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ZANU PF succession battles open window of opportunity for Matabeleland breakaway

Zimbabwe Independence Day Celebrations on 18 April 2025 marked 132 years of Matabeleland oppression. Firstly by the British South Africa Company, 1893- 1980, under the rule by coquest, secondly by the Shona supremacist tribal oppression, f…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 1335 | by Israel Dube

Kings for Harare, But Not for Matabeleland? Garwe's Letter Exposes a Deep Hypocrisy

Minister Daniel Garwe's recent rebuke of Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart over his meeting with King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo has sparked a storm of outrage across Matabeleland. The letter, reeking of condescension and political threat, accu…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 19:48hrs | 1128 | by Mfan'ufikile kaMalikongwa

Time to rename Zimbabwe's Provincials

Forty-five years on, Zimbabwe, formerly Southern Rhodesia, gained independence in 1980 after a protracted struggle against colonial rule. The names of provinces and regions, however, remain a lingering reminder of this past. Manicaland, fo…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 10:13hrs | 799 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Zanu PF now devouring its children: they now smell like goats

Even in my normal senses, I never thought I would live this long to witness Zanu devouring its own children because they now smell and look like goats. I never thought the people of Mashonaland would turn against Zanu PF and openly talk ab…

Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 01:03hrs | 773 | by Nomazulu Thata

Mnangagwa's stunt at Pupu akin to Hitler officiating at a Jewish synagogue?

It was quite a disturbing and unsettling sight watching President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa officiating at the unveiling of the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupani.  This was in honour of the 1893 vanquishing of 33 British troo…

Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 19 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

July Moyo statement on Matabeles in South Africa false dangerous, smacks of tribal hatred

The statement by the Minister of Labour and Child Welfare, July Moyo that the majority of more than 400 children that were intercepted by South African authorities at Beitbridge border were from Matabeleland is false and pathetic. It smack…

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:26hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube

CCC faction threatening to kill innocent Matabele children in bad taste

Reports in the media that a CCC faction led by Nelson Chamisa is threatening to murder innocent children of Matabele MPs and councillors  that have not been recalled by CCC Interim General Secretary, Sengezo Tshabangu, are disturbing …

Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:58hrs | 17 | by Israel Dube

Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo

The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawayo, the cultural and economic nucleus o…

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 44 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)

CCC Mthwakazi: kick out Shona supremacist Chamisa and declare Matabeleland independent, ignore Welshman apology

Nothing pains us more than seeing fellow Matabeles being humiliated, dehumanised, abused and used as voting cattle in the Zimbabwe election booths by opportunistic Zimbabwe opposition parties that do not have the interests of Matabeles at …

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:46hrs | 21 | by Israel Dube

Joshua Nkomo's Contribution to the struggle for freedom

When the iconic Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo died on the 1st of July 1999, the generality of Matabeleland felt demobilised, further isolated and wondering if it would ever achieve peace in Zimbabwe. Father Zimbabwe, as Dr Nkomo was affectionate…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:50hrs | 12 | by Freedom Alliance

Oppression of minorities has caused the split of Zimbabwe into two states

We are surprised that the President of Zimbabwe, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa,  has the guts to lie to the world with a straight face that his administration respects the rights of minorities in the face of the split of Matabeleland and Zimb…

Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:27hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube

Point of correction: Chiwenga not son in law of Matabeleland

We know that having a husband who holds a high position in Zimbabwe or any other country can be exciting for others. And having a better half of your choice from any country or nation is any woman or man's right. However, attempting to par…

Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | | by Israel Dube

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 Change but replacement moreso by people ca…

Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Israel Dube

Bones of Bhalagwe, arise!

The voice speaks to the bones that are scattered all over Matabeleland and Midlands. Arise! Bones that are in the stomach of Bhalagwe, stand up and refuse to be silenced. Arise and be counted! All the bones in shallow graves, rise up and f…

Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 20:10hrs | 14 | by Nhlanhla Moses

2022 budget should up Matabeleland momentum

FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2022 National Budget Statement today amid high expectations that more resources will be allocated to expedite completion of key capital projects in Mat…

Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:00hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter

UK Prime Minister: Please remind Mnangagwa, Matabeles are not dogs or cockroaches

No matter how much President Mnangagwa tries to ignore Matabeleland grievances and griefs, they will always follow him everywhere he goes like his own shadow. As he prepares to visit UK, we implore Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, his Foreig…

Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:38hrs | 14 | by Israel Dube

Mnangagwa: Ndebeles are not dogs (imigodoyi)

"You can never make Ndebeles dogs. You may wipe them out but the children of the Stars can never be dogs."  Matabele Spokesman, Somabhulani Dlodlo spoke these words warning the white supremacists in 1896. We repeat them today, this ti…

Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 11:49hrs | 5 | by Israel Dube

'Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo is never forgotten'

STATEMENT BY ASPIRING ZAPU PRESIDENT SIBANGILIZWE NKOMO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING ON OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, FATHER ZIMBABWE, JOSHUA MQABUKO NGONGOLO NKOMOThe 1st of July is undoub…

Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 13:13hrs | 12 | by Sibangilizwe Nkomo

Writing my suicide note: Dambudzo Mnangagwa is inside us!

It is suicidal to critique the Mthwakazi parties in as much as to condemn infiltration by the Mnangagwa CIOs in Matabeleland. What I read in New Zimbabwe.com causes concern to those who are carefully following developments in this region. …

Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 08:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Dispelling the idiotic myths and stereotypes against Matabeleland

Although myths and legends have been useful tools of African philosophy for raising children since time immemorial, the way it has been used to enhance Shona supremacy and denigrate the people of Matabeleland and their cultures in Zimbabwe…

Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:49hrs | 22 | by Nhlanhla Moses

Go to Harare and arrest Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

For someone who studied chemistry, I know that a chain of reactions has a lot to do with the heat that produces those reactions. Chain reactions can be a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-products cause additional reacti…

Published: 24 May 2021 at 15:51hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata

Independent Matabeleland presages the worst to come: South Sudan war will be nowhere near

We have been saying time and again that these numerous Mthwakazi parties are a group of young boys who do not have the slightest idea about the past liberation war. Reading the daily news in social media, we are informed about several inci…

Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

Mat'land 'green belt' nigh

In the 2018 election manifesto, ZANU PF party promised to improve  service delivery to the people and eventually catapult Zimbabwe to an Upper Middle Income Economy by 2030 with or without sanctions and with or without Foreign Direct …

Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:26hrs | 7 | by Tirivanhu Kateera

Are we heading for disaster? - An Open conversation

This article is an open conversation that touches the many issues that have brought our country to where it is today. It is not an article of opposition but a call to introspection. It is a call for us as a country to align our ambition of…

Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 12:19hrs | 17 | by Liverson Mdongo wa Habe

Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe

The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged…

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 5 | by Nhlanhla Moses

Of the Kambarami fiasco and Ndebele-Shona issues

It's just been a few weeks since the Deputy Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Mr. Tinashe Kambarami decided to fire the town clerk, Mr. Christopher Dube, in a move that would make Kambarami an internet sensation and a celebrity over a few hour…

Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Mandla Tshuma

Mnangagwa loses his cool as Matabele chiefs tell it all about Gukurahundi

Talk of a man who is sweating profusely under the searing heat of Matabeleland genocide, it is the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa. He has been to Matabeleland twice this year within a space of eight weeks to do Matabeleland genoc…

Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 11:18hrs | | by Israel Dube

Matebeleland Problems won't be solved by Zimbabwe Government ( ZANUPF)

How can the Zimbabwe Government solve Matebeleland problems when the same Zanu PF system is the chief creator of all our problems?Our problems today as a region were created, knowingly and deliberately, by Zanu PF and the British Governmen…

Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by VV Vodloza kaVodloza

Are the brutal and vicious attacks on the Matabeleland Collective warranted?

Are the brutal and vicious attacks on the Matabeleland Collective warranted? A new kid on the block has emerged from Matabeleland and has caused a stir, the criticisms it has attracted has forced me to pen this article coming from a neutra…

Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 17 | by Thulani Nkala

Sorry! Matabeleland not for sell

We find no phrase that describes Jenni Williams and her little known organization Matabeleland Collective, better than "treacherous traitors". Some traitors would do their business under the cover of darkness but Jenni Williams and company…

Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 12:21hrs | 2 | by MLO

The Heroine of Matabeleland is fallen! Matabeleland has heroes and heroines too!

The beautiful ones were born, but not acknowledged; these are women from Zapu - Matabeleland: Soneni Ngweny-Matiwaza is a nations' heroine: who cares today!The lyric from Bob Dylan goes like this: "What will your mother say pretty Peggy O,…

Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:56hrs | 25 | by Nomazulu Thata

'Is Mthwakazi Independence Achievable?'

Mthwakazi Research Institute, registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in South Africa, through a research that lasted for 3 months, from October 2018 to December 2018, answers the question that says, 'is Mthwakaz…

Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 4 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute

Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland

"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky tribal grounds. At the epicenter of the problem …

Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 9 | by Israel Dube

The Gukurahundi victims demand apology and compensation

Dear Editor, As we commemorate the Matebeleland and Midlands massacres conservatively put at over 20,000  civilians on 22 December our demands for a justice cannot be ignored. The senseless killing of civilians in an attempt to create…

Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:27hrs | 1 | by L Dube

Provincial Councils, the new economic hubs

The implementation of the devolution of Government responsibilities to Provincial Councils will give birth to new economic hubs as provinces will be able to manage their resources for the benefit of that respective province.The just ended …

Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota

Mnangagwa declares war on 'secessionists': fire will be met with fire!

President Mnangagwa's angry outbursts at Zanupf conference on Friday shows without any modicum of doubt that Matabeleland restoration cause puts the fear of God in him and his cabinet.MLO is aware that the emotionally charged attack on Mat…

Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:21hrs | | by Israel Dube, Secretary for Information and Public Affairs

Jim Kunaka's life in danger

If Jesus Christ managed to forgive and took a robber/murderer on the cross to paradise, MDC Alliance supporters should forgive Jim Kunaka too. Jim Kunaka is a courageous and religious man who accepted to swallow his pride just like Saul an…

Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 11:03hrs | 2 | by Don Chigumba

Chamisa is a dangerous smiling tribalist.

The 2018 local council elections produced an outcome which was very complicated in Bulawayo. The underlying factor is the disrespect which the MDC Alliance propagated by fielding the majority of Shona candidates in Bulawayo. What makes mat…

Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 6 | by Thulani Nkala

Why Mnangagwa must not be allowed to rule Matabeleland

He has a genocide case to answer in Matabeleland. If Emmerson is prepared to compensate white farmers for the loss of land he should also be ready to compensate Matebeles for the genocide by giving them their country. If he cannot, is he s…

Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube

These Elections are a Win-Win for Mthwakazi Voters

Why now? The harmonised elections taking part tomorrow in Zimbabwe present an opportunity for Mthwakazi voters. For the first time since independence, the voters from Matabeleland and Midlands are faced with a win-win situation. This may c…

Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 23:20hrs | 1 | by BMV

Tomorrow let's go vote MRP in numbers, save Matabeleland

Team MRP is kindly asking you to come out in your numbers tomorrow the 30th of July 2018 and vote MRP MPs and Councilors in Matabeleland North, South, parts of Midlands, and Bulawayo. Lets save Matabeleland, defend our resources, our tribe…

Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Team MRP

Matabeleland Select Team makes football history

Gander Green Lane, home of Sutton United FC, was turned into scenes of joyous celebration for Matabeleland overcoming the odds to attend the CONIFA World Cup in London. This was one of the opening games of the tournament were underdogs Mat…

Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:34hrs | 2 | by BMV

Chamisa clueless on Matabeleland

Mthwakazi Republic Party has said the tribal monster that feeds the political appetite of the Harare parties is finally exposing it's expiring phase in Matabeleland after what it claimed was total ceaselessness by MDC-T leader Nelson Chami…

Published: 27 May 2018 at 11:59hrs | 1 | 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 Sibanda. The old are negated in favour of th…

Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 14:05hrs | 1 | by Douglas Shoko

Chamisa's desperate political campaign is ruinous

Chamisa's recent campaign rally held in Bulawayo at White City Stadium was ignominious. In his speech (orated largely in Shona), he promised the coronation of Bulelani Lobengula as early as September 2018.Surely a rocket scientist is not n…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Chrispen Nyoni

Mugabe believed its Ndebeles that were going to stage a Coup

Since 1980, Mugabe held a misinformed   belief that the coup d'etat that was to upstage him from power was going to originate from Matabeleland. Reality struck, on the 15th of November 2017.On this day, Zimbabwe woke up to a war-…

Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Wilson Mahlafuna Sibanda & Khohliso Maqhoba

No Mr Vice President, we can't be foreigners before we are Mthwakazi

The statement by the Vice President of Zimbabwe Kembo Mohadi at the weekend that Matabeles are Zimbabweans before they are Ndebeles is misplaced, misinformed and misleading and needs immediate rectification.First we are family, village, di…

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Wilson Mahlafuna Sibanda & Khohliso Maqhoba

Matabeleland no longer playing ground for Harare parties

Mthwakazi Republic Party has declared that Matabeleland has ended the chapter in which it has been for so long used as a play ground by political parties from Mashonaland."Recent MDC-T's flopped campaign rallies has served as a warning tha…

Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes

Chief Gampu probes Minister July Moyo over ban of Ndebele king coronation

A Matabeleland Chief Gampu has probed the Minster of Local Government Public Works and National Housing July Moyo over the government's ban of the coronation of a Ndebele King which was slatted for march 3.Cheif Gampu questioned the minist…

Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes

Matabeleland has a vacuum in leadership

The Matabeleland in its quest for a leader has crossed the border and brought in a king. I wonder if this is a Ndebele king or a Matabeleland king, if Ndebele it becomes a puzzle, yet if it's Matabeleland it does not add up. Matabeleland i…

Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 08:28hrs | 4 | by Clive Zulu

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