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Devolution helplessly biting the dust at Nkayi registry offices
Despite the unambiguous provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, devolution sadly remains a pipedream in the generality of the country. For purposes of particularity, t...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | 13 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mashonaland police apologise over wrong Magwegwe spelling
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued an apology to members of the public after they erected a sign post at Magwegwe Police Station with a wrong spelling which has since been corrected. Messages star...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangers of Ndebele and Shona radicalism and extremism in Zimbabwe
After reading my article published by Bulawayo24.com published on the 15th of October 2018 titled "Lobengula was King of ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 10:34hrs | 6 | by Etiwel Mutero
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:37hrs | 196 | by MRP
Outrage over Ndebele spellings, IDIOT Damasane defend the wrong words
A MATABELELAND South chief has accused the government of insulting Ndebele people with 'a new word' when the country's constitution was translated into the official language.The Ndebele versio...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suspends street name correction changes
THE Bulawayo City Council has indefinitely suspended changing names of roads, suburbs and billboards that have wrong IsiNdebele spellings from the colonial era, due to financial challenges.The...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dokora accuses Ndebeles of inciting tribalism in Zimbabwe
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has castigated social media users for distorting information on wrong IsiNdebele spellings and accused them of inciting tribalism in the co...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grade 1 textbook with wrong Ndebele spellings finally recalled
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has finally recalled a Grade One Environmental Science textbook that contains embarrassing language and grammatical mistakes.The textbook in isi...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Lets discuss wrong Ndebele spellings in children's books
This picture of a children's book with wrong Ndebele spellings has gone viral on social media. We would like to hear your thoughts about the issue, please join the discussion here: ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:18hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
I shed Tears on KFC Zimbabwe story
Today I shed tears when I looked at those innocent faces of the unemployed youth being chased from KFC. So desperate. So hopeless. So helpless. The fake social media advert made them walk that long di...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 13:32hrs | 3 | by N. Sibanda
Premier Services caught up in isiNdebele spelling storm
PREMIER Optometry Services (POS) has been caught up in an isiNdebele spelling and grammar storm after it wrote a meaningless notice in the language.From the Shona and English translations, the...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 07:24hrs | 30 | by MRP
NBS Bank sorry for wrong isiNdebele spellings
NBS Bank sorry for wrong isiNdebele spellings...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 17:42hrs | | by online
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politicVcal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsati...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 22 | by MRP
Shona speaking teacher locked up in a Ndebele lessons classroom: A linguistic genocide
The politics, language, ethnic and culture problems began soon after the independence of Zimbabwe leading to the Gukurahundi atrocities in the 1980s in Matabeleland precipitated mainly by the ideologi...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 20:48hrs | 3 | by Themba Mthethwa
Mujuru slammed for failure to spell isiNdebele names
THE Zimbabwe People's First (ZimPF) party has been slammed for failing to spell isiNdebele names after it pasted posters with wrongly spelt words in Bulawayo. Leading to its star rally at Stanley Squa...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:27hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Ndebele spelling mistakes spark debate
THE decision by the Bulawayo City Council to correct misspellings of some of its streets and suburbs has sparked debate among the city's social analysts who argue that more needs to be done to create ...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Econet apologises over isiNdebele 'mistake'
Zimbabwe's largest mobile phone operator Econet Wireless yesterday apologised to its subscribers after it sent a message to their phones with a wrong IsiNdebele spelling, torching a storm among some l...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Econet in Ndebele spelling mistake row
A SPECIAL good morning treat promotion by mobile telecommunications operator Econet Wireless turned into a public relations nightmare after a spelling mistake attracted ire from Ndebele speakers....Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 19:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Why Gukurahundi atrocities in Matabeleland and Midland is genocide
This article can be read in conjunction with the following documents: 'Breaking the silence, Building true peace', a report by the Catholic Commission for justice and peace (1997); Dr M.P. Guduza ...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 23:27hrs | 13 | by Themba Mthethwa
Tribalism, the elephant in Zimbabwe's room
Recently fast food outlet Chicken Slice and drinks maker Coca Cola faced a barrage of criticism in Zimbabwe after they spelt Ndebele names wrongly in their media campaigns.Many feel the respon...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 09:37hrs | | by NqabaM
EcoCash joins isiNdebele language violators league
Christian Changemakers has written to EcoCash expressing disappointment and dismay at the wrong Ndebele spellings in some of their merchant boards that are usually placed in shops.A Christian ...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 10:31hrs | | by Christian Changemakers Chairperson
Zimpapers and two government departments join isiNdebele language violators
Today (17.12.2014) ZIMPAPERS, Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal ad Courier Services and the Rural Electrification Fund joined the crusade of government and private enterprises t...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Concerned Christian Changemakers Chairperson
Embarrassed Chicken Slice to replace 'rotten' Ndebele banner
UNDERFIRE Chicken Slice food outlet in Bulawayo has acknowledge the blatant errors on an advert written in Ndebele saying they were working on correcting it after locals blasted them for disregarding...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chicken Slice acknowledges misspelt Ndebele advert
FAST food outlet, Chicken Slice received a baptism of fire at the opening of its first branch in Bulawayo, with the company being accused of using wrong Ndebele spellings in its advertisement....Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 08:35hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Netone fails to congratulate in Ndebele
It is cause for concern when the leading Zimbabwean Communications companies fail to communicate with the people that give them business and money.Netone posted an advert on the Sunday News of...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 08:55hrs | | by Concerned Christian Changemakers
ANOTHER row over wrong Ndebele spelling
Chicken Slice under fire as locals mull boycott... PACKERS International, a Harare company that owns Chicken Slice, Pizza Slice, Creamy Slic...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 20:16hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Telecel Billboard in Plumtree has wrong Ndebele language
Dear EditorWe at Christian Changemakers are calling for Telecel Zimbabwe to remove and correct their Billboard erected at Plumtree Town.The Billboard has wrong Ndebele spellings and w...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 08:16hrs | | by Christian Changemakers
Delta to engage customers over Ndebele spelling mistakes
COCA-COLA is set to engage its customers across the country over incidences of misspelt names on some of its products following the "Share a Coke" campaign launched in Zimbabwe recently, an offic...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 12:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Wrong Ndebele spellings in Coca-Cola Ads
After launching its "Share a Coke With a Friend" promotion, Delta Beverages lurched into a public relations nightmare as some consumers accused it of wrongly spelling Ndebele names on its products....Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 12:05hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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