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Ndiweni wades into Ndebele 'king' storm
The recent meeting between Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart and the one of the claimants of the Ndebele monarch King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo has sparked intense controversy, drawing sharp reactions fro...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:46hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele kingship revival remains pipedream,' says Munhumutapa
The quest for the revival of the Ndebele Kingship is becoming increasingly complicated as self-styled King Munhumutapa, born Timothy Chiminya, has stated that divisions among claimants to the throne w...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt engages Ndiweni family over Ntabazinduna chieftainship
The government has reached out to the Ndiweni family to propose a meeting concerning the vacant Ntabazinduna chieftainship following the dismissal of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni by President Emmers...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:51hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
UK diaspora hands over Zimbabwe poll petition
VARIOUS civic society organisations and political party representatives in the United Kingdom have handed over a petition to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over alleged rigging during Zimbabwe's August 23...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Invaders wreak havoc in Ntabazinduna
VILLAGERS in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North have appealed for help to repossess their communal lands including grazing fields that have been invaded by outsiders.According to the villagers, ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
'Declare a holiday after Joshua Nkomo'
Opposition political parties and activists from Matebeleland have accused the government of systematically trying to erase the legacy of late nationalist, Joshua Nkomo, by rejecting calls to honour hi...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 09:34hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Britain's Catherine Hoey, Jonathan Oates, Chief Ndiweni, Haruzivishe in UK protest
BRITISH Parliamentarians Catherine Hoey and Jonathan Oates Wednesday joined over 70 Zimbabweans at Parliament Square, London to protest the year-long incarceration of local lawmaker Job Sikhala in Har...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mass exodus if Zanu-PF wins'
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni (pictured) has predicted a mass exodus of Zimbabwean nationals if the ruling Zanu-PF wins the August general elections.Ndiweni was dethroned ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces angry demos in UK
ZIMBABWEANS in the United Kingdom (UK) plan to stage a series of demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he jets into London for King Charles III's coronation, multiple sources said t...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira in fix over sex assault storm
CHIEF's council president Fortune Charumbira has been urged to step down after his niece reported him to the police for allegedly sexually abusing her.Charumbira, who is also the Pan-African P...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni thought Mnangagwa's wife is Priscilla Chigumba
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been forced to correct the caption on an image he posted on social media.The outspoken traditional leader, Chie...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni sad to see Mnangagwa in Rwanda
FORMER Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said he felt sad to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2022 saying the Zanu-PF leader had impoverished ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni meet UK diplomats to exert pressure on Mnangagwa
OUSTED and outspoken Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni and four diaspora organisations, recently met representatives of the British and Namibian governments, to discuss Zimbabwe's continued disregard for...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of reversing Unity Accord
FORMER Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the late former President Robert Mugabe was far better in honouring the tenets of the 1987 Unity Accord than his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni slams 2022 census outcome
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the exclusion of the Zimbabwe Diaspora community in the 2022 census is akin to the disenfranchisement of people under the colonial Ian Smith reg...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pressure piles over diaspora vote
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni recently said the 2023 elections outcome would be ruled illegitimate by the international community if the more than five million Zimbabweans in t...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni High Court appeal fails to take off
BULAWAYO High Court judges Justices Martin Makonese and Nokuthula Moyo declined to hear dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's appeal against conviction and sentence in his absence....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' calls off State House invasion
NDEBELE throne claimant Stanley Raphael Khumalo-Tshuma has called off his proposed invasion of the Bulawayo State House, claiming that State security agents are planning to unleash violence on him....Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unity Accord dead, says ex-chief Ndiweni
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration effectively dumped the 1987 Unity Accord by not appointing a Zapu side Vice-President....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni appeal hearing date set
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's appeal against sentence in a case where he was convicted of malicious damage to property will be heard on June 6.Ndiweni, who is current...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni predicts overwhelming rigging in the by elections
FORMER Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has predicted overwhelming rigging of the March 26 by-elections in favour of Zanu-PF saying the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and ...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants repatriated from SA
A South African-based Zimbabwean human rights activist Nobuhle Ajiti has assisted in the repatriation of at least 22 desperate Zimbabweans who were living on the streets.Her intervention comes...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Expelled Ndebele chief challenges SA on Zimbabwe crisis
United-Kingdom-based former Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has challenged South Africa to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis as sporadic xenophobic attacks start simmering again...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni petitions UK over Zimbabwe diaspora voting rights
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has petitioned United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prod him to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to grant Zimbabwean citizens in the di...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No to illegal parcelling out of communal land'
TRADITIONAL leaders in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province have warned people who bought communal land in the area in 2021 under unclear circumstances that they are in possession of illegal prop...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi nominates Chief Murinye for person of the year award
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has nominated Chief Murinye of Masvingo as Zimbabwe's Person of the Year for standing up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa over corruption and telling his de...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni reacts to warrant of arrest
DETHRRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has reacted angrily to a warrant of arrest issued against him by Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube last week.Ndiweni left the country for...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Former Chief Ndiweni wants Mnangagwa barred from COP26
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on Thursday last week led a group of demonstrators to the Zimbabwean embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The wave of change is eminent on the southern region: Big homework for Zanu
The sudden change of political weather has given ZANU-PF a thorn in the flesh as it watches its friends and allies downfall and being dumped by masses through the ballot and political dustbin by voice...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Calls for diaspora vote grow louder
MYRIGHT2VOTE, a Zimbabwean group led by the dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has added its voice to growing calls for the government to permit diaspora vote.The organisat...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on voter registration campaign
FORMER outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has rallied Zimbabweans to register to vote, arguing that voting the Zanu-PF government out of power was the only way to reverse undemocrat...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
State withdraws case against Chief Ndiweni's lawyer
THE State has withdrawn charges of defeating justice against dethroned Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's lawyer, Dumisani Dube.Dube was arrested in June this year by officers from the Police Sp...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chief Ndiweni berates Mnangagwa
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has berated President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over his incarceration which he said was a direct attack on the instituti...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni catalyst for debate
WHY has Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North, outside Bulawayo, raised so much controversy and debate in Zimbabwean social and political circles to a point where his pu...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:22hrs | 5 | by Dumisani Muleya
Chief Ndiweni to appear in court in 2020
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's High Court appeal will be only be held after mid-year 2020 his lawyer Professor Welshman Ncube has said. Speaking in an interview with Wildfire D...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Welshman Ncube speaks on Chief Ndiweni case
Professor Welshman Ncube has opened up on what transpired during the much hyped bail application of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni. In an exclusive interview Wildfire Deejay of T...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 21:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Judge exposes political hand in Chief Ndiweni case
Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has exposed the political hand in the jailing of Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mthwakazi activists arrested for saying Shonas killed Ndebeles
Five members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party have been charged with participating in a gathering to promote public violence , breaches of peace and bigotry or alternatively disorderly conduct in publi...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Chief Ndiweni freed
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna has been freed on $500 bail pending an appeal of his 18 month imprisonment. As part of his bail conditions, Chief Ndiweni will report to the nearest poli...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 14:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Ndiweni's fate to be determined at 2 PM
Jailed Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni is set to hear his fate on Wednesday afternoon after Justice Mabhikwa adjourned the bail pending appeal hearing to 2:15 PM. Ndiweni is being represented b...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 12:34hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nhlanhla Ndiweni reveals poisoning fears
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday visited jailed Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Bulawayo, where the traditional leader revealed he feared for his...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa visits jailed Chief Ndiweni
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday visited jailed Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Prison outside Bawayo where he is serving an 18 month prison sentence.After t...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 15:34hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Chief Ndiweni finally applies for bail
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who was last week sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property belonging to his subject, has filed an application for bail ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'King' Bulelani Khumalo barred from visiting jailed Chief Ndiweni
The leading Claimant to the Ndebele throne Bulelani Collins Lobengula Khumalo was on Thursday barred from entering Khami prison to Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was slapped with 2...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Ndiweni sends a message to Zimbabweans
Jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has sent a messag to Zimbaweans assuring them that they must not despair because things will become fine. The message was conveyed by leadi...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 22:12hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe youths rally behind Chief Ndiweni
A section of Zimbabwean youths under the banner of National Youth Development Trust has condemned the arrst and sentencing of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni as an act judiciary capture b...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 17:16hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4 | by Thulani Nkala
Lawyer speak on Chief Ndiweni sentence
Chief Ndiweni seen here inside court at the Tredgold Magistrates Court. He was sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property.Legal practitioner, Kucaca Phulu, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
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