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King Munhumutapa in tribal storm, appoints son secretary
The self-appointed King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, is facing a growing controversy after allegedly sidelining some of his Bulawayo commissioners and appointing his son, Chiduku, as secretary of th...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.Downing Street in...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Britain's Charles is heckled by Australian politician
King Charles faced a tense moment during his visit to Australia when independent senator Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian, interrupted his address at Parliament House in Canberra with shouts of ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 12:11hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele kingship revival remains pipedream,' says Munhumutapa
The quest for the revival of the Ndebele Kingship is becoming increasingly complicated as self-styled King Munhumutapa, born Timothy Chiminya, has stated that divisions among claimants to the throne w...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Zulu Reed dance marks 40 years of purity
With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 16:23hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
SADC Summit lets rogue members off the hook
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is supposed to advance democracy and human rights in its 16 member states. But its annual summit, which took place in Harare on Saturday, 17 August, i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Mike Moyo anoints own chiefs to rule in Bulawayo
Lozwi King Mambo, also known as Mike Moyo, who was crowned in Mawabeni, Matabeleland South, in 2019, has recently appointed eight chiefs and eleven assistants to oversee the Bulawayo Metropolitan prov...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:40hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
'King Munhumutapa' disrespectful to the Ndebele people
The Matabeleland-based opposition political party, Freedom Alliance, has criticized King Munumutapa (Timothy Chiminya) for his recent statements regarding his planned visit to Matabeleland as a nation...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:53hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zanu-PF's Matopos rituals
ZANU-PF is facing controversy over its plans to conduct rituals at Matopos and Great Zimbabwe monuments. The party has invited King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, and three other chiefs to perform the...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:41hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele monarchy resuscitation debate heats up
A call for the resuscitation of the Ndebele monarchy has sparked renewed debate. Advocates argue that it is crucial for preserving Ndebele cultural identity, which has been gradually eroded by western...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Eswatini denies reports kingdom facing shortage of men
The Kingdom of Eswatini has denied reports that it was offering nationality to citizens from southern Africa to fill up for shortage of men in the country.It follows a viral fake letter purpor...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 18:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Barotseland wants out of Zambia
Many countries in the world have independentist movements within their borders and the African continent is no exception. Due to its colonial past and the distribution of its regions between the Europ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zulu Royal Houses denounce Cyril Ramaphosa
In a strongly-worded statement released recently, the Senior Houses of the Zulu Royal Household expressed their discontent with President Cyril Ramaphosa's interference in the Zulu Kingship disp...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 10:18hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 Secret...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:58hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe's real 'Second Republic' was actually established under Mugabe!
Ever since Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa grabbed power from then president Robert Gabriel Mugabe in a military coup d'état in November 2017, he has sought to portray his government as the 'Second Repub...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Uncle Sam lacks moral authority to lecture on democracy
ON Thursday 29 June, President Mnangagwa addressed a gathering of small scale miners where he emphasised his Government's support to the most productive sectors of the economy. He told the min...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 10 | by Ranga Mataire
Trouble brewing in Zululand
After riding out a succession storm which rocked the nation following the death of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini in 2021, serious trouble is brewing in South Africa's most powerful monarchy as new Zul...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'UK invitation a breakthrough,' claims Mutsvangwa
President Mnangagwa's invitation to the United Kingdom to attend the coronation of King Charles III, was a breakthrough for the Second Republic as a new, fruitful phase begins in the two countries' di...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes early returns from the UK
ZIMBABWE is edging closer to rejoining the Commonwealth as the bloc warms up to the Second Republic's re-engagement and engagement drive with President Mnangagwa using his visit to the United Kingdom ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will never be genuinely revered by Zimbabweans!
It was so beautiful watching the final part of the coronation of the new British monarch, King Charles III, this afternoon.Although I m...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa faces angry demos in UK
ZIMBABWEANS in the United Kingdom (UK) plan to stage a series of demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he jets into London for King Charles III's coronation, multiple sources said t...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Regime change' NGO disapproves of King Mswati opening ZITF
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, a regime change outfit, disapproves the decision by the government to invite King Mswati III of Eswatini to officially open the 63rd edition of the Zimbabwe Internati...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 5 | by Ian Beddowes
Nelson Chamisa's CCC invests in information warfare
A well placed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) official has told this reporter that there is an emerging alliance between the CCC and Al-Jazeera news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 12:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
British newspaper brands Cyril Ramaphosa as a 'dreadful fellow' after state visit to UK
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been labelled "a dreadful fellow" by the UK-based Sunday Times newspaper, where he was described as a man who prefers "folded stuff" over chequebooks.In the...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa violates 2017 coup agreement?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will not be contested at Zanu-PF's elective congress next month which will go ahead regardless of a court bid to block it and murmurings of disappointment by Vice-Presiden...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Jamwanda
Armchair activists make Pan-Africanism elitist and irrelevant to ordinary suffering Africans!
Imagine an impoverished widowed grandmother, struggling to fend for her orphaned grandchildren, somewhere in rural Marange, Zimbabwe - without any means of income, nor anyone to assist her tend her ti...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If only Zimbabwe also had a respectable leader whom we could revere as the British do their Queen!
As the British, and others around the world, mourn the death of their dearly beloved Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday, at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland - I cannot help admire and be mov...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix
Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections,...Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
Old Bulawayo restoration resumes
THATCHING of King Lobengula's palace at Old Bulawayo has started as the Government steps up efforts towards completing works on the restoration of the historical site.The rebuilding of Old Bul...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Southern African opposition parties need to form a shadow SADC to represent oppressed masses!
It has now become an open secret that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is nothing more than a leaders' club, which seeks to serve and protect the interests of those in power, at the e...Published: 16 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt under attack over banks lending ban
LEGISLATORS have called on government to respect the Constitution and stop behaving hike a monarchy where leaders rule by decree. This follows the recent government directive on banks to stop lending ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war and the Zimbabwe daily bread
The current Russia military onslaught will not only destroy lives and infrastructure in Ukraine, but also bring unprecedented food insecurity and social upheavals to the rest of the world. This will d...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:09hrs | | by Tafadzwa Musarara
Russia-Ukraine conflict affects Zimbabwe's daily bread
THE ongoing Russian-Ukraine tiff will impact negatively on global wheat supply.Both Russia and Ukraine, once jointly dubbed the "breadbasket of Europe", account for 25 percent of the world's w...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans blast Chiwenga
ZIMBABWEANS have criticised Vice President Constantino Chiwenga for threatening to take stern action against a traditional leader, Chief Murinye.The chief last week urged President Emmerson Mn...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Africans need to review the electoral democracy system
ZIMBABWE will go to the polls in 2023 to choose its leadership. It is a regular ritual the country adopted at independence in 1980 when it declared itself a democracy.That meant every five or ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:08hrs | 7 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa is a hard sell for Zimbabwe
FOR weeks on end, Zimbabweans were told that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Glasgow, Scotland, would be a major breakthrough of historic proportions.It would be the first time a leader...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Eswatini closes schools indefinitely as pro-democracy protests flare up
Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, said Saturday it had shut its schools "indefinitely with immediate effect" as the country faces a wave of pro-democracy protests.Protests have flared...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 21:36hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Govt needs to stabilise bread and butter prices
THE looming increase in bread price will pile pressure on the country's citizens already battling a wildly inflationary environment aided by poor monetary policies by Treasury.To say that the ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 8 | by Eddie Cross
Barbados says bye bye to Queen Elizabeth
In November 2021 Barbados will become a Republic, severing its colonial ties with the British monarchy. The first president of the new Republic of Barbados will be 72 year old Sandra Mason. This comes...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 14:40hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chaos as Swaziland citizens besiege US Embassy
Pro-democracy protesters in the Kingdom of Eswatini besieged the United States of America Embassy on Friday calling for an end to the Western country's support of the dictatorial monarchy led by King ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 11:37hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Internal squabbles threaten Ndebele king installation
INTERNAL power squabbles within the Ndebele monarch are giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF government ammunition to block the installation of the Ndebele king.Speaking during a virt...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Is the Rainbow fading away?
Geographically, South Africa is another country, apart and distinct from our Zimbabwe. Experientially, South Africa is all Southern African countries, Zimbabwe especially. A whirlpool of event...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Eswathini burns an attack on Africanism
The events in eSwatini formally Swaziland is indeed knee shaking. There is an onslaught to the only remaining absolute monarchy in the world. The events reminds me of Lybia. Sea is must look across to...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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
Prince Misuzulu Zulu named new Zulu king
PRINCE Misuzulu Zulu has been named as the new Zulu king.In her will, the late regent of the Zulu kingdom Queen Mantfombi Dlamini bequeathed the monarchy to her first son.This means Pr...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
A call to all Mthwakazi organisations to have unity of purpose
As I extend my greetings to you all, please note that I write to you as a citizen of Mthwakazi, whose identity, values, beliefs are Mthwakazian and whose allegiance is to Mthwakazi. What a journ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 20:31hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Monarchy: The cornerstone of African existence
PRINCE Phillip is no longer in our midst. Some dark cloud seems to envelope Britain. May his soul rest in peace. A couple of weeks back, Southern Africa seemed to stand still under a similar dark clou...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Zii Masiye
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