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The Ndebele King and my Pragmatic Shona Vision

Civilisation started with problem solving. When our Homo Habilis ancestors noticed that they were physically less powerful than the buffalos in the forest whose meat they wanted to eat, they used the power of their superior brains to sharp…

Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 16:57hrs | 854 | by Ryton Dzimiri

The Lost Kingdom - The rise and fall of the Kalanga Monarchy

As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of our republic it may be noted that modern Botswana as a whole, and not just communities in the north-east, has its ancient

Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 10:11hrs | 6806 | by Jeff Ramsay

Upcoming Kalanga gathering gathers momentum in UK

On the 1st July, all roads lead to Nottingham for the annual Bukalanga Gathering event. As they say in Kalanga 'Akuto dan'wa uno dabila', (akubizwa ozwayo) Baka

Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Dr Brilliant Mhlanga's brilliant response: A bruising encounter between a Mthwakazian and a Zimbabwean.

Mr Obert MC Makore a Zimbabwean put a number of questions to Dr Brilliant Mhlanga, a fearless Mthwakazian. The response was informative and instructive to an extent that Mr Makore ended up agreeing with a vision of a free, sovereign, and i…

Published: 06 May 2017 at 11:45hrs | 3170 | by Thulani Nkala

If I am Kalanga, so what?

KALANGA is one of the officially recognised languages embedded as an obligation in section 6 of Zimbabwe's constitution. To someone with normal, functional faculties, this would mean those of our citizens who speak this language - like any…

Published: 09 May 2015 at 14:41hrs | | by Welshman Ncube

Mugabe's anti-Kalanga outbursts wont affect his party's election performance in Mat'land

President Robert Mugabe's recent controversial anti-Kalanga comments have not caused any sleepless nights for government spin doctors.After Mugabe's widely publicised comments,apologists in Harare including some from Matabeleland were quic…

Published: 08 May 2015 at 08:01hrs | | by Thabo Kunene

Robert Mugabe exudes Shona nationalism

Robert Mugabe exudes Shona nationalism.  The words of  Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins that nationalism represents as 'the best of beliefs and â€¦ the worst of beliefs'  were clearly amplified by one Robert Matibili Mugabe …

Published: 02 May 2015 at 15:25hrs | | by Hanzotongobona Tjakajali - Nkololo wa Berber Nkalanga wekuNopemano

Are people from Matebeleland genuinely Zimbabweans

Anyone who's seen Faith Silandulo Dube , Dr Glen Ncube, Tish Ncube Malaba Discos, Discent Collins Bajila, Dr Mandlenkosi Mpofu or Canaan S'qholo seZhwane Ncube Comrades or anyone from my family (Chief Tategulu Mswigana Sigabade)...??? I ha…

Published: 01 May 2015 at 17:17hrs | 7010 | by Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga

The Gukurahundist-in-Chief has not repented: A response to Mugabe's Kalanga jibe

Robert Mugabe's unsolicited lie that Kalangas are uneducated criminals wreaking havoc in South Africa defies logic and common sense combined but reveals the man's true character. Mugabe hates the people from south-west Zimbabwe and will do…

Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 17:55hrs | 6204 | by Kudzani Ndlovu

Mugabe xenophobic, suffers from senile dementia - response by a Kalanga

Addressing journalists in Harare at the end of the SADC Extraordinary Summit on 29 April Mugabe made the following not only shocking but absolutely unfortunate,

Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 09:49hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Questions to the 10 South Western Nations of Matebeleland

These questions are directed to the 10 Nations, indigenous Nations, inhabiting the land presently (and erroneously) called 'Matebeleland', land in which the Shona have never at any point in history settled in as they claim. These 10 Nation…

Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 22:00hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

BaKalanga: Any links with the semitic world?

WE promised to interrogate the claim that the Mwali religion of the BaKalanga seems to have links with that of the Jews in Israel. The basis of the observation was the idea of a High God, Mwali who is approached from a mountain cave. Secon…

Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 07:18hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi Cultural Heritage

The Kalanga Origins of the Thembu and Nelson Mandela Revealed

Stories of our Great Achievements Must be Told Alan Dershowitz notes his feelings about his Jewish identity when he was a Yale law student: "When I went home for the Jewish holidays, I told my parents about the brilliant teachers at Yale: …

Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 11:26hrs | 18717 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

The Great Kalanga Nelson Mandela Lesson

Editor, allow me to begin this short article with what we Bakalanga say on the passing of any loved one: "Nayidzedzobo dzakaMandela. Ngabayezele nedonhodzo Tate Mandela."Indeed, a Great One has passed on. He inspired us both in his life an…

Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 08:45hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Whence Are the Kalanga (And the Question of Semitic Blood Addressed)

Editor, last week I penned an article titled "Who are the Kalanga?" which, apparently, excited a lot of interest judging by the number of hits it attracted and the "shares" it got be it on Facebook, Twitter or Email. I would like to presen…

Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 09:55hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Who are the Kalanga?

Who are the Kalanga, or Bakalanga, BaNambya and Vhavenda?One day not many years ago whilst passing by the Plumtree District Hospital, I overheard two men arguing about the people bearing the surname 'Moyo'. The other gentlemen, apparently …

Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 12:20hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Bukalanga is the largest population group in Southern Africa

Over the last few weeks I penned articles in which I demonstrated that the Shona do not comprise over 80% of Zimbabwe's population as is usually claimed in the dominant narrative in Zimbabwe. Published on Bulawayo24.com and Zimeye.com, the…

Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 05:18hrs | 9766 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

The Origins of Bukalanga

But whence are the Kalanga? The origins of the Kalanga can be traced back to a people that settled in the Zimbabwean plateau immediately after the Christian era, and intermarried with a people of Semitic stock who also settled in the land …

Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 06:35hrs | 2901 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel

Cultural Heritage with Pathisa Nyathi: A closer look at who the Kalangas are

LET us take forward the story of the Khupes which we are using to gain broader insight into the history of the Kalanga, the people into whose society they were assimilated. But before we continue with the story of the Khupes, we shall atte…

Published: 21 Dec 2010 at 20:04hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi

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