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Matebeleland leaders fail to push for proper Pathisa Nyathi honour
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced only a State-assisted funeral for revered historian and author Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away on Saturday. The man deserved an honourary doctorate and a nat...Published: 3 hrs ago | 102 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Pathisa Nyathi, but....
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed profound sorrow following the passing of revered historian and educationist Pathisa Nyathi, describing his death as an irreplaceable loss to Zimbabwe's cultu...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1477 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Pathisa Nyathi dies
The esteemed historian Pathisa Nyathi has passed away at the age of 73. Nyathi, known for his significant contributions to Zimbabwean history and culture, was admitted to a private hospital in...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 11:57hrs | 6107 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants to rename Zimbabwe's provinces
The ruling Zanu-PF party has called for the renaming of Zimbabwe's provinces, aiming to eliminate colonial-era names that have historically fueled division among the population. This resolution emerge...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 4618 | by Staff reporter
American activists called on U.S. authorities to stop supporting Ukraine and halt arms supplies
A meeting of the non-profit organization, "Ecological Union of Pacifists and Nonconformists," with journalists and public figures, was held in New York recently. The meeting took the form of a confere...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 11:06hrs | 512 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC were publicly sworn enemies
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF and South Africa's old National Party government were publicly sworn enemies. Privately, their relationship was a bit more complicated.On 7 and 8 February, 1983, for instanc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1263 | by Peter Fabricius
King Mzilikazi preserved his heritage
South African historian, musician, and versatile creative Mbuso Khoza highlights that when Ndebele King Mzilikazi Khumalo kaMatshobana departed from what is now Zululand in 1821 after breaking away fr...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:41hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3309 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zanu-PF's Matopos rituals
ZANU-PF is facing controversy over its plans to conduct rituals at Matopos and Great Zimbabwe monuments. The party has invited King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, and three other chiefs to perform the...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:41hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Preparations for King Mzilikazi commemoration underway
Preparations are underway for the 22nd annual commemoration of King Mzilikazi, known as "Umgubho weNkosi uMzilikazi," celebrating the rich Ndebele culture and identity. Organizers have begun c...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo and Russia: Lessons from South Africa
Among those Zimbabweans observing the elections in South Africa was Owen Chikukwa in Cape Town.The loss of power by the African National Congress can easily be explained. Brother Owen put it s...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:46hrs | 11 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe govt engages business in fight against smuggled goods
The Zimbabwean government has enlisted the support of the business community to combat the influx of smuggled and counterfeit goods in the market, according to Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:16hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Historical documents destroyed as Town House floods
THERE are fears that historical documents dating back to the colonial era belonging to the City of Harare were destroyed when a river flowing along Julius Nyerere Way recently flooded the basement of ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Underground stream floods Harare Town House
A major disaster is looming at Town House as the basement has been filled up with water seeping through from an underground stream that flows under Julius Nyerere Way.The city's historical doc...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele monarchy resuscitation debate heats up
A call for the resuscitation of the Ndebele monarchy has sparked renewed debate. Advocates argue that it is crucial for preserving Ndebele cultural identity, which has been gradually eroded by western...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Phathisa Nyathi didn't see Lobengula's tomb
Prominent historian Phathisa Nyathi says reports that they discovered Ndebele King Lobengula's tomb in Zambia were not true as they only saw the mountain where he is said to have settled after leaving...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 16:07hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula fate mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding the fate of 19th century Ndebele King Lobengula - son of the nation's founder King Mzilikazi - is still a moot historical event to Ndebele people, some Zimbabweans and scholars...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 10:30hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula tomb found
FOR over a century, it has been in the public domain that the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula "disappeared" soon after crossing the Shangani River.However, there is new information that he wen...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
How did things get so bad in Haiti? Here's what to Know
Things in Haiti have gotten so bad that Ariel Henry, the unelected Prime Minister, resigned and called for the installation of a tra...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to open Pupu National Monument
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially commission the reconstructed Pupu National Monument in Lupane, Matebeleland North Province, this week as the country corrects distorted historical narrati...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 12 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 561 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Mugabe divides opinion from the grave
ON what would have been Robert Mugabe's 100th birthday, Zimbabwe and the world grapple with the complex legacy of a man who led Zimbabwe to independence, but later presided over its economic ruin....Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobhengula's legacy embodied unique tactful diplomacy, military heroism
DISTINGUISHED researchers and historians have utterly dismissed the narrative that Ndebele monarch King Lobhengula Khumalo is associated with selling out to colonial settlers, arguing his distinct leg...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zapu blast tribal ZBC presenters
ZAPU spokesperson Richard Gandari has blasted the ZBC presenters who made tribal attacks on the Ndebele King LObengula live on TV claiming he was depicted to sell the country to colonialis...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 15:24hrs | 34 | by Stephen Jakes
Maintaining graves is not Bulawayo City Council's job
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged residents with relatives buried at different cemeteries in the city to constantly check and maintain the graves as it is not the duty of the local authority to do t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The legacy of the first citizens of Zimbabwe
Historians argue that the San people were the earliest inhabitants of what now constitutes modern-day Zimbabwe. Archaeologists date San occupation as far back as the Stone Age, 20 000 years ago....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:55hrs | 8 | by Mzala Tom
Pitfalls of Liberation Movements in Zimbabwe
This paper seeks to provide an introductory general overview of the pitfalls associated with liberation movements in Zimbabwe up to a certain historical point. However, the most accurate and u...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:30hrs | 9 | by Josh Mhambi
Kalanga festival returns after Covid-19 induced break
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival is set to make a comeback next month. The festival, which celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Ba...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
President mourns MSU Vice Chancellor
The founding Vice Chancellor of Midlands State University (MSU) Professor Ngwabi Bhebhe passed on and President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared him a nati...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 16:08hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Ngwabi Bhebhe declared national hero
Founding Midlands State University (MSU) Vice Chancellor Professor Ngwabi Bhebhe, who died yesterday, has been declared a national hero in recognition of his outstanding role as an academic, a great t...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ngwabi Bhebe dies
Tributes are pouring in for the late Zimbabwean prominent academic Professor Ngwabi Mulunge Bhebe, the founding Vice-Chancellor and later professor emeritus of Midlands State University in Gweru, who ...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Muppet Show
A couple of days after the first storm, I headed out just before sunrise when it was cool and overcast. The dust had gone, the ground was soft underfoot, and everything looked fresh, clean and green....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 8 | by Cathy Buckle
'Shona people do not exist in Zimbabwe' Hopewell Chin'ono says
In his thought-provoking opinion piece, journalist Hopewell Rugoho-Chin'ono challenges the conventional notion of a unified "Shona" tribe in Zimbabwe. He argues that this commonly accepted label is a ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 12:04hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Chamisa stops Khupe, Welshman Ncube civic awards?
The decision to award civic honors to opposition party stalwarts, Professor Welshman Ncube and Dr. Thokozani Khupe, made by the previous Bulawayo councilors, has reportedly been put on hold. This acti...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phathisa Nyathi seeks funding to document Bosso history
Renowned historian and author, Phathisa Nyathi, is reaching out to potential donors for assistance in funding the production of a book chronicling the history of Highlanders Football Club, also known ...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi celebrations set for Mhlahlandlela
THE annual King Mzilikazi Day, a traditional ceremony to honour one of the most revered kings in Bantu history, is set to take place at Mhlahlandlela, the royal kraal of King Mzilikazi next Satu...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Malinga, Nyathi, Ngwenya nominated for civic honours
FORMER Bulawayo Mayor and Special Advisor to the President on National Disability, Alderman Joshua Malinga together with renowned historian Mr Pathisa Nyathi and Mpilo Central Hospital clinical direct...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shaka Zulu is back in pop culture
SHAKA kaSenzangakhona is universally recognised as the founder of what would become known as the "Zulu nation".He ruled from about 1817 until he was assassinated by his half-brothers in 1828....Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF was also called a puppet of the West'
Local journalist Zenzele Ndebele says Zanu-PF should stop describing those who disagree with it as puppets of the West as that is ahistorical with regards to itself and even irony writ large....Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cecil Rhodes's grave still haunts Zimbabweans
It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors.It's also where the notorious British coloniser Cecil John Rhodes chose to be his final resting place....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi angry over CCC butchering of Ndebele language
Historian and cultural activist Founder of Amagugu International Heritage Centre Pathisa Nyathi is an angry man after hearing an MP4 CCC campaign audio that has gone viral on the internet. ...Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 15:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa rewards Dr Sikhulile Moyo for discovering Omicron Covid-19 variant
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has awarded a US$50 000 token of appreciation to world-renowned Matobo District-born medical scientist and virologist, Dr Sikhulile Moyo, in recognition of his contribution in savi...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by on Saturday
Kenya linked Rishi Sunak to become UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak will become Britain's next prime minister after he won the race on Monday to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an economic downturn set to ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sithole, Chikerama honour a Mnangagwa vote buying ruse'
Renowned political analyst and publisher Ibbo Mandaza has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's belated honour bestowed on Ndabaningi Sithole and James Chikerema as a vote buying gimmick targeted a...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 18:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims he is brewing a shocker for Zimbabwe
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said his party is brewing a shocker for the nation ahead of the crucial harmonised elections pencilled for next year.This is despite his party having fared...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chief Fuyana: The warrior who delivered the fatal blow on Major Allan Wilson
DEEP down in the hills of rural Matobo District sits Mbembeswana, a humble and unassuming village. But, humble as it may appear, it is where the remains of one of the greatest Ndebele warriors, Chief ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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