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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
Police hunt for murder suspect
Police in Zvishavane are appealing to the public for information that could lead to the arrest of Tanaka George Chitaba (19), who is wanted in connection with a murder that occurred on 3 October 2024 ...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:09hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 39 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
The Ngungumbane Chieftaincy of Mpateni
Today we look at the Ndebele community of Chief Ngungumbane which was relocated to Mberengwa in the late 1920s. Their migration story is similar to that of the Chief Gwebu community of Buhera....Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:30hrs | 6 | by Mzala Tom
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
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Eddie Cross claims about language most spoken in Bulawayo painful - MRP
MDC-T legislator Eddie Cross's claim that according to the last census of 2012, Shona has become by far the language of the majority in Bulawayo at 70% has irked the Mthwakazi Republic Party activists...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Rugare Gumbo faces fraud charges
Former Cabinet minister Rugare Gumbo made a surprise appearance at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday, amid accusations that he swindled an agricultural equipment dealer $27 000 through a botche...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets compile names of villagers in Mberengwa in preps for 2018 elections
The War veterans in Mberengwa North ward 35 are reported to have been compiling names of the community members in preparation for the 2018 election in what opposition members believe is one of the str...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 15:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Norman Mabhena: The honour and price of principle in Zimbabwe
After more than three decades since we attained independence from colonial rule in 1980, there is a steady depletion of the ranks of those who stood up to be counted without counting the cost to thems...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Dr. Strike Mkandla
Militarism and Corruption in Zimbabwe: Evidence of why Elections cannot be a free/fair tool
Militarism connotes predominance of military class, exultation of military values including force of violence and distancing of the army much further from the people for purposes of controlling power ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 18:35hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
'I am not a sell-out,' says Rugare Gumbo
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF politician, Rugare Gumbo is itching to clear his name once the "dust has settled" in the troubled revolutionary party following damning allegations that the liberation war icon ...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Zanu-PF official hates President Mugabe?
ON the eve of Zimbabwe's first independence election in 1980, the Rhodesia Herald carried the following revealing article based on an interview the paper had with Rugare Gumbo, now Zanu-PF nationa...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rugare Gumbo is a bitter man
On the eve of Zimbabwe's first independence election in 1980, the Rhodesia Herald carried the following revealing article based on an interview the paper had with Rugare Gumbo, now Zanu-PF national sp...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Response to renaming of provinces - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 08:52hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Gwanda villagers tell 'illegal' settlers to go or else...
Villagers from Matshetsheni area of Gwanda under Chief Masuku have given people who illegally settled in their livestock grazing land an ultimatum to vacate the area within seven days or they will rem...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Musangwe -The Mysterious Venda Combat
Like singing, fighting has always been an African tradition; Vhavenda tribe in South Africa has own fighting club tradition called Musangwe which dates back from 18 centuries about 300 year old...Published: 15 Dec 2010 at 16:56hrs | 35 | by Byo24
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