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Tribalism, fear, paranoia drive Zanu PF's response to Ndebele king
A seemingly innocuous picture of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart and Bulelani Khumalo, who claims to be the Ndebele king, seems to have caused panic in the corridors of power with a tempest in a coffee p...Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:31hrs | 458 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Ndiweni wades into Ndebele 'king' storm
The recent meeting between Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart and the one of the claimants of the Ndebele monarch King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo has sparked intense controversy, drawing sharp reactions fro...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:46hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
'Garwe must not bully the mayor'
Opposition party ZAPU has come out strongly in defence of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart, following a public rebuke by Local Government minister Daniel Garwe over the mayor's decision to host self-procl...Published: 02 May 2025 at 19:48hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Minister under fire over 'Ndebele King'
In a striking letter dated 22 April 2025, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe, launched an unprecedented attack on the cultural identity of the Ndebele pe...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:28hrs | 1355 | by Mzingaye Khumalo
Ibhetshu LikaZulu defends Ndebele King claimant
Ibhetshu LikaZulu has expressed deep concern over the letter written by the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, which condemned Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart for meeting with King Bulelani K...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:42hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King claimant's visit to Coltart shocks, angers Zimbabwe govt
A recent meeting between Ndebele King claimant Bulelani Khumalo, a descendant of the late King Lobengula, and Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has sparked outrage from the Zimbabwean government. The Local...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:15hrs | 2001 | 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 | 605 | 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 | 951 | 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 | 1047 | 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 | 8 | 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 | 3 | 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 t...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gum
Being Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni from Ntabazinduna is easily one of the newsmakers for 2019.The traditional leader, who has on many occasions angered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with his sharp crit...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by The Sunday Times
Ndebele communal farmers evicted to pave way for shonas in Filabusi
Threats by the government to evict communal farmers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, to allegedly pave way for those from outside the province are stoking fears of tribal clashes in the area, analysts...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zulu King backs Mthwakazi activist
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini recently sent a delegation to Bulawayo to "meet and thank" a local human rights activist who has been campaigning for the revival of the Mthwakazi Republic...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition is looming against the 'Ndebele' king
GOVERNMENT has not lost any time to mobilise opposition to the time-honoured Ndebele monarchy. This follows the court dismissal of Bulelani Colin Khumalo's coronation bid on March 3. It is cle...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:10hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ndebele monarchy more Zimbabwean than the presidency
I found the near hysterical rejection, if not paranoic repression, by the Zimbabwe government of the restoration of the Ndebele monarchy, both very flabbergasting and worrying.I might not be p...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Quibbling about chiefs' role and Lobengula's coronation date
THERE are several stumbling blocks against resolution of the Ndebele monarchy issue.The first is that those who are not members of Lobengula's house cannot join in the identification of an hei...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Matabeleland Chiefs hailed for standing firm on Ndebele King
THE Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu party has hailed traditional leaders in Matabeleland for standing firm in support of the planned coronation of King Lobengula's heir, which was stopped at the last minute ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King installation is unconstitutional, says court
THE Bulawayo High Court has confirmed the Mnangagwa government's position of stopping the revival of the Ndebele kingship by blocking the coronation of a new monarch, saying the move was unconstitutio...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulelani faction to approach the courts on Ndebele king coronation
The Crown Council, the organisers of the ceremony to install Prince Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo as the new 'Ndebele king', will lodge an urgent chamber application following government's decision to ba...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 13:07hrs | | by CITE
Peter Zwide files court application to stop Bulelani coronation
THE newly appointed King Lobengula Nyamande II, Mr Peter Zwide kaLanga Khumalo has filed a high court application to stop the coronation of King Lobengula ll, ...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by CITE
Ndebele Chiefs called for a meeting with July Moyo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has dispatched his Local Government and Home Affairs ministers to meet with traditional chiefs from the Matabeleland region to discuss government's ban on the revival of t...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Zwide Kalanga unveiled as Ndebele King
PROMINENT Bulawayo cultural activist, Peter Zwide Kalanga Khumalo, who was unveiled as King Nyamande Lobengula II at Bulawayo Amphitheatre on Saturday, pledged to improve the lives of people in Matabe...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama enters race for monarch
IN a dramatic new development in the race for the Ndebele monarch, the Sihluku house, which had appeared to monopolize the race, has lost its dominance with the emergence of the Sumpe house in an on-g...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 19:06hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Maphenduka's view on two States in Zimbabwe gives legitimacy to a conqueror
A Bulawayo24.com reader, Tembedza Chigovanyika, has responded to Jonathan Maphenduka's '...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The amaNdebele monarchy
On 9 September 2017 hundreds of Ndebele people and their leading chiefs gathered at Mhlahlndhlela to be told that a successor to the Matabele kingship had been identified. He is Bulelani Khumalo, a de...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 17:31hrs | 76 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zapu backs Mzilikazi II
DUMISO Dabengwa's Zapu has endorsed the planned revival of the Ndebele monarchy, and coronation of self-imposed Ndebele King Stanley Raphael Khumalo, as King Mzilikazi II.Zapu deputy spokesper...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF steers clear of Ndebele king saga
ZANU-PF has steered clear of the controversy surrounding the planned revival of the Ndebele monarchy and the cancellation of self-proclaimed Ndebele king, Stanley Raphael Khumalo's coronation by the p...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula's descendants distance themselves from Bulelani Khumalo
CONFUSION continues to rock the restoration of the Ndebele kingdom, with the last King Lobengula's descendants on Monday distancing themselves from 32-year-old Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo, who wa...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele king' faces mounting resistance
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which is campaigning for secession, has said it is against the revival of an "absolute Ndebele monarchy", claiming the system promotes dictatorship.MRP pres...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
UMthwakazi Monarch – A Public rejoinder to AmaNtungwa's Statement
Someone or some people calling themselves 'AmaNtungwa' has released a Statement in isNdebele or iSintu on the Ndebele King on this publication today (...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 22:27hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
King Lobengula's granddaughter dies
THE death of some of the elders who are direct descendents of King Lobengula is becoming a major setback in the revival of the Ndebele monarchy as they pass on with critical information needed in ...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UMthwakazi is one!
Nguniphobia - if we can use that term as a composite term for this anti-Zulu, anti-Ndebele fervour we are seeing - is a dangerous enterprise. But it is not because it is against the Nguni that...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 10:46hrs | 3 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Highlanders Football Club @ 90: The Ndebele royal connection
THIS year Highlanders Football Club, formerly Lions Club and later Matabeleland Football Club, turns 90 years old. The club was established in 1926 by Ndebele royal sons.It is envisaged that t...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Mphoko blasted over Ndebele monarchy
THE recently registered Mambo Trust says it is opposed to the installation of a new Ndebele king, which is expected to be done within the next 12 months.The new group, advocating for the Mambo...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele kingdom revival sparks interest as Ndlovu claims Kingship
DESCENDANTS of the King Lobengula vowed to re-establish the Ndebele kingdom this year, but they could have started a chain of events they could not have fathomed, ranging from the ridiculous to the se...Published: 06 Jan 2015 at 08:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Restoration of the Ndebele monarchy should be done next year'
THE Khumalo family says the revival of the Ndebele kingdom and installation of a new king - long a contentious issue - should be resolved next year, an issue likely to stir up further controversy over...Published: 30 Dec 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Ndebele monarchy won't affect Zim political processes'
A direct descendant of King Mzilikazi, Prince Zwide kaLanga Khumalo, has said the restoration of the Ndebele monarchy would neither hinder nor affect political processes in the country.Spe...Published: 15 Sep 2014 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo township names: a history narrative
FROM just one African township in 1894, Bulawayo today has more than 16 townships in the western suburbs. There are numerous aspects that we could deal with when it comes to the history of the townshi...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 19:56hrs | 56 | by Phathisa Nyathi
Reintroduction of the Ndebele monarchy, should have been raised in Copac: Phathisa Nyathi
The Zimbabwean Historian Phathisa Nyathi on Wednesday said the reintroduction of the Ndebele monarchy should have been raised during Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee's (COPAC) outreach p...Published: 09 Mar 2011 at 18:19hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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