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'Magistrates should stop summoning chiefs'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday revealed that government has given a directive that magistrates should not summon traditional leaders to courts over decisions made at traditional courts....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses his cool as Matabele chiefs tell it all about Gukurahundi
Talk of a man who is sweating profusely under the searing heat of Matabeleland genocide, it is the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa. He has been to Matabeleland twice this year within a space ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 11:18hrs | 11119 | by Israel Dube
Ndiweni praises Mnangagwa? Setting the record straight
Outspoken traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni - who has in recent months courted the ire of Zanu-PF apparatchiks with his stinging criticism of the government - has praised President Em...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | 5949 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his shona speaking chiefs must blame Gukurahundi not Ndebele chiefs
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT PRESS STATEMENT01 JULY 2019As chiefs we are deeply disappointed by statements by some that Chiefs from the Midlands province were invited to a meeting with the Pres...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1718 | by Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Mnangagwa must apologise for genocide, says chiefs
Chiefs have asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for the 1980s army killings in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces during the period known as Gukurahundi.Mnangagwa met chiefs from ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa lashes out at divisions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has castigated efforts to divide chiefs, indicating that such behaviour would not be tolerated.President Mnangagwa expressed his displeasure at the method that was...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 17:09hrs | 5339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa struggling to shake off gukurahundi genocide stains
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa met chiefs from the Matabeleland region and the Midlands Province at State House here yesterday to discuss a number of issues, including traditional leaders taking a leading role i...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:37hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meet Ndiweni
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Friday met controversial Matebeleland traditional leader and fierce government critic Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni but details of the closed-door indaba were not yet mad...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:25hrs | 6442 | by newzimbabwe
Opposition demands Dzamara update
OPPOSITION MP Willias Madzimure yesterday demanded that Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema or his deputy, Mike Madiro, issue a ministerial statement on the progress by the police in locating the where...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 19:17hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Chief Binga dies
CHIEF Binga of Binga District in Matabeleland North has died. He was 74. Born Siakateya Siakulya Gasita, Chief Binga died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Wednesday last ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Goat-herder's attack on Chief Ndiweni outrageous, uncivil and un-African!
The daringly outrageous, uncivil, abusive and un-African article of the 28th of May 2019 by The Chronicle, viciously attacking Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna smells goaty and belongs t...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 3838 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Calls for unity as Dabengwa is buried
A SEA of people from all walks of life thronged Manxeleni Village in Ntabazinduna, Umguza District, about 37km from Bulawayo to bid farewell to national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa who was laid to r...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:20hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's representative booed at Dabengwa's funeral
Matabeleland North Minister of State Richard Moyo got a rude awakening on Saturday when he was booed by some mourners at the burial of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazindun...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 12:52hrs | 23692 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans told to be wary of social media
ZIMBABWEANS should not allow social media to shape their opinion of the country since agents of regime change such as MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his allies were using it to post subversive...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:47hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt an enemy of its own people
The failure of Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to fix the wayward economy is spelling disaster to the whole nation.We do not need a rocket scientist or Prophet T B Joshua to tell us that our e...Published: 29 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 2874 | by Leonard Koni
Chief Ndiweni 'disowns' Chamisa?
BELEAGUERED Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was yesterday singing another tune when he said he is not in any way associated with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, claiming they had...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:14hrs | 5421 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira loses more land as Nemamwa chieftainship is restored
Chief Charumbira is set to lose more land to the Nemamwa clan following government's decision to upgrade the Nemamwa headmanship to a chieftainship, a move which will leave the former with only one wa...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:29hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invites Khupe, Zanu PF to MDC Congress
THE Movement for Democratic Change led by Nelson Chamisa has invited to its congress, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's party and former Vice President Thokozani Khupe, now leader of a rival party breaka...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:16hrs | 3037 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira disowns ghost Twitter account
Zimbabwe Chiefs' Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has dismissed a Twitter handle where controversial comments pertaining to President Mnangagwa and other political issues in the country were...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC condemns Chief Ndiweni's attack
The Advocate Nelson Chamisa led MDC has issued a statement condemning the attacks on Chief Ndiweni by members of the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration. Party Spokesperson Jacob...Published: 16 May 2019 at 14:51hrs | 5699 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nhlanhla Ndiweni's calls for more sanctions ill-informed
Chiefs are traditional leaders who are expected to spearhead development in their communities and not embracing poverty. As community leaders they are expected to be exemplary and strive for the bette...Published: 16 May 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1821 | by Gift Mashoko
ZAPU fires warning shots at Mnangagwa
ZANU is a criminal organization built on a foundation of lies, conspiracy, treachery and a network of bought puppets masquerading as all sorts of officials. These officials are found on all strata of ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:38hrs | 5369 | by ZAPU
Mnangagwa's govt guns for Chief Ndiweni
Government has castigated Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Felix Ndiweni for calling on Western countries to impose more sanctions against the country to consolidate the existing embargoes, which he claime...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:58hrs | 7007 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira calls for truce in boundary row
Zimbabwe Chiefs' Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has called for an end to a long-standing boundary dispute between himself and newly-installed Chief Bere of Mashava. This follows th...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1875 | by Staff reporter
'I am not a CIO operative,' says Tundiya
SHEPHERD Tundiya, the man described as a con-artist by four legislators that appeared before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee last week facing allegations of soliciting for a $400 000 bribe from...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | 2998 | by Staff reporter
Goddard unmasks con-artist Tundiya
BULAWAYO businessman James Goddard, who had interests in coal mining in Hwange, last week narrated before Parliament how a con-artist and businessman Shepherd Tundiya tricked him into believing that h...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland chiefs' thumbs-up for Gukurahundi debate
Traditional leaders have hailed President Mnangagwa's stance that Gukurahundi should be openly debated, with Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira saying the move by the President will bri...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Extend voters' roll inspection: Mangwana
Political players should be given adequate time to inspect the voters' roll to avoid disruption of the electoral calendar in case of litigation, Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Munyaradzi Paul Man...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
PR seats a retirement package, says Charumbira
PROPORTIONAL Representation (PR) seats in Parliament are not delivering their intended objectives and are being abused by political parties to curry favours and reward loyalists, Chiefs Council presid...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:14hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Hwange bribery saga
THE $400 000 Hwange Colliery bribery saga took a new twist during parliamentary inquiries yesterday after it emerged that Shepherd Tundiya, the linkman between the four MPs implicated in the alleged s...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa named in Hwange scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi were yesterday named in the ongoing Hwange Colliery saga inquiry being conducted by the Parliamentary Pri...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Goddard exonerates Mliswa, Ndebele, incriminates Zanu-PF MP
The parliamentary hearing into bribery allegations against four members of the National Assembly started yesterday with the complainant, Mr James Ross Goddard, exonerating Messrs Temba Mliswa and Anel...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 2575 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers derail Parliament committee hearing
ORAL evidence of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up to look into a matter involving four legislators affiliated to the Mines Committee who allegedly demanded a $400 000 bribe from businessm...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:23hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala ordered to step aside in Mliswa Parly probe
Zengeza West legislator and lawyer Mr Job Sikhala was yesterday barred from representing two parliamentarians facing allegations of demanding a $400 000 bribe from a local businessman after the commit...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zec in 2018 poll diagnosis
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will this week host representatives of political parties, election observer groups, constitutional commissions and civic society to diagnose its handling of the...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2057 | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Zimbabwe's famous prophets should have foreseen Cyclone Idai'
Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira has mocked local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which, according to the International Organisation for Migration, claimed ove...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:17hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Massive fraud hits City of Harare
AN audit has unearthed massive fraud at City of Harare where unregistered point of sale (POS) machines are being used to carry out billing transactions outside the municipality's official financial sy...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:12hrs | 4803 | by Staff reporter
ZCLDN, CID Drugs join hands in fighting illicit drug use
The Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network in conjunction with the ZRP's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Narcotics and Drugs today held a workshop at the CID headquarters in Harare on drug...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:53hrs | 583 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs
Matabeleland chiefs secretary Nothiwani Dlodlo has reported that Chief Mtshane Khumalo has escalated his fight against Chief Vwezi Maduna of Filabusi and Chief Nhanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:53hrs | 4824 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mangudya to appear before Parly committee
The Reserve Bank Governor of Zimbabwe, Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya, is set to appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to explain several monetary issues as the august House resumes sit...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
My farm wasn't invaded, says white farmer
Chipinge commercial farmer Mr Richard Le Vieux says his farm was not invaded following reports of a misunderstanding between him and a neighbouring farmer which went viral last week, stoking fears of ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
'Support Zanu-PF, Mnangagwa for peace'
President of the Chiefs Council, Fortune Charumbira, has once again demanded that all traditional leaders must support President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF to promote peace in the country....Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira chairs team to probe Mliswa
PARLIAMENT's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders has appointed Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira to chair the Privileges Committee that was set up to investigate allegations against No...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:40hrs | 3452 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs ditch Mnangagwa, back Chamisa?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last Thursday received backed from two traditional chiefs following a meeting with the traditional leaders from Matebeleland who threw support behind him saying Zimb...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4071 | by Staff reporter
Mushava's valentine in austerity and Zimbabwe's political economy
A few weeks ago, I wrote on Stan Mushava's autobiographical poetry anthology, Rhyme and Resistance and it has become a habit for me to check on his Facebook page for any latest poetry. On this Valenti...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:35hrs | 655 | by Brian Maregedze
Chief Charumbira to be disciplined for supporting ZANU PF
The High Court of Zimbabwe has upheld an order compelling the Minister of local government July Moyo to institute disciplinary on the Councilor of Chiefs President of his remarks calling for all chief...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 3368 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Charumbira to be disciplined for supporting ZANU PF
The High Court of Zimbabwe has upheld an order compelling the Minister of local government July Moyo to institute disciplinary on the Councilor of Chiefs President of his remarks calling for all chief...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 74 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Chief Chirumhanzu was pro-Zanu PF'
A GOVERNMENT minister last Saturday revealed that the late Chief Chirumhanzu, born Gerald Mudzengi, was a "staunch" Zanu PF supporter, an affirmation that traditional leaders were dabbling in partisan...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna recieves death threats
Outspoken Matabeleland Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi has received death threats over his open stance on the Gukurahundi genocide that killed an estimated 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midland...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2344 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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