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Joshua Nkomo's son announces his presidential aspirations
In his groundbreaking interview on MBC, Mr Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the late political icon and nation builder Dr Joshua Nkomo announced what has sent shock waves and tremors throughout and acro...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 13:39hrs | 4459 | by Thulani Nkala
Investigation into illegal quarry mine at Khami Ruins
AN investigation has been instituted to establish the circumstances surrounding the granting of a licence to a construction company that is setting up structures to mine quarry in Khami national monum...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's business empire, The death of a dynasty
BARELY five years after the demise of Zimbabwe's former ruler Robert Mugabe, the vast wealth he owned and accumulated throughout the 37 years of his reign is disappearing.A great dynasty appea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1289 | by Africa Report
'Zanu PF believes - rightly or wrongly- that it squarely won 2018 elections' - and what does 'Telling it like it is!' believe
"Rinemanyanga hariputirwi!" (No matter how seemingly clever the deception, the truth will always come out in the end!) so goes the Shona adage. The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea since 1948...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 12:38hrs | 829 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Aeneas Chigwedere dies of Covid-19-related complications
Former education minister, Mashonaland East governor and historian Aeneas Chigwedere has died at the age of 81. His son Casper said his father died following "Covid-19 related complications"...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 5870 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe-China relationship strategic, transformational?
THE relationship between the two countries — Zimbabwe and China — has been strategic as they have engaged in a number of bilateral agreements which have helped strengthen their different economies...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | 98 | by Letwin Mapaike
Mbuya Nehanda's remains must be repatriated first then erection of the statue
One of the greatest achievements of the President of Zimbabwe comrade Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is to honour the heroes. The president has shown that he does not forget those deserving to be honoured...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:40hrs | 1777 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 875 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles
THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 17690 | by Staff reporter
Mambo dynasty to construct monuments for late Kings
THE Mambo dynasty has set in motion plans to construct monuments at the burial sites of its founding fathers, inclusive of the founding king of the Lozwi/Rozvi empire, Changamire Dombo.The lea...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointed chief barred from Chivero Chieftainship
HIGH Court judge, Justice Siyabona Musithu has barred Cornelius Chivesani Chengera from assuming Chivero chieftainship.This follows a successful application by one Tendai Chitinhe who is invol...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:23hrs | 4271 | by Staff reporter
Mambo dynasty marks first anniversary
THE Mambo dynasty is holding celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the installation of its "King", Michael Moyo.Moyo was "crowned" on September 7 last year at his home in Mawabeni at a...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King : A Constitutional Right
The President of Zimbabwe ED Mnangagwa declared over the past weekend in Gweru that the Ndebele nation shall not be allowed to install a King of the Ndebele since Zimbabwe is a Republic and not a King...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 18:49hrs | 2476 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Chirumhanzu chieftainship wrangle rages on
The complexities of chieftenship succession in the Chirumhanzu community, coupled with meddling by the Rhodesian authorities in colonial times and what many see as an error 15 years ago, have overflow...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:31hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been taken to court by one Tendai Chitinhe who is involved in a fierce wrangle for the Chivero chieftainship with Cornleous Chengera.Chengero was recently appo...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 21:04hrs | 12809 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mbuya Nehanda statue to be erected in Zimbabwe
A statue of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana also known as Mbuya Nehanda who was assassinated in 1898 will be erected at the intersection of Samora Machel Avenue and Julius Nyerere Way in Harare.Acc...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 10:27hrs | 5325 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2815 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
The complexities of the incoming Malawi Government
While at face value, the victory against the Mutharika dynasty in Malawi is attributed to Lazarus Chakwera and his Malawi Congress Party, the reality is that MCP provided the Presidential candidate fo...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 12:19hrs | 5079 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Gen Mujuru portrayal - valiant, but misdirected
George Shire, you are very right my revolutionary soul mate.There was a turning point way back in 1976 to 1977 at Chimoio in Mozambique. Robert Mugabe wrestled leadership.Clutching a f...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:00hrs | 806 | by Amb Christopher Mutsvangwa
Mambo dynasty protesting BCC's decision not to rename roads after its Lozwi kings
BULAWAYO City fathers have agreed to meet the Mambo dynasty which is protesting council's decision not to rename some roads in the city after its Lozwi kings.The Mambo dynasty is at loggerhead...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 3819 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can only be unwell
I have searched deep and wide for reasons why President Mnangagwa is seemingly unperturbed by the accelerated plunge of this country.I found no plausible reason except that he can only be unwe...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 09:39hrs | 2981 | by Matthew Takaona
Row over Bulawayo street renaming after Ndebele kings only
DESCENDANTS of the newly revived Mambo Dynasty have clashed with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over the local authority's recent decision to rename some of the city's streets and suburbs in honour o...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 2636 | by newzimbabwe
Nehanda's bones still displayed in a british museum
Those who are christians do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 22:12hrs | 1938 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Khumalo clan to engage Mnangagwa govt over Ndebele ‘king’
The Royal Crown Trust and the Khumalo clan in Matabeleland will now engage government over the public coronation of Ndebele king, Bulelani Colin Khumalo, after the State blocked his purported installa...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 20:27hrs | 4318 | by Staff reporter
Mambo king denies plot to oust Ndebele chiefs
Lozwi King, Mike Moyo, has refuted claims that his ‘government-backed' installation was meant to thwart the Ndebele monarch's influence and cause divisions among its chiefs.Moyo said their i...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2343 | by Staff reporter
Xhosa community mourns King Sigcawu
THE Xhosa Community in Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the African community in mourning the passing-on of their King, His Majesty, King Zwelonke Sigcawu in South Africa.The King who was 51, d...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:42hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Oskid 'kicked out' of ZiFM
Controversial music producer Prince "Oskid" Tapfuma and his label Oskid Productions have parted ways with AB Communications subsidiary Six Finger Records amid alleged contractual breaches and unprofes...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:53hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's government funds the Mambo King'
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa government is allegedly funding the newly established Mambo dynasty the Secretary for Matabeleland Chiefs Nothiwani Dlodlo has alleged. Mike Moyo was installed...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 171 | by Mandla Ndlovu
An ethnic Genocide is brewing in Matebeleland as Ndebeles get tutsified by Mnangagwa's government
The Zanu PF's Rozvi mambo fraud in which the system is fronting Mike Moyo as their answer to King Bulelani Lobhengula, is the official government response to Matabele efforts to free themselves from S...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2779 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Mugabe looked after his own
THE drums reverberated at the home of the late former President Robert Mugabe as boys from the Roman Catholic-run Kutama Boys High Mission sang in smooth innocent majestic voices to bid farewell to a ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2518 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Chiefs turn heat on govt
Chiefs in Matebeleland have vowed to defy a government ban on the coronation of a South African Bulelani Collins Khumalo as Ndebele king revealing that plans are afoot to hold the ceremony in October....Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2663 | by Staff reporter
US diplomats pressure Harvard to rescind Mnangagwa's health award
A group of retired US diplomats and civil society leaders has penned a letter of protest to Harvard University, after Auxillia Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's first lady, picked up an award for contributions to...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 21:32hrs | 3415 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Mambo dynasty
A group of chiefs from Matebeleland has accused Local Government minister,July Moyo of double standard after he allowed the installation of the Lozwi king, a year after blocking the revival of the Nde...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:06hrs | 4878 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga association rubbishes recently installed Mambo King
The Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA), a representative association of the Kalanga Nation in Zimbabwe and affiliated to the Society for the Promotion of iKalanga Language ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | 2497 | by Kalanga Association KLCDA
Open Letter to the soul of R.G. Mugabe (currently in the purgatory)
Dear Comrade RG, I know that you are currently in the purgatory while waiting for your verdict from the almighty. There is no doubt that you are in great fear and shivering. Your chances of go...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 10:58hrs | 3615 | by Don Chigumba
Ndebele nation panic over Mambo King installation
The recent installation of a new leader of the Mambo dynasty has riled some Ndebele traditional leaders who have viewed the event as an attempt to cause divisions among the Ndebele nation.This...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 05:55hrs | 3887 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda to attend Mugabe funeral
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda says he will attend the funeral of former President Robert Mugabe since it was a national event. Matemadanda said he will also be attend...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 05:54hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Mike Moyo installed as Lozwi king Mambo
THE Lozwi people on Saturday celebrated the Mambo Dynasty day at Mawabeni in Matabeleland South province.The colourful event, held at the Godonga homestead, was attended by chiefs drawn from a...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 20:50hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly in Chirumhanzu chieftainship row
A fight has erupted over the replacement of Chief Chirumhanzu of the Midlands following the death of substantive chief Jerald Mudzengi in February. The succession battle has reached fever pitch with t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 14719 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
Mnangagwa now mirror of Mugabe's patronage system
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent appointments of High Court Judge Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo to lead the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Gerald Mlotshwa to the Sports and Recreatio...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa & Perence Shiri dilemma ahead of Gukurahundi confessions/exhumation
I used to be only convinced that Zimbabwe's economic deterioration was the only threat to President ED Mnangagwa's leadership. The proposed Gukurahundi National Healing & Reconciliation is a real ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 18441 | by Don Chigumba
Shangaans seek names reversal to restore identity
Traditional leaders and scholars from the VaTsonga tribe in Zimbabwe (also known as Shangaan) are demanding the reinstatement of names of local landmarks whose identities were controversially changed ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:11hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
What TUKU confided in me about Shepard Mutamba - may his death unites us
The mountain has collapsed, the nation lost one of its on songbird, icon, selfless spirit, hero and the son of Mbuya Nehanda. Just like (Ndabaningi Sithole, Lookout Masuku, Edgar Tekere, Morgan Tsvang...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 14:06hrs | 9496 | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe won't die, the youth will save it
What really caught Ian Smith unawares was presumptuous complacency and his government's arrogance of incumbency… a deeply entrenched sense, both of class entitlement and invincibility based, not so ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 843 | by Zifiso Masiye
'Is Mthwakazi Independence Achievable?'
Mthwakazi Research Institute, registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in South Africa, through a research that lasted for 3 months, from October 2018 to December 2018, answe...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 660 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
Chief Justice Luke Malaba & Justice Chigumba to blame for the current state of affairs in Zimbabwe
In one of my pieces, I told president ED Mnangagwa that his days were numbered and that January 2019 was going to be the beginning of the end of his short dynasty. It is true that Justice Chigumba sto...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 10:56hrs | 2048 | by Don Chigumba
National Reclamation:- Against the Perpetuation of a ruling elitist dynasty!
The leadership and general membership of the National Reclamation Assembly are deeply concerned about the current state of affairs in our beloved nation. We would like to categorically state that the ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:33hrs | 478 | by Advocate Walter Nyabadza
Was Mugabe not endorsed for 2018 elections?
As has been the tradition over the years, Zanu PF endorsed their leader as the party's uncontested candidate in the next election scheduled for 2023. This in more ways than one discounts tenets of dem...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:31hrs | 4929 | by Robert Sigauke
Tribalism is when E.D funds Mugabe and persecutes Mphoko and Moyo
Being a Karanga myself, I can see that President Mnangagwa has a problem with shaking off the demons of tribalism in the manner that he is destroying Mphoko and Jonathan Moyo, while sponsoring Mugabe ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 4448 | by Ryton Dzimiri
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