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'Gwayi-Shangani to transform Matabeleland region'
The near-completion of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam is poised to transform Matabeleland's agriculture, ensuring year-round crop production and bolstering food security, according to Pelandaba MP Joseph Tshu...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 09:09hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Benefits of devolution in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
In recent years, Zimbabwe has seen significant political and administrative shifts, one of which is the introduction of devolution. Devolution refers to the decentralization of power from a central go...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1415 | by Paul Siwela
Rejuvenating the Real Estate Market in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe: Strategies for Development and Competitiveness
Chief Real Estate Officer, Integrated Properties Zimbabwe, a nation with a storied history and a vibrant yet tumultuous economy, faces multifaceted chal...Published: 19 May 2024 at 20:58hrs | 31 | by Dr Bekithemba Mpofu
Will Mnangagwa ever learn, reform?
IN terms of the constitution, Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections will be convened either in July or August. Already, it seems inevitable that the Gukurahundi genocide could turn out to be one of Matabe...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
No region in Zimbabwe deserves to be marginalised
WHEN, after more than four decades of celebrating self-rule, a sizeable chunk of people in Zimbabwe still see no reason to rejoice because they feel the independence train chucked them out somewhere a...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland does not need leaders from Mashonaland, we have our own
"The buzz word "change" in Zimbabwe has generated hope and excitement that will deliver gloom and doom only to be felt and experienced after the elections. Removing Zanupf and E.D Mnangagwa is not Cha...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Israel Dube
'Gutu not welcome in Matabeleland'
HUMAN rights activists in Matabeleland have vowed to block National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) spokesperson Obert Gutu from visiting the region after his recent claims that Gukurahundi...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire over Ndebele king
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has attracted scorn for celebrating Matabeleland's cultural diversity and heritage while at the same time his government remains adamant that the revival of the Ndebele ki...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phutheho: The decisive Matabeleland Initiative
The Phutheho Convention, a Matabeleland all-stakeholder gathering (Imbizo) which brings together the people of Matabeleland from all walks of life is arguably the best initiative Matabeleland has ever...Published: 11 May 2021 at 22:53hrs | 2 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mnangagwa and the deconstruction of the anecdote of Matabeleland marginalisation
History is replete with many memories of pre and post-independence pains endured by our people. Against this backdrop, even with the Lancaster Conference right up to the Unity Accord of 1987 the natio...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | 7 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 12 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Mwonzora in tribalism, violence storm
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has been accused of fanning tribalism and violence by a senior party official and structures, as fights for control of the opposition outfit persist.In...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'
It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally inse...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Matabeleland - Zimbabwe border to be redrawn with blood
It must be unequivocally stated that Matabeleland is our motherland. We we will never seek Mnangagwa or any other Shona supremacist's permission to restore her independence and sovereignty.On ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:17hrs | | by Israel Dube
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 2 | by Paul Siwela
'My dream is to see a free Matabeleland'
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said his dream is to see a free Matabeleland."My agenda is clear and straight forward and my dream is to see a free Matebeleland and I speak that withou...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
1893 MHRRM condemns state sanctioned public executions
The 1893 MHRRM condemns unreservedly any form of violence, more so, state sanctioned violence, public executions and on-going human rights violations committed by the genocidal state of Zimbabwe on in...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Information and Publicity Dept
Matabeleland's 'national Integration' to Zim weakened her
POLITICAL activists George Mkhwananzi has said ideally it is a good thing to have a united country but the unity accord of 1987 weakened Matabeleland."However unity to some sections of the cou...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Chamisa attacking The Elderly'
The drama unfolding in the MDC-T family is frightening and threatening to the social fabric of Zimbabwe. He want to appoint his friends VP without a congress even though the grassroots says Mafa Siban...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 14:05hrs | | by Douglas Shoko
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 2 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
Matabeleland Select Football Team London 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup Fundraising Event
Matabeleland Select Football Team, a regional team from Zimbabwe, qualified for the CONIFA World Football Cup Finals to be staged in London in May/June 2018. Founded in 2013, CONIFA is the body that o...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Bokani Mlindelwa Vundhla
Mthwakazi activists accused of misdirecting their anger
CHRISTIAN lobby group, Shalom Project Trust, has rapped Mthwakazi activists for disrupting a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) outreach programme in Lupane on Monday, describing the ...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Disruption of gukurahundi commission meetings worrisome
THE recent disruption of national healing consultative meetings by separatist Mthwakazi Republic Party activists, is a worrisome development and should be condemned in the strongest terms.The ...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by newsday
'Mnangagwa administration threatens devolution'
OPPOSITION parties have claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is a threat to devolution of power and are calling on citizens to fight for decentralisation.Speaking at a dialogu...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masuku heckled over Gukurahundi remarks
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Affairs minister Angeline Masuku was yesterday booed off the stage by mourners during a memorial service for Brethren-in-Christ's late cleric, Reverend Reuben Mabhena after she c...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi sore point in Matabeleland'
ZANU PF central committee member and parliamentary candidate for Bulawayo's Makokoba constituency retired Colonel Tshinga Dube says his party's failure to effectively resolve long-standing concerns in...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP inaugural rally successful
Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed that its rally in Bulawayo on Saturday was successful and the party will proceed to other areas in the country to campaign ahead of the 2018 elections."Sta...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The Gukurahundi: Who, What, Where, When, Why
In about a week from today, on 1 July 2012, Zimbabweans across the political cleavage will be celebrating the life and times of that great nationalist, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo. Without ...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:36hrs | | by Mncumbatha
Matabeleland's life-kiss to recovery - Devolution of Power!
It is crystal clear that the current system of highly centralized government has failed Matabeleland. Instead the policies have promoted autocracy, inefficiency, corruption and total exclusion of the ...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 11:27hrs | | by Matthew Dube esquire
The Zimbabwean cabinet militarized
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it is concerned with the deliberate militarization of cabinet and government by the coup leaders of this country."As well as recycling dead wood, this therefo...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi party raps Mnangagwa over new cabinet
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it notes with concern the deliberate militarization of cabinet and government by the coup leaders of this country."As well as recycling dead wood, this ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 11:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Uloyiko in collaboration with Platform One
The Siphesakhe Youth Organisation (SYO) has upped the ante in its fight against the Human Rights abuses committed against the people of Matabeleland by joining hands with the famous Platform One music...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 23:40hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Eddie Cross a Zanu-PF stooge, says Mthwakazi party
Mthwakazi Republic Party has described MDC-T legislator Eddie Cross as a Zanu-PF stooge, masquerading as an MDC-T official.This was after Cross recently claimed in his opinion article that Nde...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 08:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | | by Thabo Kunene
Mthwakazi party's decision to contest '2018 election is the best'
Mthwakazi Republic Party has declared that its decision to contest the Zimbabwe's 2018 elections was the best move they could take in efforts to push their Mthwakazi state restoration.MRP spok...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ULoyiko is releasing and album called the 'Cries of Matabeleland'
On Friday the 28th July 2017 uLoyiko will release 3 singles from their debut album called 'Cries of Matabeleland', followed by the release of the whole album by the 2nd week of August.uLoyiko ...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
How to solve Matabeleland question?
I have been following the unfolding events in Zimbabwe particularly Matabeleland, and I have since concluded that there is a crisis in the country. Tribalism is real, I am fully convinced that...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 10:28hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo MRP
Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction resumes
CONSTRUCTION work at the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North Province resumed on Monday following the release of $5 million towards the project by Treasury.Zimbabwe National Water Authori...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party wants to remove fear from citizens
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has said his party's aim is to remove fear from "our people" and get everyone talking freely about social injustices in Matabeleland and Midlands....Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDCs coalition deal meets internal resistance
THE planned coalition between MDC-T and MDC has suffered a knock after structures resisted terms of the deal that would see the Professor Welshman Ncube-led party allocated seats that have traditi...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai flies into storm in Matabeleland
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai flies into a storm as he meets party structures in Matabeleland starting from today to discuss among other things the divisive issue of forming coalitions with ot...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MLF the hope of Matabeleland'
Mthwakazi Liberation Front Spokesperson Ndabezinhle Fuyane have claimed that his party is the only hope for the people of Matabeleland for a government which will represent their interests once the re...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 09:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi party wants all Zimbabweans to leave 'Matabeleland with immediate effect'
The MLO has said all Zimbabweans who have been deployed by Zanu-PF government "to oversee or facilitate The Grand Plan must leave Matabeleland before it is too late."MLO Secretary for Informat...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The early signs of yet another Gugurahundi-genocide and crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe!
It was a mad moment; ironically the former Prime Minister Robert Mugabe admits how the Gugurahundi atrocities could be seen as the mad moment. The present Vice President Mnangagwa denies having likene...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 20:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Young South Africans launch theatre play on Gukurahundi genocide
Gukurahundi Genocide that took place in southern western parts of Zimbabwe against the Matebele people has been swept under carpet and kept away from the radar of current affairs in Africa and beyond ...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 11:14hrs | | by Yanga Mhluzi
'Zanu-PF hates people from Matabeleland'
MAGWEGWE MP Anele Ndebele (MDC-T) has claimed the Zanu-PF government hates people from Matabeleland, adding the State had a hand in influencing the South African government to deny residence permits t...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland has been engulfed with fear for years
Gwanda Residents Association members Bekezela Fuzwayo has said Matabeleland's problem was that for many years people in the region have been engulfed with fear which has led them fail to confront the ...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 06:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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