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WATCH: Ramaphosa's Deputy faints on stage
Deputy President Paul Mashatile was rushed to hospital on Saturday afternoon after fainting on stage, according to a report.State broadcaster, SABC News reported that Limpopo Premier, Dr ...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 16:02hrs | 2872 | 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 | 3318 | by Staff reporter
Activists in bizarre semi-nude demo
In Bulawayo, residents were surprised on Thursday by the appearance of two half-naked men adorned in traditional Zulu/Ndebele attire, with one displaying his bare backside. The individuals, identified...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:02hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
San to re-birth language, culture
THE San community has embarked on a project aimed at re-establishing its culture and language threatened with extinction.Tsoro-o-otso San Development Trust director Davy Ndlovu said the projec...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Carnival roars to life
THE annual Victoria Falls Carnival kicks off today in the resort town, with 30 artistes expected to rock the three-day jamboree.The carnival, which runs until Sunday, will set the tone for the...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Oskido to perform at Victoria Falls Carnival
House music godfather, Oskido (real name Oscar Mdlongwa) who has been seemingly spending most of his time selecting wigs for his skits as Sis Judy on TikTok will be taking to the decks soon as he is s...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
National languages critical in decolonising the mind
President Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the National Languages Conference in Victoria Falls.Running under the theme: "Redefining the role of Zimbabwean languages for national developme...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected at national languages conference
THE three-day National Languages Conference opens today in Victoria Falls with President Mnangagwa expected to give the keynote address tomorrow.The theme is: "Redefining the role of Zimbabwea...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lindiwe Sisulu hits back at Zondo
Less than a week ago, I published an opinion piece that captures the importance of where ordinary South Africans find themselves.This opinion piece is my contribution to a conversing South Afr...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:35hrs | | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Khoisans are Zimbabwe's forgotten tribe
KHOISANS are Zimbabwe's forgotten tribe. Despite being the first to settle in Zimbabwe, the minority Khoisan tribe remains poverty-stricken, centuries after settling in the country. For generation aft...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands leaders panic as Mliswa goes back to his roots
CONTROVERSIAL Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa has caused a political storm in his Midlands home province by commissioning various development projects in his village amid growing speculation and fe...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa introduces R50 and R500 coins to celebrate 25 years of democracy
The South African Mint has unveiled a set of new R50 and R500 collector coins, celebrating the country's 25 years of democracy."This week 25 years ago, South Africans went to the polls in the ...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 2 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Mnangagwa and keeping the promise
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's meeting with members of the white, Asian and mixed race communities at Borrowdale Race course in Harare on Saturday generated a lot of excitement among opposition parties as they...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Brand Mnangagwa shaping up, working
A couple of months ago, at the height of the factional fighting in the ruling Zanu-PF, a small study I carried out while in South Africa led me to conclude that the then Vice President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
I am everyone's President, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will represent cross-sectional interests, standing for the rights and aspirations of all Zimbabweans.His remarks follow an edgy period in domestic politics...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
What is Mthwakazi? - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
So much has been said about Mthwakazi, largely incoherent and inconsistant. This rumbling has generated both interest about Mthwakazi, and disgust alike. Let us be frank, for the generality of the peo...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 09:19hrs | 4 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Mnangagwa commits to democracy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has committed Zimbabwe and the ruling Zanu PF party to democratic tenets and honest engagement with the rest of the world.Under former President Robert Mugabe, who...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Whites should not play victim
I'm an Afrikaner of Free State farm stock, the descendant of Voortrekkers and Boer warriors (and concentration camp survivors) during the South African War - Du Preezs, Krugers, Van der Walts, Saayman...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 08:55hrs | | by Max Du Preez
Joshua Nkomo considered a military solution
What I find interesting is the evidence that Joshua Nkomo seriously considered a military solution and went to implore South Africa to be neutral. Obviously South Africa would not have been neutral as...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane @ facebook
Zimbabwe to revise broadcasting laws
Government is working towards revising broadcasting laws which will make it mandatory for radio stations, both public and private, to broadcast in the 16 official languages, a Cabinet Minister has sai...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Language vital cog in a people's culture
Speech by Honourable Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe at the official launch of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Montrose Studios news bulletins in n...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Dr Chris Mushohwe Minister
Zimbabwe Khoisan family appeal for support to repatriate daughter who died in SA
The San family in Sanqinyana , Tsholotsho is appealing fo financial and material support to repatriate the body of their daughter who died in South Africa on Novemberr 1 after short illness....Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MRP supports the efforts being made to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom
MRP fully supports the efforts being made by Amakhumalo to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom, we appeal yet again to those involved not to give us a puppet King and a sellout because we are serious ab...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 08:36hrs | | by Mbo kaGumbo
Renaming the streets and surbubs is honoring our heritage
There has been much media debate on the spelling of some Zimbabwean street and suburbs' names going on, with some people strongly criticising former colonial administrators for deliberately distorting...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
MPs want Parliament interpreters
Members of Parliament who speak minority languages such as Nambya have urged Parliament to introduce interpreters so that they also can contribute to parliamentary debates in their mother tongue....Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I felt betrayed' by Beyonce says filmmaker
A South African filmmaker has said that Beyonce would be stealing her heritage if she made a movie about Sarah Baartman.Deidre Jantjies, from Cape Town said, "I felt betrayed when I heard she ...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'We all came from central Africa and are foreigners to the land of the Khoisan'
The thuggery actions by misguided conscienceless South Africans to our African and other foreign national brothers is satanic, barbaric and the highest order of pre-civilization. The problem with ...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 12:27hrs | | by Thembelani Batshwayi in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Elderly San woman laid to rest amid fears of witchcraft by the tribe
....as people there cried for food saying they have gone for three days without eatingOne of the elderly San people living in Tsholotsho Balisi Moyo be...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Elderly San woman dies at Tsholotsho hospital
One of the elderly San people living in Tsholotsho Balisi Moyo believed to be over 80 years old who was admitted at Tsholotsho District Hospital after she suffered acute blood shortage which was...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 08:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
One of the San Elders admitted in hospital seek financial support
One of the elderly San people living in Tsholotsho Balisi Moyo believed to be over 80 years old is reportedly admitted at Tsholotsho District Hospital after she suffered acute blood shortage...Published: 27 Mar 2015 at 10:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
200 teachers train to teach local languages
Government has identified 200 teachers that have been sent to a local university to learn local languages to be examined in schools soon, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Doko...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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 se...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 22:00hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
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 ...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 11:26hrs | 13 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Of Nathaniel Manheru, the Shona, the MDC, the Ndebele, Bakalanga, the Monomotapa Kingdom, and Today's Zimbabwe
"Madhuku, Priscilla: Hanging by the noose of own philosophy"In his article with the title above, one Nat...Published: 06 Oct 2013 at 18:10hrs | 5 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Tobaiwa Mudede is also an alien
The insistence by Tobaiwa Mudede the Registrar General that people whose origins are countries such as Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique are aliens is very regrettable, unfortunate as well as misplaced. I...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Mosimani Mudziwepasi
Who are the indigenous people of Zimbabwe
The two Movement for Democratic Change formations in the inclusive government have been accused of endorsing a draft constitution that promotes reverse racism.At a public debate organised by ...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 09:01hrs | | by Chief Reporter
You know what's wrong with South Africa
A cheeky and provocative new ad from Nando's asks viewers: "You know what's wrong with South Africa?"A voiceover then speaks from the point of view of a xenophobic who answers with: "All you ...Published: 01 Jun 2012 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside the Great Nation of Bukalanga: A Definition of Bukalanga vis-à-vis the Ndebele, Shona and Ngwato
For most of the time in the past 200 years, the peoples of Bukalanga have been treated as a sub-ethnicity of the Ndebele, the Ngwato and the Shona. We also raised the point that the Great Nation of B...Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 22:58hrs | 45 | 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 peopl...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
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