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Chief Mposi extorts subjects, returns loot after uproar
The baLemba (Varemba) Mberengwa Chief, Mposi Mupangeri was forced to indefinitely withdraw charges and return four beasts which have been charged as traditional court fine by his marshalls after the v...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 12:53hrs | 1434 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mberengwa
ANC members set to picket in protest against possible ANC-DA deal
ANC supporters who voted for the party "in good faith" in the general election on 29 May are expected to picket in Johannesburg on Thursday morning, demanding its leaders reject going into a coalition...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SADC convenes extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe over elections
THE Southern African Development (Sadc) will hold an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government on Zimbabwe on Wednesday under the auspices of its current chairperson, Angolan President JoĆ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
SA envoy officiates at Lemba Day commemorations
THE VaRemba clan around Zimbabwe last week gathered in the Mharepare area under Chief Mposi in Mberengwa, Midlands province, to celebrate Lemba Day, which is meant to preserve customs of the ethnic gr...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jah Lemmy thrills Mzansi
Up and Coming Guruve based traditional musician Ginatsia Nyamhete popularly known as Jah Lemmy gave a polished perfomance at Mzansi bar Mvurwi and walked ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 14:34hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Youths must fear God says Madzibaba Nicholas Zacharia
Khiama boys boss Nicholas Zacharia said youths must fear God because God is supreme.Speaking on the sidelines of Mzansi bar show in Mvurwi yesterday the soft spokesperson Sungura musician said...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 12:00hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Two shot dead answering call of nature
Two men were shot dead while relieving themselves in separate incidents in Gweru and Kadoma, while a body of another man was found with gunshot wounds along the Limpopo River in Beitbridge....Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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
'Nehanda not a national heroine'
A LOCAL historian has said government erected Mbuya Nehanda's statue for political expediency, distorting history since the heroine of the first war of resistance against colonial rule was not a natio...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe construction: The Tonga joining the fray?
IT seems most local tribes could have contributed towards construction of Dzimbahwe Ruins with the Tonga being the latest clan laying the claim that they also played a leading role as far as thi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:49hrs | | by Burzil Dube
MRP takes Mthwakazi restoration bid to Joe Biden
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has escalated its bid to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom through an appeal to newly elected American President Joe Biden to use his world influence to grant t...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | | 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
Julius Malema is of Jewish ancestry!
THIS week's piece was supposed to scrutinise the symbiotic relationship between the Ndebele and Tonga tribes, which is believed to be backdated to more than 100 years ago.According to tradition, t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 74 | by Burzil Dube
King Mambo marries second wife
RECENTLY installed Lozwi King, Mike Mambo Moyo married a second wife at a lavish ceremony held at the royal homestead in Mawabeni of Umzingwane district this Sunday.People came from all corner...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 16:03hrs | 7 | by ZBC
Chamisa conflates religion with Christianity
Many people think, and they are wrong to think this, that Zimbabwe starts and ends in Harare.In fact, many in the opposition believe, and this is a clue to why they lose elections, that Twitte...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Tonga people are black Jews
For many years historians have failed to trace or state the origin of Tongas the ethnic group of Southern Province. Not even archaeology and oral traditions could give a clue of where Tongas came from...Published: 01 May 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2 | by Abraham Shalome
Proflight airlines suspends Harare-Lusaka route
ZIMBABWE'S aviation sector has suffered another blow after Proflight Zambia announced the suspension of the Harare-Lusaka flights at a time RwandAir also discontinued ticketing services in bond curren...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
Proflight in maiden flight to Harare
PROFLIGHT Zambia is to land at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport this morning, as the airline launches its Harare-Lusaka route. The airline had been selling tickets all along waiting...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Proflight Harare-Lusaka tickets go live
Tickets for Proflight Zambia's new route between Harare and Lusaka go on sale from today (June 12) ahead of the launch of the service on July 9, 2018.The airline will fly four times a week, on...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop-on-cop violence at police station
A BINGA man allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow villager six times and a police officer tasked to investigate the issue severely assaulted his superior with an iron bar, after refusing to take on the c...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grandpa killed, 2 women injured in witchcraft row
A MAN from Binga struck an 86-year-old man to death with an axe after accusing him of bewitching him before setting upon two women from the same area with the same weapon, leaving them seriously injur...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, Angiqale ngokubingelela sizw'esinsundu, sizw'esimpisholo. Mthwakaz'omyama ondlelazimhlophe induku zibomvu. Mazinyan'eSilo uLobhengula wamaWaba kaMzilikazi kaMatshobana kaManget...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Collen Dube
Mugabe still subject to civil lawsuit for massacres in foreign courts
The immunity granted to President Mugabe this Tuesday, while it covers criminal and civil charges in Zimbabwe, does not cover civil lawsuits filed in foreign countries on his person and which seek to ...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 15:19hrs | | by Ken Sibanda
The amaNdebele monarchy
On 9 September 2017 hundreds of Ndebele people and their leading chiefs gathered at Mhlahlndhlela to be told that a successor to the Matabele kingship had been identified. He is Bulelani Khumalo, a de...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | 44 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Man impregnating niece
A GOKWE man and his niece have been jointly fined a cow and a goat after they appeared before Chief Njelele's court facing charges of having an incestuous affair.The illicit affair between Gab...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 21:36hrs | | 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
Dog meat is not part of nation's food culture
The recent arrest of a Bulawayo man on allegations of selling parts of dogs' carcasses he retrieved from some rubbish dumping sites was a very unusual occurrence.The dogs had been put down by ...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Outrage over Mbalula remarks escalates
Scores of Zimbabweans have reacted angrily to South Africa (SA)'s Police minister Fikile Mbalula's statement that Zimbabwean soldiers were the ones perpetrating most crimes in his country.Poli...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Shepherd Goronga's brother died a victim of Cyclone Dineo
An aspiring Mberengwa North candidate Takavafira Zhou Mberengwa North has said Chief Mposi) Shepherd Goronga's brother has died, victim of cyclone Dineo on February 18."Yes, as the Lemba would...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Racist photo goes viral
Racist photo goes viralHis name is Johan...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 09:52hrs | | by twitter
Cyril Ramaphosa: A Presidency long overdue
I have noted with some trepidation at the general deterioration of what was once the first and foundational political party in Africa, the African National Congress (ANC).The ANC was found...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 20:40hrs | | by Ken Tecumseh Sibanda
This and that with Mal'phosa - Abahlutshwa ngu Jesu
"Thulani bantwabami ngob'unyoko wabaleka; Musan'ungikhalela selilhuph'amaDlozi; musanukung'khalela selihluph'uJesu." This is an extract from one of the late Vusi Xmba songs. Here is a man...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 21:30hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
'Sibandlululwa ndawo zombili'
Ilotshwe nguVelempini Tshaka Mgazo Tshanikwe Silunde Ndlovu Kujwayelekile ukuthi uzwe umuntu oyisizalwane se Ningizimu Africa engathi uyakuncoma yena ebheda esithi "Awubukeki njengomuntu ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 19:20hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Zimbabwe bars Zambian opposition leader
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government has reportedly blocked Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilemba from coming into the country and address the local opposition MDC Renewal Team party's ina...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dilemma for the 'lost Jewish tribe' Lemba of Zimbabwe
A new photographic project about the 'lost Jewish tribe' aims to open up awareness about Lemba ritual, custom and ethnicity.'I can walk on both sides of the street," is how researcher, photogr...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi
Ndebeles living in Botswana hold cultural festival
A Zimbabwean cultural group, Masiyephambili Cultural Association will Sunday hold this year's edition of the Ndebele Cultural Day in Gaborone, Botswana.Group member, Thokozani Dumani Mlalazi, ...Published: 15 Nov 2014 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lemba origins Revisited
Much attention has been given to the origins of the Lemba people since the year 2000, when a Y chromosome study by Neil Bradman and Mark Thomas of University College London yielded results that indica...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 12:45hrs | | by Anon
Bogus prophet dupes senior citizen (81) of his cattle
A bogus prophet from Old Pumula reportedly duped an 81-year-old man of five head of cattle and cash after claiming that he had a vision directing him to exorcise spirits that made the old man's gr...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 07:56hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Woman (65) sexual assault grandson (12)
A 65-YEAR-OLD Mberengwa woman has appeared in court facing charges of aggravated indecent sexual assault after she was allegedly caught bedding her 12-year-old grandson.According to a State ou...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi Cultural Heritage
Tribalism haunts irrigation scheme
THE recent collapse of Mberengwa's biggest irrigation scheme has taken a new twist with villagers shifting blame on Zesa Holdings and Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to tribalism, gross mism...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emirates, Proflight Zambia sign global ticketing agreement
Emirates, a global connector of people and places, and Proflight Zambia, has signed an interline agreement that will make it easier for international passengers to reach domestic destinations througho...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 11:23hrs | | by Gillian Langmead
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 j...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 09:55hrs | 10 | 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 surn...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 12:20hrs | 6 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Judge rebukes security guards against inflicting terror on members of the public
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday rebuked security guards and other security officers against inflicting terror on members of the public by taking the law into their own hand...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
King Mzilikazi Reloaded: A story of how we begin to remember
"NO NO NO I will never say progress is being made....If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches there's no progress..you pull it all out ...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 06:07hrs | 17 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Raping of daughter-in-law (Nnholo we Mwizana) NOT Kalanga Culture
Last week, on June 30, there appeared an article in the press titled "...Published: 04 Jul 2012 at 13:28hrs | 5 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel.
Don't isolate Zimbabwe says Zambia
ZAMBIA Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda has appealed to African countries not to join Western States in isolating Zimbabwe.Mr Chikwanda, who was representing Zambian president Sata at t...Published: 30 May 2012 at 17:56hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Inside the Great Nation of Bukalanga: A Definition of Bukalanga vis-āĆāĆāĆĀ¬ā -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 | 49 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
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