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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 se...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 21:51hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
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
MRP Appeals to CICC Over Zanu PF's Crimes Against Humanity in Matabeleland
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) Leader Mqondisi Moyo has intensified his party's efforts by engaging the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) to intervene in what he describes as the Z...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:22hrs | 666 | by Stephen Jakes
Freedom Alliance seeks to grow its Matabeleland footprint
The Matabeleland-based movement, Freedom Alliance (FA), has launched a call for its members to broaden the scope of its influence by recruiting their families - specifically wives and children - to jo...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 10:00hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Mr Songezo Tshabangu
Sir good morning and Compliments of the new season. We hope you had a wonderful year, 2024, and you will also have a great year ahead 2025.We hope that you have counted and identified ...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 12:56hrs | 544 | by Cosmas Ncube
Zanu PF never helped ANC/Umkhonto wesizwe during Apartheid: MRP tells Ramaphosa
MTHWAKAZI REPUBLIC PARTY has corrected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for thanking Zanu PF and Zimbabwe for helping South Africa during the liberation war indicating that it was not Zan...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 22:35hrs | 1816 | by Stephen Jakes
Give that US$1 billion to your people Kasukuwere: MRP leader
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party Mqondisi Moyo has lashed out at former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere following his promise to have a US$1 billion budget for Gukurahundi.He said Kasukuwere...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 13:00hrs | 18 | by Stephen Jakes
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
Freedom Alliance leaders unveiled
NEW political outfit, Freedom Alliance unveiled its leaders at a congress held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo at the weekend.The congress ran on Friday and Saturday.Public policy an...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Nkayi trainee nurses recruitment
Nkayi is one of the districts in the Matabeleland region, which are facing serious challenges in having qualified nurses recruited from the local people.It has also been difficult for local el...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents block clinic project
COWDRAY PARK residents in Bulawayo last week blocked Manifesto Construction Company workers from constructing Empompini Clinic in the area, accusing the firm of failing to employ locals in the project...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs must not aid murderers to escape jaws of justice: MLF
MTHWAKAZI Liberation Front (MLF) spokesperson Crispen Nyoni has warned chiefs in Matabeleland and Midlands not to allow Gukurahundi perpetrators to use them to escape justice by concealing evidence ar...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 13:13hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Matabeleland youth to launch Bukalanga Foundation
Diaspora based Matabeleland Youth is said to launch Bukalanga Foundation, a non-profit organization that will help vulnerable people around the country....Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 13:15hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe must give Matebeleland a chance to manage own affairs
The politics of Matabeleland has been in the eye of a storm for a very long time. The Zanu-PF government, opposition parties and civic society groups have always claimed to serve the interests of the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Hon Lovemore Moyo UMD President
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
If Jonathan Moyo's advice is premised on "cut yangu yakamira sei" in the future dispensation, then this country is in for a joke
Listening to the lecture Jonathan Moyo gave in last week one-hour video now circulating in the social media, it felt sick in the pit of the stomach. It is for this reason one must be careful what soci...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mutodi is a lunatic
When we said tribalism is institutionalised system in Zimbabwe you didn't understand now hopefully you get it that when a whole minister thinks that Matabeleland people are not Zimbabweans it actually...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:09hrs | | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Bulawayo rallies behind Chamisa
Radical Matabeleland civil rights movement Ibhetshu lika Zulu has thrown its weight behind the 19 August mass protest called by the Nelson Chamisa led MDC in Bulawayo. In an interview with thi...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 11:14hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
In memory of August 2018 victims
As you would be aware, today marks one year since the tragic gunning down of our citizens by the Military regime. On this day, what started off as an exercise of every Zimbabwean's right to freedom of...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by ZEFF
Chief Tshugulu lives in fear
The institutionalization of tribalism and the government sponsored segregation of uMthwakazi people has caused a lot of pain and agony for Matabeleland people since 1980 and nothing has been done sinc...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
'Newly installed Chief Tshugulu lives in fear after being threatened with assassination or forced disappearance'
The institutionalization of tribalism and the government sponsored segregation of uMthwakazi people has caused a lot of pain and agony for Matabeleland people since 1980 and nothing has been done sinc...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 10 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Bulawayo residents lobby stakeholders for a Commission to run Bulawayo
Since the attempted coup on Bulawayo Town Clerk by the (tribal) Kambarami brigade there has been a renewed effort by Bulawayo civic organizations, residents associations, as well as Bulawayo's promine...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:30hrs | | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Chamisa to address high-profile rallies in Lupane East
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will address two high-profile rallies in Lupane East ahead of the parliamentary by-election in the constituency on August 3 where the opposition party will try to wrestle the...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's representative booed at Dabengwa's funeral
Matabeleland North Minister of State Richard Moyo got a rude awakening on Saturday when he was booed by some mourners at the burial of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazindun...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 12:52hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthwakazi people visit Ntabazinduna mountain
In a show of unity and solidarity in defense of Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, activists across the political divide, as well as civic society activists today braved the threats by state securi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 20:26hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Gumbo.
Let's discuss no insults please
The General consensus amongst Mthwakazi Activists is that both ZANU it's leaders and MDC and it's leaders are the same, because they have the same agenda against our people. What I want to know precis...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Pick n Pay and Zanu-PF in same WhatsApp Group
Yesterday afternoon I received information to the effect that Pick N Pay Victoria Falls will be opening it's doors for business today at the New shopping Mall and we knew that the company had already ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Paul Siwela: fearless father of Matabeleland cause, roar 'King Lion' roar!
Hate him or love him Cde Paul Siwela is a fearless, unapologetic and very principled father of Matabeleland revolution who has been in and out of Zimbabwe prisons and courts since his teenage years. ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Israel Dube
ZESN joins RTG in sidelining and marginalizing Matabeleland people
Yesterday we witnessed scores of unemployed Bulawayo citizens coming with their CVs to try their lucky at the Rainbow Hotel. This was following the arrest of 11 MRP members on Friday who exposed...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by Presia Ngulube
Fortune Charumbira is Zanu PF, he has no moral standing to discipline Mthwakazi chiefs
.The comments by Mashonaland chiefs on a Chiefs WhatsApp group cannot be allowed to go unchallenged, what we read on those chats is so disgusting to say the least. Mashonaland Chiefs in unison...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs?
A petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Chief Vezi Maduna pleading with him to act on the marginalisation of Matabeleland and to set up a commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi genocid...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CIO confine Chief Maduna?
The District Intelligence Officer of Filabusi a Mr Mlotshwa allegedly summoned the all powerful Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi to his office on Thursday over the petition the ch...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 16:55hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matebeleland people excluded in developmental projects
Matebeleland chiefs have written a petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa bemoaning their alleged economic marginalisation which they said should be corrected under the new dispensation.In t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs' letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa - Fulltext
From the Office of.... CHIEF VEZI MADUNA MAFU OF AVOCA FILABUSI COMMUNAL LANDS 9 October 2018 The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:46hrs | 18 | by Chief Maduna, Chief Jahana and Chief Sibasa
Mnangagwa's tribal agenda exposed
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna calls for special Gukurahundi commission
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:05hrs | | by cite.org.zw
1893 MHRRM Student Wing prepares for a Matebeleland Genocide Conference in RSA
We would like to thank the opportunity that we have been given by the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) to be part of this great Human Rights Restoration Movement and a gre...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Jabulani Skhosana, 1893 MHRM RSA Student Wing Secretary
Mthwakazi Republic Party Warns ZANU PF Aligned Warvets
Mthwakazi Republic Party has warned the ruling Zanu-PF to stop trying to impose their members on ly to get employed at the eGodini Mall construction works ahead of other citizens."It has come ...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mpofu advises MDC-T on congress
FORMER MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to immediately call for MDC-T congress to legitimised his leadership.Chamisa and Elias Mudzur...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Results that people of Matabeleland voted for Zanu PF are an insult
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said the announced results which show that Matabeleland people voted for Zanu PF are an insult to Matabeleland.He said attacking the people of Matabelel...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Over two thousand attend MRP Mtshazo Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Saturday held a successful campaign rally that was attended by two thousands people.The day started with a tournament pitting seven local teams as organised by MRP ...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Over two thousand attend MRP Mtshazo Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Saturday held a successful campaign rally that was attended by two thousand people.The day started with a tournament pitting seven local teams as organised by MRP M...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 15:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Used and discarded-Matabeleland people
It is quite unfortunate that the same old story affects Matebeleland now and then. Matebeleland has not benefited from the status quo since independence. The citizenry of mate have been taking second ...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Mthokozizi Mpofu
Zimbabwe Government must pay heavily for Matebele Genocidey
The so called National Peace and Healing Commission formed by blood stained Matebeleland genocide perpetrators is a waste of time and funds. We reject it with contempt it deserves. Those funds must be...Published: 20 May 2018 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
2023!! Marginalized Ndebeles should unite and rally behind Hon Tshinga Dube for Presidency
By It is not a secret that the Matabeleland people have been marginalized big time since Zimbabwe got its independence from Britain in 1980.These guys have played second fiddle in Zimb...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
Revenge Part 2: Plot to oust Mafa Sibanda thickens, Khupe will never rest for sure
Not so recently Anele Ndebele and Eric Gono where seen having a meeting with Thokozani Khupe at Cape to Cairo restaurant April 7th at 7PM. Their plan is that Eric Gono steps down on election day and p...Published: 14 May 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Henry Madiro
Matabeleland Football Confederacy in financial need ahead of London tournament
ZIMBABWE's Matabeleland Football Confederacy (MFC) is seeking financial assistance to send the team to compete in the 2018 Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) World Football Cu...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Zipra veterans engage Tsholotsho villagers
THE Zipra Veterans Association has engaged Tsholotsho villagers at Mbamba in a peace and healing programme since the area is one of the districts in Matabeleland North seriously affected by Gukurahund...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Which fool in Matabeleland will believe tribalist Chamisa's lies?
In a desperate effort to cover up his tribal hate for Ndebeles, to harvest Matebele votes and to feed his uncontrollable appetite for power, Nelson Chimisa had to employ a Big Lie tactic when he addre...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Wilson Mahlafuna Sibanda & Khohliso Maqhoba
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