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Tribalism, fear, paranoia drive Zanu PF's response to Ndebele king
A seemingly innocuous picture of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart and Bulelani Khumalo, who claims to be the Ndebele king, seems to have caused panic in the corridors of power with a tempest in a coffee p...Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:31hrs | 458 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mixed feelings in Matebeleland region as Independence Day beckons
As Zimbabwe prepares to mark the 45th anniversary of its independence this Friday, a growing chorus of concern from stakeholders in Matabeleland has emerged, expressing disappointment with the governm...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:45hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni wins £39,000 lottery
United Kingdom-based Chief Felix Ndiweni received an early Christmas gift after he won £39 000 through the Postcode Lottery last week. Speaking to CITE in an interview, Chief Ndiweni said it ...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 13:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not ready for free, fair elections
FOR decades after independence, Zimbabwe seems to have been disillusioned by the electoral system.Democracy has been elusive. Elections have been marred by violence. Every past election has be...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 6 | by Innocent Mpoki
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
Mnangagwa accused of shedding crocodile tears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has drawn fire after visiting Rwanda's Kigali Genocide Memorial site when his government has done little to address Gukurahundi atrocities at home.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The eldest son claims Ndiweni chieftainship
THE late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's eldest son, Mr Joram Thambo Ndiweni, yesterday told village heads in Ntabazinduna that he is now rebuilding his family's derelict homestead with the intention of reset...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's widow's grave tampered with
THE grave of the late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's widow Agnes Masuku Ndiweni was reportedly desecrated and the family is set to hold an emergency meeting to address the issue today.Mrs Ndiweni die...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni cautions Mnangagwa's wife
EXILED former Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni has advised First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa to respect local cultural norms and values during her planned visit to Ntabazinduna for a men's...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the chief of Ntabazinduna
Dethroned Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the traditional leader of his area despite moves by the government to strip him of his powers.Ndiweni, who is in ex...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa boycotts, Nhlanhla Ndiweni calls for sanctions on Zimbabwe
On Wednesday this week, the Mike Campbell Foundation (MCF), held its 10th Anniversary Celebrations at the Royal Geographical Society in London, themed: "An exciting journey of hope: Stories from the p...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zapu mulls recalling ex-members in Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION party Zapu has announced that it was considering recalling its former members who remained in Zanu-PF after the party allegedly pulled out of the Unity Accord signed in 2008.The par...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
COP26 delegation exposes Mnangagwa rhetoric, says Felix Ndiweni
OUTSPOKEN former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's United Kingdom trip for the COP26 summit last week as extravagant after he reportedly to...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni lays into Chief Charumbira
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna chief, Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni, has hit back at national chiefs' council president, Fortune Charumbira over his claims that the traditional leaders own ZANU-PF.Char...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Legislative, logistical challenges stalling diaspora vote
The Zimbabwe's Consul General to Johannesburg, South Africa, Melody Chaurura has blamed the legislative and logistical challenges in the country as currently stalling the possibility of the Diaspora c...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Pressure group starts registering diaspora voters
United KINGDOM-BASED Zimbabwean pressure group, MyRight2Vote, led by the dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Ndiweni has started registering Zimbabweans in the diaspora in an effort to pressure governm...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni fumes over mountain
DETHRONED chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni says efforts are being made to have the sacred Ntabazinduna mountain declared a World Heritage Site.The area is at the centre of a wrangle betwee...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni seeks international protection for Ntabazinduna Mountain
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni says efforts are being made to declare the sacred Ntabazinduna mountain a World Heritage Site.The mountain is at the centre of a wrang...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member fires gunshots in land grab
Mthwakazi Republic Party members remove the gate at Ntabazinduna Lodge which they seized from a Zanu-PF member, Flyod Ambrose, yesterdayTO gunshots were allegedly fired yesterday after Mth...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutodi suffers backlash after he labels Ndebeles refugees
Deputy information minister Energy Mutodi received a backlash on Tuesday after appearing to suggest that Ndebeles were refugees in Zimbabwe.The gaffe-prone minister was calling on South Africa...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | | by ZimLive
Being Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni from Ntabazinduna is easily one of the newsmakers for 2019.The traditional leader, who has on many occasions angered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with his sharp crit...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by The Sunday Times
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
Zimbabwe troops and police deployed in force
Troops and police deployed in force in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo on Monday in a bid to deter a planned opposition march, three days after brutally dispersing a banned protest in the capital H...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 14:07hrs | 5 | by AFP
CIOs block release of Chief Ndiweni court judgment
Members of dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation are reported to have issued an instruction barring the release of a judgment relating to Nhlambabaloyi Chief who was sentenced to 18 months in pris...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 16:53hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndiweni judgment postponed
JUDGMENT in the case in which Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni is facing allegations of malicious damage to property was on Wednesday postponed to August 5.Ndiweni (54) and 22...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu 'refuses' to answer questions in court
EMBATTLED Zanu-PF secretary for administration and former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu yesterday refused to answer questions thrown at him by Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni's l...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu appears in court
Embattled ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates court on Tuesday on a matter where Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni and 22 vil...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 15:38hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Obert Mpofu subpoenaed again
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni's case of malicious damage to property was on Wednesday postponed after key witness, former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu failed to show up, promp...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni soils the role of traditional chiefs in Zimbabwe
The duties of a chief are enshrined in the Traditional Leaders Act chapter 29:17 which was enacted in 1998.As Head of his or her chieftains the chief has to remain strictly neutral with respec...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:35hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nhlanhla Ndiweni the Chief culprit
Controversial and attention seeking Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna's call for violence and support for sanction callers and elements of regime change is not only surprising but n...Published: 29 May 2019 at 15:47hrs | | by Christopher Makaza
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 | | by ZAPU
Felix Ndiweni seeking political asylum status
They are striking similarities between the rise of Nelson Chamisa to the helm of the MDC-T and the current on-going attempts by Felix Ndiweni to grab the Ndiweni Chieftainship of Ntabazinduna in Matab...Published: 16 May 2019 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by ViewFromMatopos
Chamisa, Chief Ndiweni warned
The Deputy Minister Defence and War Veterans Welfare, Victor Matemadanda has torn into Nelson Chamisa's presumed hiring of top lawyers to challenge his MDC presidential nullification, as well as Chief...Published: 14 May 2019 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalists recall January internet shutdown
JOURNALISTS in Bulawayo on Sunday recalled the events of January 14 to 16 in which the government disconnected the internet, crippling their operations during nationwide shutdown protests over fuel hi...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Defence Minister Matemadanda warns Chief Ndiweni
Defence and War Veterans Welfare Deputy Minister and Secretary General of War Veterans Association Victor Matemadanda has fired warning shots against Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni over his sentiments...Published: 13 May 2019 at 21:26hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | | by Staff reporter
Chief doesn't recognise Mnangagwa's govt
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni on Thursday said he does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government."Do you notice that I call it an administration, be...Published: 11 May 2019 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Article on Chief Ndiweni's 'recall' was disappointing - Felix Ndiweni not a chief
EDITOR,Response to article entitled, "Chiefs' leader disowns bid to recall Ndiweni", published on March 6, 2019. I refer to the above article which was published on March 6, 2019, (also availa...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Joram Kaisa Thambo Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni's warrant of arrest cancelled
BULAWAYO magistrate Gladmore Mushove has cancelled a warrant of arrest he recently issued against Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Ndiweni for failing to appear in court last month.The court has set J...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna raises the stakes against Mnangagwa
Outspoken Fibalusi Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu has raised the stakes against President Emmerson Mnangagwa after it emerged he recently wrote a letter to the United Nations (UN) appealing for its interventi...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna takes Gukurahundi issue to UN
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Fibalusi in Matabeleland South has taken his plea for the setting up of a special commission to investigate the Gukurahundi atrocities to the United NationsChief Vezi...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 14:00hrs | 13 | by Zenzele Ndebele - cite.org.zw
Obert Mpofu appears in court
FORMER Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Dr Obert Mpofu appeared in court yesterday after he was summoned to testify in a case in which Chief Felix Ndiweni and his 13 subjects are accused of destro...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu arrest warrant cancelled
A WARRANT of arrest which had been issued against former Minister of Home Affairs and Culture, Dr Obert Mpofu, for failing to attend court to testify in a case in which Chief Felix Ndiweni and his 13 ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs demand satellite teachers' college
TRADITIONAL leaders from Matebeleland North say they are expecting government to honour their request for a satellite teachers' training college at the Ntabazinduna Vocational Training Centre....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stop treating Obert Mpofu with kids gloves'
NTABAZINDUNA's Chief Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni has implored the court to stop treating Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu with kids' gloves and subpoena him to testify in a matter where the tradit...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Vote for 'devolution' govt,' says Chief Ndiweni
NTABAZINDUNA chief Felix Ndiweni has challenged the people of Bulawayo to elect a government that will prioritise the devolution of Matabeleland and facilitate the resuscitation of industries in Bulaw...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpofu refuses to testify in Chief Ndiweni case
HOME Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has declined to testify in a case in which Ntabazinduna chief, FelixNhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni, and 23 villagers are accused of destroying a villager's fence an...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North to have teachers' training college
THE Government will soon turn Ntabazinduna Vocational Training Centre in Matabeleland North into a teachers' training college.This emerged during a meeting between the Ministry of Higher and T...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chiefs seek peace order against Obert Mpofu
THREE Matabeleland North chiefs have approached the courts seeking a peace order against Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, whom they accuse of being abusive, issuing ominous threats and occasionally ...Published: 24 May 2018 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele king defends Obert Mpofu
Ndebele king, Stanley Raphael Khumalo has come to the defence of Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, who is accused of blocking the installation of Chief Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Khayisa Ndiweni....Published: 06 May 2018 at 13:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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