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Ndeblele 'King' suspends State House march

One of the claimants to the Ndebele throne, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, has publicly committed to a traditional lot-drawing process aimed at resolving the long-standing kingship dispute, signaling a significant shift in his approach.Khumalo h…

Published: 22 Nov 2025 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

The Zezuru-Korekore empire died with its founding King, Robert Mugabe

Through astonishing political ignorance, those who claim to be the successors to the Zezuru throan today, Constantino Chiwenga, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe, war veteran, Blessed Geza and others, are the ones who contributed immensely to…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 05:58hrs | 34 | by Israel Dube

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 gratuitously insulted Bulelani Lobengula ka…

Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Minister under fire over 'Ndebele King'

In a striking letter dated 22 April 2025, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe, launched an unprecedented attack on the cultural identity of the Ndebele people. In a sternly worded correspondenc…

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 17:28hrs | 32 | by Mzingaye Khumalo

King Lobhengula: The Statesman Par Excellence

The man who is credited to have expanded Buthwakazi until it covered virtually the whole of Budlanondo (present day Zimbabwe and parts of present day Botswana) is King Lobhengula (named after Prince Nombengula, one of Zwide's sons who fell…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:31hrs | 22 | by George Mkhwanazi

Ndebele King : A Constitutional Right

The President of Zimbabwe ED Mnangagwa declared over the past weekend in Gweru that the Ndebele nation shall not be allowed to install a King of the Ndebele since Zimbabwe is a Republic and not a Kingdom such as Lesotho and Swaziland. Pres…

Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:49hrs | 49 | by Mzilikazi Zwane

The mantra customer is king matters no more

As I saw it, TM Chadcombe bottle store has been closed for the whole of past week, reason given, licencing issues. Where two elephants fight the ants will suffer, we the consumers and residents of the area are suffering. We are the ants an…

Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:10hrs | | by Tondo

Mthuli Ncube: King of the Last Minute

On February 22, 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Amendment of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act and Issue of Real Time Gross Settlement Electronic Dollars [RTGS Dollars]) Regulations, 2019,…

Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Mike Murenzvi

Make the customer king again

The marketing mantra 'customer is king' seem to have melted away with time as traders take their customers for granted. Gone are the days when shopping was a pleasure, to be received with a smile as one walked into a supermarket to pick a …

Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 09:01hrs | 627 | by Gabarinocheka

Ndebele king: Unemotional solution required

I HAVE been investing a great deal of time to find a possible solution to the monarchy controversy and I have come to the conclusion that the recent Court ruling provides a possible answer. It provides a window of possible settlement throu…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka

Why the installation of a Ndebele King is rationally incontestable

After 124 years since the dethronement of the last Ndebele king, Lobhengula Khumalo, there is bound to be opportunists who may want to take advantage of the vacuum as well as saboteurs who may be intent upon causing confusion and chaos jus…

Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2264 | by George Mkhwanazi

Mnangagwa's govt violates cultural rights

Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) have just learnt that the Zimbabwean government has ordered the cancellation of the coronation of Crown Prince Bulelani Lobhengula arguing that the installation of the Crown Prince is unconsti…

Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | 538 | by MIHR General Secretary

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:       17 February 2018Venue: &nbsp…

Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 16:02hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka

Bulelani is willing and able to serve Mthwakazi

CROWN PRINCE  BULELANI COLIN LOBHENGULA  KHUMALO  IS  WILLING,  ABLE  AND READY TO  SERVE  HIS  PEOPLE  IN THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  KINGCrown  Prince  Bulelani&nb…

Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:48hrs | 2071 | by The Real) Royal Information Department

Another Ndebele 'King' to be coronated

The Crown Council, on behalf of relevant chiefs and the people they lead, has the pleasure in announcing that His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo is expected to be culturally crowned on 3 March 2018 in a ceremony t…

Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 13:57hrs | 2040 | by Chief Mathema

Mzilikazi II's triumphalism

The suppressed public Coronation of King Mzilikazi the Second on the 12th September 2017 by the repressive regime of Robert Gabriel Mugabe is like the clamping down of the Chinese "89 Democracy Movement" in May 1989 or the crushing of the …

Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 11:26hrs | 1125 | by Rori Masiane

MLF hails King Stanley Raphael Tshuma as a towering figure

PUTTING RULE BY CONQUEST TO RESTThe revival of the kingship in Mthwakazi continues to make it big in some media circles these days. It also continues to enlarge the gulf of the divide of the nation as the confusion peddlers seem to be so d…

Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 16:51hrs | | by Chrispen Nyoni and Andrea Sibanda

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 ngisithi ezazithunqa. My name is B. Timothy Mathu…

Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 19:52hrs | | by B Timothy Mathuthu Ndlela

Circus about Ndebele King must come to an end

The circus regarding the revival of the Ndebele kingdom continues to play out in the public domain, with rival groups each declaring who they prefer to be the successor.In the past month alone, no less than three people have been mentioned…

Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 17:55hrs | 1407 | by Newsday Editorial Comment

Colls Ndlovu accurately predicted the Ndebele king

In an article published in 2012 right here on Bulawayo24.com, historian Colls Ndlovu (aka Mncumbatha) accurately predicted that Bulelani Lobengula would be crowned the future Ndebele king:Ndebele Kingdom: Who should be crowned Ndebele King…

Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 19:13hrs | 1266 | by Colls Ndlovu

Matabeleland should be wary of political clowns

AS the clock slowly ticks towards elections next year, the Matabeleland region needs to be wary of political clowns who sprout ahead of polls to cause commotion only to disappear after the plebiscite.In the run up to the 2013 harmonised el…

Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma

King Mzilikazi II offers his profile and Khumalo roots

PROFILE KING MZILIKAZI llMy registered name is Stanley Raphael Khumalo. I was born on 27 September 1958 in Nyamandlovu Hospital under the family name â€œTshuma" but my birth date was erroneously recorded as 27 April 1958 till today. M…

Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 17:35hrs | 2767 | by Stanley R. Khumalo

Ndebele Kingdom: Who should be crowned Ndebele King

The recent diamond jubillee celebrations of the British Queen's 60 year uninterupted reign undoubtedly raised nostalgic memories of the once mighty and respected Ndebele Kingdom of King Mzilikazi within the Ndebele people.  It was not…

Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 13:18hrs | | by Mncumbatha

King Mzilikazi Day programme

Celebrating King Mzilikazi Day!

Published: 08 Sep 2011 at 12:10hrs | 977 | by Moyo Roy

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