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Why Kingship in Zimbabwe is Constitutional
True to the proverb that a stitch in time saves nine, the controversy surrounding Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe's letter dated 22 April 2025, to Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart, in which he grat...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:32hrs | 523 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Garwe must change colonial mentality
SOMETIME last year in August, the Zimbabwean government issued a strong condemnation and warning against Mike Moyo and Timothy Chiminya for claiming titles as ceremonial King Mambo and King Munhumutap...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 990 | by Phakathwayo Gumede
Regent Chief Mabhikwa divides Khumalos
Regent Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane has vowed to continue executing her duties despite ongoing challenges to her appointment. This comes after a faction of the Khumalo clan filed a High Court application ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 13:03hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa drawn into Khumalo Chieftaincy dispute
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been named as a respondent in a High Court case involving a chieftaincy dispute within the prominent Khumalo clan in Lupane, Matabeleland North province. The case, whi...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 20:06hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Mabhikwa Chieftainship dispute deepens over regent appointment
The dispute over the rightful heir to the Mabhikwa chieftainship has intensified, with divisions within the Khumalo family growing deeper. A faction of the family has rejected the appointment of Ms. Z...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 11:46hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo family challenges appointment of regent Chief Mabhikwa in Court
Some members of the Khumalo family have approached the High Court of Zimbabwe to challenge the appointment of Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief Mabhikwa. The dispute follows her introduction ceremony las...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 20:27hrs | 1028 | 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 | 35 | 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 | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa personal history mystery
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's origins and personal history is as clear as mud claims The Newshawks.There are many stories about Mnangagwa's roots and this is now subject to scrutin...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:43hrs | 84 | 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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders sign Lobengula descendant
HIGHLANDERS FC has completed the signing of Thabo Lunga Zikode Khumalo, the great, great grandson of the club's founding player Albert.The player who has been training with Highlanders since l...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles citizenship to Mzilikazi royal family
The Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi Royal Crown Family, which includes the Mzilikazi Royal House and the Khumalo Clan, claims the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has shown them generosity by promising to rest...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' engages SA police over xenophobia
Ndebele king Bulelani Collins Khumalo has engaged South African police over sporadic xenophobic attacks against Zimbabwean immigrants in that country.Three Zimbabweans were killed recently in ...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
The death and burial of King Mzilikazi
KING Mzilikazi reigned until his death in September 1868.. At the time of his death he was estimated to be in his late 70s or early 80s. His death followed that of his senior and closest wife Queen Lo...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:55hrs | 10 | by Mzala Tom
'DNA tests will resolve Ndebele kingship wrangle'
ONE of the claimants to the Ndebele kingship, Stanley Raphael Tshuma Khumalo, has challenged other contestants to a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test to determine genuine heirs to the throne.Al...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's Gukurahundi denialism very unsettling
UTTERANCES by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu (pictured) dismissing Gukurahundi as a "thing of the past" and telling victims to forget is tantamount to attempting to whitewash the gen...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:18hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Calls to rehabilitate King Mzilikazi's grave get louder
THE Khumalo clan has called on the government to rehabilitate the dilapidated grave of the late Ndebele king, Mzilikazi Khumalo at Matopos Hills.King Mzilikazi's grave is reportedly in a sorry...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Solve Ndebele Kingdom issue constitutional
The Ndebele clan has been urged to try to solve their dispute over the heir apparent by allowing anyone with divine power to lead the kingdom to enable the monarch to be revived.The call was m...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 17:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZimParks completes Old Bulawayo National Monuments road
THE upgrade of the road leading to Old Bulawayo National Monuments by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to pave way for restoration of the tourist attraction after it was...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Setting the record straight about King Mzilikazi The Mthwakazi King
THIS narrative that King Mzilikazi subjugated other tribes and forced them to join his Nguni tribe to form the Mthwakazi nation is as false as falsehood itself. The narrative is refuted by both eviden...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 3 | by Reinford Khumalo
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 5 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Mnangagwa's govt to restore Old Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a proper roadmap towards the restoration of King Lobengula's original palace, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago as well as sprucing up King Mzilikazi'...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's descendant dies
A MEMBER of the Royal Khumalo clan and great grandson of King Lobengula Thafetha Njube Khumalo has died. Khumalo (80), who was partially blind and based in Eastern Cape, South Africa, succumbe...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi II coronation set for White City stadium
The Royal kingdom of Mthwakazi has announced that Stanley Raphael Khumalo will be publicly corronated as King Mzilikazi II at a function to be held at White City stadium on the 8th of December 2...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 15:16hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe won't recognise 'new' Ndebele King
The Government has said the "coronation" of a new Ndebele "king" is a cultural event that has little significance in the governance of the country.The Khumalo family defied a High Court order ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' coronation rubbished
THE Government has said the "coronation" of a new Ndebele "king" is a cultural event that has little significance in the governance of the country.The Khumalo family defied a High Court order ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 17:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King installation is unconstitutional, says court
THE Bulawayo High Court has confirmed the Mnangagwa government's position of stopping the revival of the Ndebele kingship by blocking the coronation of a new monarch, saying the move was unconstitutio...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele king coronation: Mohadi steps in
VICE President Kembo Mohadi will today lead a delegation of Cabinet Ministers for a meeting with traditional leaders from Matabeleland region in Bulawayo regarding the planned coronation of a Ndebele ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele king' coronation to continue as scheduled
Chief Mathema said the coronation programme would continue as scheduled as Government did not understand why they were installing a Crown Prince."On what grounds is the Government declaring th...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulelani faction to approach the courts on Ndebele king coronation
The Crown Council, the organisers of the ceremony to install Prince Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo as the new 'Ndebele king', will lodge an urgent chamber application following government's decision to ba...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 13:07hrs | | by CITE
Bulelani Khumalo installation as 'Ndebele king' face court challenge
THE Mambo Dynasty Trust is in the process of filing court papers against the installation of an Eastern Cape-born and raised Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo as the Ndebele King next month.Coghlan a...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 11:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporetr
Its death, power and money
First letter to the women of Zimbabwe: International Women's Day 2018I read two articles about women yesterday and today from different Zimbabwe social ...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 18:22hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Ndebele kingship circus continues
THE circus over the selection of the heir apparent to the Ndebele kingship continues to rage with the Khumalo clan denying speculative reports that its chosen candidate, Bulelani Collins Lobengula Khu...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele king sends envoy to Zulu king
SELF-APPOINTED Ndebele king, Stanley Raphael Khumalo last week reportedly despatched an envoy to South Africa to meet Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, ahead of the latter's anticipated visit to the cou...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
King Zwelithini envoy meets Mzilikazi II
SOUTH AFRICA Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini is sending an envoy to hold a meeting with the Ndebele King, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, a major boost for the latter's claim, whom critics dismiss as an impost...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Role of the King in Mthwakazi - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
There has been a lot of talk about a King in Mthwakazi. In fact in September 2017 we saw Stanley Raphael Khumalo taking the initiative and being crowned king, dubbed King Mzilikazi II. There has ...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 10:46hrs | 5 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Ndebele King's Christmas Message, 2017
It is that time of the year when the world celebrates in different celebrations; it is time of Christmas, a celebration unknown to us as a people before the advent of the white man. This time ...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 14:20hrs | 3 | by Stanley Raphael Khumalo
Lobengula family to unveil 'genuine' Ndebele King before December 5
THE Lobengula family has rapped Chief Mathema for meddling in the Khumalo clan's chieftainship "affairs" after he announced that South Africa-based Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo would be crowned Ki...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Zwide reacts to Bulelani coronation
The Ndebele culture and important cultural institutions continue to be destroyed since the time of the advent of settler colonialists of the 1800s.It is not possible to have coronation of a Ndebele Ki...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 13:50hrs | 3 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Matabeleland; Strike whilst the iron is still hot…
The events of the past few weeks in my motherland, have brought out of the woodwork all manner of analysts, commentators and agent provocateurs; and as usual my people, the people of Matabeleland, hav...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 22:20hrs | 1 | by Thamsanqa N. Ncube
Historian sucked into Ndebele crown fights, used by a Khumalo faction
KING Lobengula Royal Trust has rapped Bulawayo-based historian Phathisa Nyathi for dragging himself into the Ndebele crown fights and falsely unveiling South Africa-based Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khum...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula trust dismisses tomorrow's Inxwala festival
THE King Lobengula Khumalo Royal Trust has dismissed the Inxwala festival being organised by self-imposed Mzilikazi II Stanley Raphael Tshuma saying he is violating cultural practices.This com...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prince Bulelani Khumalo fails to pitch to be unveiled as King?
Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo who was named as the heir apparent to the Ndebele crown apparently did not even bother to pitch up to be unveiled as the new Ndebele King.Social media is awash...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Royal Crisis-Two Kings,One Nation
Khumalo clan elders and some traditional leaders in Matabeleland must be held accountable for the current royal crisis that allowed controversial Stanley Raphael Khumalo to seize the opportunity and d...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:15hrs | 2 | by Thabo Kunene
MacDonald Khumalo sold out Khumalos as he attend Stanley Tshuma coronation
A Concerned Matebele resident Dumezweni Dlodlo has said one of the Khumalo clan MacDonald Khumalo who has been in the fore front in pushing for the revieval of the Ndebele Kingdom has sold out the Khu...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 14:57hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
PICTUREs: 'Ndebele King' in action
Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo, the 32 year old South Africa national, who was declared the crown prince and next in line as the Ndebele monarch.Ayanda Khumalo, who identified himself as the...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:36hrs | | by Online
Nyandayemkhonto Khumalo attacks the Khumalo clan's conduct
I have seen all that the enemy of Mthwakazi is us the people of Mthwakazi self. To complain ngamaShona and stuff is utmost stupidity.I was part of the MaNtungwa WhatsApp group that highly disc...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:25hrs | 1 | by Nqabeni Nyandayemkhonto Khumalo
Mugabe a notorious leader - MRP
Mthwakazi Republic Party have described President Robert Mugabe as a notorious leader who will go to hell straight when he dies.Party's secretary general Hloniphani Ncube said the recent unfol...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 14:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF steers clear of Ndebele king saga
ZANU-PF has steered clear of the controversy surrounding the planned revival of the Ndebele monarchy and the cancellation of self-proclaimed Ndebele king, Stanley Raphael Khumalo's coronation by the p...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PICTURES: 'Ndebele king' coronation goes ahead in private
RIOT police yesterday blocked the coronation of self-proclaimed Ndebele King, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, which was scheduled for the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Hall in Bulawayo, however, r...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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