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MRP defends calls for Mthwakazi restoration

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has defended its calls for the restoration of Mthwakazi, insisting that the movement should not be mischaracterised as reckless secessionism but as a legitimate pursuit of justice, accountability, and the…

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:50hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi condemns police's unconstitutional ban of meeting

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has strongly condemned the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for cancelling its planned public meeting in the Midlands province, originally scheduled for Saturday, August 3. The party described the move as a…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 11:29hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi in global advocacy to address Gukurahundi

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned the United Nations (UN), seeking international intervention and support for justice over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, and backing for i…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter

MRP needs US$650k to intensify its self-determination international engagement

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is appealing for US$ 650,000 to intensify international engagements that seek to push the Zimbabwean government to the negotiating table on its efforts to achieve self-determination of the Matabeleland pe…

Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 21:51hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi hearings constitutionality questioned

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has challenged the legality and execution of the government-led public hearings into the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities, raising constitutional concerns and demanding clarity on the exclusion of the Midland…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:44hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter

MRP call for self-determination as Africa celebrates Africa day

Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has reminded heads of African states that as they celebrate Africa day they must remember that there is unfinished business of some of the states like Mthwakazi which are yet to attain self det…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | 382 | by Stephen Jakes

Tshabangu seals 2030 agenda deal

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu has told legislators aligned to his faction that he has secured a deal that would allow them to remain in Parliament beyond 2028 under a proposed government of…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:30hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi launches fresh bid for secession

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has reignited its push for secession from Zimbabwe by formally petitioning the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to mediate negotiations with the Harare government.In a letter dated May 20 and…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:29hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter

Fresh wave of farm invasions in Matebeleland

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has strongly condemned what it describes as a disturbing resurgence of illegal farm invasions in Matebeleland, accusing ruling ZANU-PF officials and state security agents of orchestrating land grabs in th…

Published: 21 May 2025 at 12:39hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter

MRP leader's brother arrested for insulting Mnangagwa

Dinginhlalo Moyo, the Brother to Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has been arrested and is set to appear at Plumtree Court tomorrow in what the party has termed Frivolous and Vexatious charges of insulting President Emmerso…

Published: 21 May 2025 at 10:11hrs | 1016 | by Stephen Jakes

Mthwakazi petitions UN over Zanu-PF oppression

The Matabeleland secessionist group, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), has petitioned the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies, accusing the Zanu-PF-led government of committing crimes against humanity since Zimbabwe's independ…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:28hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activist appears in court over school protest

A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhulile Jele, appeared at the Plumtree Magistrates Court on Thursday facing a disorderly conduct charge after protesting at a local school over the alleged ill-treatment of students.Jele (34), wh…

Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:14hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter

Witnesses give conflicting statements in Mthwakazi activist case

A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist has been remanded in custody to March 3 on charges of disorderly conduct following an incident at Phakamani High School.Mkhululi Jele, the national youth chairperson of the MRP, was arrested after …

Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:03hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi's Treasurer abducted by heavily armed CID officers

Nkosinathi Ncube, the National Treasurer of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), was abducted this evening, 13 December 2024, by a group of heavily armed officers from the CID Homicide department in Bulawayo.The abduction took place at appr…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 11:23hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF threatens regional sovereignty, says MRP

The clamour for democratic transformation across southern Africa signals the region's desire to rid itself of a "cancerous growth" undermining electoral integrity and national sovereignty, according to the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP).In…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:46hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

MRP Calls on Donald Trump to Intervene in Zimbabwe Over Gukurahundi Atrocities

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has extended congratulations to U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump on his victory in the 2024 presidential election, urging him to address human rights issues in Zimbabwe. MRP specifically asked Trump to p…

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:47hrs | 1023 | by Stephen Jakes

MRP blasts Munhumutapa over private member bill

Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has blasted 'King Munhumutapa' Timothy Chiminya over his private member bill tabled in parliament seeking to take traditional leaders' authority from the local government.The bill was tabled in…

Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 09:43hrs | 301 | by Stephen Jakes

Zimbabwe's MRP rallies behind Nigeria's Yoruba people's secession lobby

Zimbabwe's Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which advocates for the secession of Matabeleland and the Midlands from Zimbabwe to restore a Mthwakazi State, has expressed its support for Nigeria's Yoruba tribe, which is pushing for the establ…

Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 472 | by Stephen Jakes

MRP Announces National Women's League Executive

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leadership has announced the new National Women's League executive committee as the party revitalizes itself to advance its Mthwakazi state restoration agenda.In a statement, MRP spokesperson Velile Moyo …

Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 07:25hrs | 476 | by Stephen Jakes

UK House of Commons receives Mthwakazi petition on Zanu-PF threats

The United Kingdom House of Commons has formally acknowledged receipt of a petition from the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), raising alarm over threats and human rights abuses allegedly committed by Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF p…

Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:57hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter

MRP targets to recruit 1000 Youth in SA

Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) vibrant youth in South Africa is targeting to recruit over 1000 youth in the neighbouring country as it gears to intensify its efforts to push for a separate Mthwakazi state from Zimbabwe.This is revealed by …

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 20:32hrs | 849 | by Stephen Jakes

Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdown on its members and pro-democracy acti…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 1150 | by Nkosi Moyo

Mthwakazi tells people's chiefs to withdraw from Gukurahundi hearings

The secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has launched an online petition to prevent Matabeleland chiefs from leading the Gukurahundi hearings, a task assigned to them by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The party argues that this invol…

Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter

MRP gears up for Umkhombandlela rally

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to host its highly anticipated Umkhombandlela Rally on December 21, 2023, at Stanley Hall in Makokoba, Bulawayo. The event comes at a crucial time for the party, which has faced a tumultuous year m…

Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mthwakazi presses for Gukurahundi compensation

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) wants the international community to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa to compensate Gukurahundi victims.There has been no redress to the 1980s mass killings that left over 20 000 people dead in Midla…

Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police invoke strict COVID-19 rules for Mthwakazi rally

POLICE in Bulawayo have cleared a rally organised by secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) at Nketa Hall on very strict conditions, which the party has since contested. The party is expecting to hold a campaign rally at Nketa Hall on…

Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi stages demo against candidate nomination fees

Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) staged a demonstration at Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) offices in Bulawayo against the candidate nomination fees. ZEC's nomination fees were gazetted through Statutory Instrument (SI 144) of 2022 …

Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Security fears as opposition Mthwakazi activists in 'suspicious' prison transfers

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has reportedly transferred Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists from Khami Maximum Prison to Chikurubi and Gwanda Prisons, under unclear circumstances.In June this year, Bulawayo Ma…

Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

BREAKING: 9 Mthwakazi activists given community service

Information reaching this publication indicate that the Bulawayo magistrate courty has has handed down community service sentence on nine Mthwakazi Republic Party officials who include national league chairperson Sibongile Banda, Busi Moyo…

Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mthwakazi hits back at Mnangagwa

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Thursday hit back at Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for making unsavoury remarks against him and his party.Mnangagwa took issue with MRP leader, Mqondisi Moyo's separatist thrust, in which …

Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

A call for the condemnation of the violation of the human rights of prisoners by the Zimbabwe regime

Greetings to all! A few days ago, members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were released on bail from incarceration at Zimbabwe's notorious Khami and Mlondolozi prisons. No sooner had they been released than they described the horribl…

Published: 18 May 2021 at 15:20hrs | 4 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza - MLF President

Is secession the only thing that could free Matabeleland?

KALIQUNYE means "cut it" - in this case, cut the country, divide it. It is a demand for independence by the people of Matabeleland or Mthwakazi Republic Party.what the party is advocating for resonates with many in Matabeleland and I belie…

Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 13 | by Thandekile Moyo

Marginalisation, tribalism - The emergence of Mthwakazi Republic Party

A PARTY of young people from Matabeleland, the Mthwakazi Republic Party, believes there is no reason for Matabeleland to remain under the subjugation of Zimbabwe and they have been calling for secession.The Mthwakazi Republic Party's argum…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Thandekile Moyo

Mthwakazi activists dragged to court

FIVE members of the radical Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were recently dragged to court, ostensibly for disrupting court proceedings and violating lockdown restrictions.Bulawayo provincial magistrate Shepherd Mjanja heard that Welcome Mo…

Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

MRP Officials confront Magwegwe Police over misspelt station name

This morning, Mthwakazi Republic Party officials comprising mainly youths, descended on Magwegwe Police Station over a banner with a wrongly spelt name of one of the prominent Ndebele chiefs "Magwegwe".  The Shonas had, instead, writt…

Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:07hrs | | by MRP

Mthwakwazi petitions govt

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) claims Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo recently employed 11 general hands from outside Matabeleland, a move it says is tantamount to marginalisation of people from the region.In a petition addressed to th…

Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

MRP petitions govt over police harassment

SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned government to register its displeasure over harassment and physical abuse of Bulawayo residents by State security agents, particularly at roadblocks.MRP officials handed their peti…

Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'MRP President Mqondisi Moyo's political career and people's expectations'

The interest and enthusiasm being shown by many Mthwakazi's sons and daughters in support of  Mthwakazi Republic Party's ideology and it's political views has come at very huge cost for some of the MRP leaders especially at personal a…

Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gum

Mthwakazi activists arrested for saying Shonas killed Ndebeles

Five members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party have been charged with participating in a gathering to promote public violence , breaches of peace and bigotry or alternatively disorderly conduct in public place.Partrone Xaba, Mongameli Mlotsh…

Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

Five Mthwakazi activists arrested at Chief Ndiweni hearing

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested members of MRP for demonstrating outside the Bulawayo High Court. Various online reports said at the time of writing the activists were locked at the Central Police Station at the CID Law and order…

Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu

MRP members summoned by police

Two MRP members Cde Marshall Sibanda and Cde Luckson Maphosa have been summoned by police over the foiled ZANU PF v MDC demonstrations. We are yet not sure of the link between our Cdes and the said demo. Though we suspect that it's in fact…

Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | 5 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo

Mthwakazi's State Of the Nation Address

Good evening Mthwakazi Omuhle ondlela zimhlophe.I wish to have started by acknowledging the so called Zimbabwe's hereos and defense forces day, but I am too angry to go through such kind of formalities.We are told by our relatives the true…

Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 21:43hrs | 7 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo

Every generation has its heroes

Today I felt encouraged as well as hopeful as I watched our comrades being escorted like criminals from Khami prison. Seeing Zimbabwe prison services officers in their unusual anti riot gear carrying automatic rifles movie style following …

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:42hrs | 6 | by MRP Vice-president Ms Presia Ngulube

Open letter to President Mnangagwa

Today the 7th of August, is another unfortunate moment of the travesty of justice upon three  Mthwakazi Republic Party activists at the Tredgold Magistrates Courts in Bulawayo. We write this letter as MRP South Africa youth Chapter, t…

Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 10:26hrs | 3 | by MRP

Ndebele's speech at MRP SA meeting

I would like to honor and recognize the presence of our party president Cde Mqondisi Moyo, NEC members here present, South Africa MRP provincial leadership. All protocol observed.Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen, comrades and friends, I…

Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:45hrs | 3 | by Sehliselo Ndebele

Mthwakazi Republic Party at crossroads

I am seriously disappointed by the election results of the Lupane-East parliamentary by-elections. We didn't perform well.While I understand the many factors that influences our poor performances in elections since our first election conte…

Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo

Minister Monica Mutsvangwa confirms MRP right

The three board appointments under the Ministry of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services announced today [Wednesday] by Minister Mutsvangwa only serves to confirm that Mthwakazi Republic Party MRP is right, as well justified to…

Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 5 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo

'Obert Mpofu thinks like a lizard'

Jonathan Moyo once said, "Obert Mpofu has a big body like an elephant but thinks like a lizard." This statement really explains how Obert Mpofu thinks.The utterances by Obert Mpofu that apologising on the Gukurahundi-Genocide by Emerson Mu…

Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 15:16hrs | 3 | by Mqondisi Moyo

MDC apologises to Mthwakazi

The MDC Bulawayo chairlady Tendai Gwaradzimba who yesterday declared war on MRP calling upon her party faithful to fight MRP and accusing MRP for being ZANU PF has since retracted her comments and apologized for misjudging the people's rev…

Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 12:25hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Gumbo

Is MRP a tribal party?

I have been asked this question a million times by a lot of people, many people actually believe that Mthwakazi is advancing a tribal narrative, that makes the so called Ndebele tribe superior which in itself is not true because Ndebele is…

Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo

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