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Ndebele King claimant disrupts Anglo-Ndebele war commemorations
Controversy has erupted surrounding the recent 1893 Anglo-Ndebele war commemorations, with Bulelani Khumalo, a claimant to the Ndebele kingship, accused of trying to disrupt the event by demanding a s...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 12:44hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula tomb found
FOR over a century, it has been in the public domain that the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula "disappeared" soon after crossing the Shangani River.However, there is new information that he wen...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa personal history mystery
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's origins and personal history is as clear as mud claims The Newshawks.There are many stories about Mnangagwa's roots and this is now subject to scrutin...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:43hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
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 ho...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 19 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chief Ndiweni accuses Zanu of hypocrisy
Outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has accused the Zanu-PF government of "hypocrisy" in commissioning the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupane....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 15:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that his ancestor was a Ndebele warrior
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said one of President Mnangagwa's ancestors was one of the Ndebele warriors who resoundingly defeated colonial forces led by Major Allan Wilson at the Battle...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 20:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions Pupu Monument today
THE official commissioning of the Pupu Battle National Monument by President Mnangagwa today will be a huge milestone in correcting distorted historical narratives and amplifying the brave Zimbabwean ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open Pupu National Monument
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially commission the reconstructed Pupu National Monument in Lupane, Matebeleland North Province, this week as the country corrects distorted historical narrati...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Lobhengula's legacy embodied unique tactful diplomacy, military heroism
DISTINGUISHED researchers and historians have utterly dismissed the narrative that Ndebele monarch King Lobhengula Khumalo is associated with selling out to colonial settlers, arguing his distinct leg...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
ZimDaily recycling a discredited historical myth
While most progressive Zimbabweans are genuinely outraged by renegade political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's calculated and determined assault on democracy at the behest of forces of darkness by disru...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 09:32hrs | 276 | by Dumisani Muleya
Anglo-Ndebele war celebrated 130 years on
Over the weekend, the epic Anglo-Ndebele war, fought 130 years ago, was commemorated in tribute to the numerous Ndebele men who lost their lives while resisting the seizure of their ancestral land. Th...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:38hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The legend of Chief Maduna of Godlwayo
WHEN the 1896 First Umvukela/Chimurenga military campaign against the Ndebeles had not been a success, arch-imperialist Cecil John Rhodes called for a great indaba with Ndebele chiefs (izinduna) in th...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:06hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Chief Fuyana: The warrior who delivered the fatal blow on Major Allan Wilson
DEEP down in the hills of rural Matobo District sits Mbembeswana, a humble and unassuming village. But, humble as it may appear, it is where the remains of one of the greatest Ndebele warriors, Chief ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Did Nkomo ordain Mugabe?
THE occasion on which Cde Joshua Nkomo showed his acknowledgement of Cde Robert Mugabe's future role was most probably the strangest experience the author of this narration had during the struggle. ...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:19hrs | 27 | by Saul Gwakuba-Ndlovu
Govt to correct Battle of Pupu story
GOVERNMENT has taken a bold step to correct a one-sided narrative of the famous Battle of Pupu, which for many years deliberately overlooked the African perspective. Under President Mnangagwa, the Sec...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Gukurahundi genocide massacres
LAST week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was shown the Hanging Tree in Bulawayo, where many Ndebeles were hanged by the colonial regime in the 1890s.After visiting the tree where colonialists h...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
After ED was shown where colonialists hanged Ndebele warriors, was he also shown where Ndebele-speakers were massacred by Zim re
I do not know whether I can ever reiterate this point enough - history is a total accumulation of past events, which can never, and should never, be cherry-picked, or narrated selectively - such that,...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hanging Tree evokes Mnangagwa death escape
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reflected on the brutality of the settler regime, which punished sons and daughters of the land seeking freedom with all forms of cruelty including hanging, a sentence he...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
'Zapu 1963 split was the genesis of tribalism'
Opposition political party, ZAPU, says its 1963 split which led to the formation of Zanu, was the genesis of tribalism in the country. ZAPU celebrated its 59th anniversary in Bulaw...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ibutho leNqama: Open letter to Mnangagwa
The President of Zimbabwe, Ibutho leNqama received with shock and dismay the remarks made by the Republic of Zimbabwe President, Mnanangwa when addressing the Zanu PF provincial committee in t...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 11:29hrs | 2 | by Junior Ngwenya
The Chief can do no wrong
In Nguni "inkosi ayoni" the Chief can do no wrong. This is derived from the concept that all decisions made by the Chief represent the collective wisdom and aspirations of his people. Unlike a Judge t...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by L Dube
Chief Ndiweni's dilemma: A balanced analysis
The obfuscation of issues seems to have reached unprecedented levels and it is therefore necessary for sober voices and sound arguments to be part of the national discourse to preclude the noise from ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | 4 | by L Dube
Genocide: A tool used by Mashonaland to demonise Ndebeles
There are those people who still believe that the Genocide ended with the 1987 so called unity accord which was a mere marriage of political convenience. The agreement did not even come close to addre...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 09:43hrs | | by Mqondisi Moyo
Lobengula did not disappear
INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
King Lobengula trust dismisses tomorrow's Inxwala festival
THE King Lobengula Khumalo Royal Trust has dismissed the Inxwala festival being organised by self-imposed Mzilikazi II Stanley Raphael Tshuma saying he is violating cultural practices.This com...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra combatants hold own Heroes Day commemorations
EX-Zipra combatants yesterday teamed up with Ibhetshu LikaZulu activists and held their own Heroes Day commemorations at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo in honour of the many unsung liberation war h...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'New Ndebele king' unveils flag
STANLEY Raphael Tshuma who has been making headlines for claiming to be the new Ndebele King, Mzilikazi II geared up his secessionist intentions yesterday by declaring Mthwakazi state and unveiling it...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP traces its borders with Zimbabwe,Botswana and SA
Mthwakazi Republic Party has traced its borders with Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa among others as it engages in efforts to restore the Mthwakazi State.Silwelilizwe Masiphula MRP's ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 19:12hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Dabengwa blasts BCC over refusal to rename Barbourfields Stadium
ZAPU leader, Dumiso Dabengwa, has blasted the Bulawayo City Council over its refusal to rename Barbourfields Stadium after his liberation war colleague and fellow post-independence political priso...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele/British war commemorations on
TEN THOUSAND (10 000) people mostly from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces are on Saturday expected to converge at the site in Ntabazinduna, where Ndebele warriors fought a bitter battle with th...Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
The quest to dominate Matabeleland politically, socially and economically
THE hegemony of the Shona people in Zimbabwe has been largely influenced by ethnicity and the quest to dominate Matabeleland politically, socially and economically. Development marginalisation of...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 15:19hrs | | by Clifford Mabhena
The case for the re-introduction of the Lozwi - Rozwi Monarchy
The Lozwi/Rozvi Monarchy should be revived. It is the true uniting factor that transcends tribal barriers. It is representative of all Zimbabweans in every region be it Matabeleland, Mashonaland, Masv...Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 12:09hrs | 9 | by Julius Sai Mutyambizi-Dewa
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