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Bulawayo Virgin Girl organisation grows membership
THE number of virgin girls, known as amatshitshi in Bulawayo who took part in the recently-held King Mzilikazi Day commemorations has increased from 40 (last year) to 65 this year.Scores of vi...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:20hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
8 iconic musicians from Bulawayo
Bulawayo has a rich musical tradition and has been home to several iconic musicians who have made significant contributions to Zimbabwean and African music.These musicians have not only entert...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:41hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube brings back Ilanga
BUSI Ncube must be a staunch Highlanders FC fan! This was evidenced by the black and white pants she wore at the Ilanga Tribute Concert held at The Place in Bulawayo on Sunday.At 60, one proba...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube ready for Ilanga Tribute
TRUE LOVE is exactly what The Place patrons in Bulawayo will be treated to on Sunday evening as veteran jazz singer Busi Ncube (born Sibusisiwe Ncube) will stage a tribute concert to remember Ilanga, ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma's famous personalities
BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farewell my brother, Dr Alex Magaisa
Magaisa was a light that shined bright. All who were in the presence of this light were inspired to fight for the rule of law, liberties, freedoms and rights of citizens. We are sinking in a dee...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 00:16hrs | 14 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
'Most Zimbabwe productions are junk,' says Radio Zimbabwe station manager
GOVERNMENT came up with a deliberate policy to support indigenous content in the early, to mid 2000s; a 75% local content policy on both radio and television productions.The same policy howeve...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
15 supporters arrested after violence erupts at Mandava
POLICE arrested 15 people in connection with the violence that rocked Mandava in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between FC Platinum and Highlanders on Saturday.Violence erupted a...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
LMG Choir: the cornerstone of revolution
THE battle for the freedom of Zimbabwe from the shackles of imperialism was pursued on various fronts.Some battled physically, others did so verbally while others provided the necessary resour...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Maponga apologises to Ndebeles over Gukurahundi rant
Former Seventh Day Adventist Bishop Joshua Maponga has issued an apology to the people of Zimbabwe after he posted an article saying the people of Matabeleland should forgive the Shona people of the G...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulelani's speech on King Mzilikazi Day 2021
Mahlabezulu ,Mthwakazi omuhle, zingane zobaba.Mthwakazi omuhle , namhlanje sihlangane lapha ngosuku olukhulu kakhulu esizweni sethu, ngilethemba elikhulu ukuthi iningi laMahlabezulu lihlangane...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:59hrs | 7 | by King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi
Songs that liberated the country
The song Kubuhlungu Emoyeni (There is pain in my heart) by LMG choir evokes emotions of the liberation struggle and one of the singers, Happiness Sibanda, breaks into tears each time she explains the ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Washonaphi uMzac'omnyama?
Ngiyabingelela Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi, Mthwakaz omnyama, ondlela zimhlophe iinduku zibomvu. Lombhalo ngiwubhala nje kungumbuzo engiwubhekise kumaNtungwa akwaSokhumalo okungabantu bakoKhumalo is...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Prominent promoter Madamara laid to rest
MUSIC promoter and businessman, Dave "Madamara" Ncube, the first promoter to bring South African musician, Freddie Gwala to the country, was buried on Wednesday.Ncube (53), who died on Monday ...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Monarchy: The cornerstone of African existence
PRINCE Phillip is no longer in our midst. Some dark cloud seems to envelope Britain. May his soul rest in peace. A couple of weeks back, Southern Africa seemed to stand still under a similar dark clou...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Zii Masiye
Prince Zwide Khumalo mourns King Zwelithini
PRINCE Zwide Khumalo and the Amangwe clan in Zimbabwe are mourning the death of Zulu monarch King Godwill Zwelethini saying they join the Zulu nation and South Africans in this time of sadness. ...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Umkhuba omubi ngokukhuzwa kuka Bayethe/ Bayede!!!!
Ngiyabingelela Mthwakazi kaNdaba, Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi, Mthwakazi omnyama, lina bonduku zibomvu, izindlela zimhlophe. Kuleshlava esesangena shiqe esizweni seMbabala sadala umonakalo omkhulu n...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:32hrs | 6 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Busi Ncube still in the groove
SHE is 58, has clocked 34 years on the music scene and despite having lost colleagues who were part of the much-decorated music outfit, Ilanga, that included Andy Brown, Don Gumbo and Dickson Chingair...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Chief can do no wrong
In Nguni "inkosi ayoni" the Chief can do no wrong. This is derived from the concept that all decisions made by the Chief represent the collective wisdom and aspirations of his people. Unlike a Judge t...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by L Dube
Chief Ndiweni's dilemma: A balanced analysis
The obfuscation of issues seems to have reached unprecedented levels and it is therefore necessary for sober voices and sound arguments to be part of the national discourse to preclude the noise from ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by L Dube
Busi Ncube still in the game
Music legend and True Love hit maker, Busi Ncube, says she has fond memories of the group Ilanga and has vowed to carry on the legacy left by some of her departed colleagues in the once star-studded o...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Inevitable Rise of ZAPU
I must contend from the onset that the rise of the people's vanguard party ZAPU is inevitable and unstoppable. Everyone who has once associated with the party in the past and expended effort in improv...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Mqondobanzi Nduna Magonya
Zimparks yachenjezya balabula atala akubelesya tunsyabwe tutali-mumulawo
Bakkali bamu Kariba bapegwa nchenjezyo atala abakalamuMuleli wanyika yaDRC wasumpula umwi muzulwidi kuzwa kukabunga kapikisya munyika eeyiMwambulili wankamu ilangania aabanyama amasaka...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Citizen
Man fatally assaults son over cellphone
THE courts will not be lenient with people who drink and engage in domestic violence which result in unnecessary deaths, Mutare High Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera has said. Justice Mwaye...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vuka Byo Vuka successfully brings UK community together for a memorable occasion
Community initiative, Vuka Bulawayo Vuka, held in Manchester over the weekend, wasn't your ordinary or typical community event. There was nothing superfluous about it, it in fact, embraced what commun...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Tidi Kwidini
Is Andy Brown's badluck haunting daughter?
IT'S quite beyond imagination that one of Zimbabwe's treasured stars, the late Andy Brown, whose influence positively changed the face of the music industry and made yester year's jamboree music fiest...Published: 20 May 2018 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Asivuleni amehlo bakwethu
Umhlaka 1 May lilanga lokukhumbula izisebenzi umhlaba wonke jikelele. Izizwe ezinengi ezithanda inkululeko ziqakathekisa leli ilanga kakhulu ngoba impilo isezandleni zezisebenzi. Zona azila lutho ngap...Published: 01 May 2018 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Mkhululi Zulu
uMadinda ufunza uMutasa isidlo sePhasika
"Njengoba kuliqembu le-ECD, abadlali balandele isixwayiso sikambalisi . . . ," kutsho uMadinda Ndlovu ebuzwa ngendlela abamba ngayo iqembu lakhe leHighlanders mhla lisidla iDynamos 1-0 ngekhefu lePhas...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by uMthunywa
King Nyamande Lobhengula II, unveiling invite
You are cordially invited to come and attend an unveiling function that shall be held to unveil King Nyamande Lobhengula II. This function shall be held as follows:Date: ...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 16:02hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The reason(s) General Chiwenga 'stole' Mugabe's Resignation Speech!
As the whole world waited impatiently for the former president Robert Mugabe (and I don't miss him at all) to deliver his last speech, but when the moment of truth came he then read what we beli...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Mthokozisi Ndiweni
Open letter to Mthwakazi.
Incwadi esemgceke kuwe MthwakaziNgiyakubulisa Mthwakazi, njalo ngiyakhothamisa ikhanda.Ngicela udlulisele phambili incwadi le yombane engiyilobayo, iye lakuloba bani ongabe elokuthokoz...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 09:41hrs | 5 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
WATCH: Zimbabwe coup, Ndebele elders' prayers answered
Mzilikazi II's sangoma prayed that they wish Hararians will continue fighting each other and never get peace.Ingathi isimo sithanda ukuba bucayi kemanje.Bafunga ngomhlaba wabo abadala. Lap...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
How can we (amaNguni) be called Mthwa-kazi?
Editor, Greeting my brethren. I hope you are well and fit as I write to you. Thank you for giving us news from ko Ntuthu ezazithunqa, bt kakusela ma firms that are manufacturing that is why ng...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 20:52hrs | | by B Timothy Mathuthu Ndlela
Nobuntu, Sandra to share Busi Ncube's stage
ALL-female Imbube group Nobuntu and singer-cum-dancer Sandra Ndebele feel honoured to be sharing the Bluez Cafe stage tonight with veteran songstress Busi Ncube who will be launching her 10-track albu...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, And so it has finally happened, in our lifetime, the rightful heir to the Mthwakazi Monarchy has been identified. Inkatho iwele kumNtwana uBulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo ophu...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Nkonzo kaMathanda
Woman tries to burn sister in hut
A 63-YEAR-OLD woman from Dete in Hwange District escaped death after her younger sister torched a hut she was sleeping in after securing the door.Hwange regional magistrate Mr Collet Ncube hea...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube speaks on Cde Chinx, career
IF True Love, that irresistible jam that has lit up Zimbabwean weddings and parties since the 80s, is Ilanga's greatest accomplishment, then it is also without question Busi Ncube's finest hour as a p...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
uMthwakazi was one ofAfrica's best governed polities
One of the things Ndebele people pride themselves in is the efficient manner in which their pre-colonial Kingdom known as UMTHWAKAZI was organised. The kingdom was so intelligently structured that man...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 11:30hrs | 7 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Cde Chinx to be declared a National hero?
One of Zimbabwe's greatest music composers, Dickson Chingaira, aka Cde Chinx, passed away on Friday, plunging the arts and music industry into mourning.Cde Chinx died at West End Hospital in H...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 14:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Ndebele elders wish Hararians will continue fighting each other
Ingathi isimo sithanda ukuba bucayi kemanje.Bafunga ngomhlaba wabo abadala. Lapha sibona bebiza okhokho ukuthi babavikele.Zwehamba Khezi Matobo DistrictTranscription: Ilang...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 17:42hrs | 1 | by Social media
Crown Camphor Cream in Ndebele language storm
Bulawayo residents have expressed concern over continued distortions of the Ndebele language by corporates, saying it was a violation of the people's identity and language. Surprisingly the shona tran...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 10:30hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Gukurahundi scars,pain still torment us
Salibonani bantwana benkosi uMzilikazi lo Mambo. Ngibhala lolugwalo ngikhala izinyembezi ngikhumbula amathambo abafowethu abafa bephoselwa emigodini, abanye bagigelwa emgigweni thina izihlobo zabo...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Yayoneni iZAPU indaba yeBhalagwe asesabi ukuyibhoboza
Ngekeni ngikhulume ngoba ukuthula akusizi.Ngekeni ngazise izwe lonkeNgekeni ngazise uMthwalazi wonkeNgekeni ngime esiqongeni sentaba ngazise abantu.Ngekeni ngiphakakamise izwi ngit...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 16:40hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Simunye set to pre-launch on the 26th November
Simunye Bereavement Trust is a new Community organisation in the UK, which is to transform the bereavement by being flexible and geared towards its clients. Death is a thief, no one ever knows...Published: 19 Nov 2016 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
Sidla imbuya ngoth:eZimbabwe
Oh maye bantwana behlabathi!!Sahlupheka kangaka sidleni ekabani?Sagcwal'amany'amazwe kwenzenjai?Saphila kabuhlungu kwenzenjani? Sahlupheka kangaka kwenzenjani?Sidla imbuya ngoth'...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Ilanga lead guitarist Mbambo dies
FORMER Ilanga lead guitarist Rodger Mbambo has died. He was 59.Mbambo died at his family home in Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo on Sunday after a long illness.Chronicling Mbambo's last ho...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Ucuku Olwenziwa ngoPasi Luzwisa Ubuhlungu Project #3
Hey bro! l got your number on facebook and l was touched about you re-writing our history and keeping the records of our afflictions as the Mthwakazi nation. In short I was born, bre...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Veap Ndlovu
Imotsha ibaleka lesidumbu
BAKAMALANDELA ngangithi nxa ngisizwa abadala besithi kudala ilizwe lisakhile ngithi mhlawumbe bayaphosisa ngenxa yokusutha uMagwebu intombi emhlophe kanti cha inyathi ibuzwa kwabaphambili njalo am...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Do not neglect heritage sites, says Mathema
THE Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Cain Mathema has bemoaned the state of some of the country's monuments, saying abandoning the ancient relics was tantamount to disregard...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:34hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
Pictures of National Launch of culture week - Godlwayo Culture Centre
Ilanga: 21 Nkwenkwezi 2016 Indawo: Avoca, Mfilabuso, ...Published: 24 May 2016 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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