introduce a degree in Tonga as the institution of high learning moves to promote the 16 indigenous languages that are recognised in the Consti...Published: 07 May 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Rueben Barwe's wife dies
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has paid its condolences to the Barwe family following the death of Mrs Ellen Barwe, the wife of ZBC's chief correspondent Rueben Barwe on Tuesday.Mrs...Published: 04 May 2016 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs want Parliament interpreters
Members of Parliament who speak minority languages such as Nambya have urged Parliament to introduce interpreters so that they also can contribute to parliamentary debates in their mother tongue....Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'When I die, Zimbabwe will be free'
The late ZANLA supremo General Josiah Magama Tongogara saw a free Zimbabwe before he even went to join the liberation struggle.In 1963, General Tongogara, affectionately known as General Tongo...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T calls for public awareness of Zimbabwe Constitution
The preamble to the Constitution of Zimbabwe clearly states that the people of Zimbabwe are "united in our diversity by our common desire for freedom, justice and equality, and our heroic resistance t...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu - MDC-T National Spokesperson
End to language discrimanation, Tonga examinations celebrated
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has welcomed the introduction of Tonga at the Ordinary Level (O-Level) examinations in November 2015 as a progressive step to end language discriminat...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 06:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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