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Calls grow to develop King Mzilikazi shrine

Calls to develop the King Mzilikazi shrine in Mhlahlandlela intensified at the weekend after thousands attended this year's commemorations, with traditional leaders praising the event's unifying spirit but urging urgent improvements to inf…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 20:44hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter

Mzilikazi commemorations roar into life

The Ndebele Nation in Zimbabwe will this Friday and Saturday commemorate the 157th anniversary of the death of its legendary founding king, Mzilikazi kaMashobane, at Mhlahlandlela, just outside present-day Bulawayo. Mzilikazi, widely rever…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

PSL seeks new Chief Executive Officer

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer to replace Kennedy Ndebele, who resigned at the end of last year ahead of the ZIFA elections held on January 25. Ndebele subsequently won the elections and is…

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Shonalisation of Zimbabwe Parliament criticised

The Zimbabwean Parliament is facing mounting criticism over the way it handles language interpretation during debates, following an incident in which a Member of Parliament's legitimate concern over translation was casually dismissed by co…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

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 pot brewing.Daniel Garwe, the local gove…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:31hrs | 459 | 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 from both government officials and cultura…

Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:46hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter

South Africa based Ndebele king claimant responds to Zimbabwe govt

The office of King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi has called for calm and constructive dialogue following criticism from Zimbabwean government officials over the monarch's recent visit to Bulawayo.In a statement issued on Sunday, the South…

Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 630 | 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 people. In a sternly worded correspondenc…

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:28hrs | | by Mzingaye Khumalo

Ndebele king claimant preaches cultural renaissance

In an exclusive interview, Ndebele King claimant, Bulelani Khumalo, has reiterated the importance of reviving Ndebele culture and called on political figures to respect and support the traditional efforts underway in Matabeleland and beyon…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:03hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter

Midlands State University pushing to promote a Shona-centric education system

The advert for Midlands State University's (MSU) ECD Foundation Certificate has raised several concerns about the quality of education being offered, the qualifications of the instructors, and the broader implications for Zimbabwe's educat…

Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ndebeles in Zimbabwe outrage over 'offensive' new school textbook

The introduction of a compulsory Heritage Studies subject in Zimbabwean schools has ignited a wave of discontent among stakeholders in Matabeleland, who have criticized the curriculum for marginalizing certain languages and cultures.Many c…

Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

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 | | by Nomazulu Thata

How Bulawayo's townships reflect city's rich Ndebele heritage

IN 1894, Bulawayo had just one African township. Today, the city boasts close to twenty townships in the western suburbs. Bulawayo's first African township was Makokoba, also known as the "Location" or the "Bulawayo African Township". For …

Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | | by Fredrick Qaphelani Mabikwa

Teaching Ndebele in Zimbabwe schools will have helped Shonas

There are times when you think you are spitting someone, when in fact, you are destroying yourself.One such instance was when Robert Mugabe and his colleagues in ZANU (before it became ZANU-PF) thought they didn't need unity with ZAPU, as …

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono

'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 will hinder progress. Recent years have …

Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter

Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day

Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemorations, which honor Ndebele history, cu…

Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

The standardisation of the Ndebele language through dictionary-making

The thesis assesses the contribution of dictionary-making in Ndebele on the standardisation of the language. The production of the monolingual Ndebele dictionary, Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele (ISN), raised a number of issues that have implica…

Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 18:42hrs | 420 | by Samukele Hadebe

Ex-Minister blames devolution delay for Ndebele language woes

A former government minister has criticised the government for failing to fully implement devolution, which he claims has led to the deployment of non-local language-speaking teachers in Matabeleland.Moses Mzila Ndlovu, former minister of …

Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists

Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was, in 1917, you could never bec…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka

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 legacy embodies tactful diplomatic and mil…

Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Two-State Dilemma: Unveiling the marginalization of Matabeleland

In the heart of southern Africa, Zimbabwe stands as a nation marred by a tumultuous history, marked by colonial oppression, independence struggles, and a post-colonial era fraught with political turmoil. At the core of Zimbabwe's challenge…

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Josh Mhambi

Ndebele 'king' engages SA police over xenophobia

Ndebele king Bulelani Collins Khumalo has engaged South African police over sporadic xenophobic attacks against Zimbabwean immigrants in that country.Three Zimbabweans were killed recently in the violence targeting foreign nationals.The vi…

Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

How Bulawayo's suburbs pay homage to Ndebele Kingdom's legacy

A SCHOOL, in essence, is an institution that provides dedicated spaces and environments for the purpose of educating students. It is a place where knowledge is imparted and learning is facilitated. The credit for the modern concept of the …

Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species

I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you were the last Ndebele speaker in the whole…

Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by Clerk Ndlovu

Shortage of Ndebele teachers hits Zhombe, Silobela

ZHOMBE and Silobela districts in the Midlands province have been hit hard by a shortage of Ndebele teachers, which has been blamed on speakers of the language that are hesitant on taking the language.The matter has been a hot potato for ov…

Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ndebele artists compelled to perform in their 'oppressor's' language?

In his analysis of ethnicity and tribalism in Zimbabwe, Eleph Gula-Ndebele explains that the ethnic cleansing of Ndebele people during the Gukurahundi genocide is a sore that refuses to go away for many people of Ndebele lineage. Being [a]…

Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | 12 | by Gibson Ncube & Gugulethu Siziba

ZBC must stop marginalising Ndebele

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is now the chief architect of tribalism and regionalism, through the airwaves.All its stations have now been turned into de facto Shona and English channels just to marginalise Ndebele as the third lar…

Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Martin Stobart

SA based Ndebele 'king' urges Zimbabweans to go back home

Self-styled Ndebele King Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo has urged Zimbabweans domiciled in South Africa to flee the ongoing xenophobic violence and flock back home.His sentiments come after the fatal torching of Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi in Die…

Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ndebele scoffs at suspension

SEASONED football administrator Kennedy Ndebele has scoffed at his suspension by suspended Zifa board members, saying he is unmoved by "feeble" things.The iced Zifa board dished out suspension letters to Ndebele, the association's communic…

Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | | 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 kingdom is illegal.Advocates pushing for …

Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

The constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi & related matters

Greetings to all Mthwakazi citizens! On 2 April 2021, I brought to your attention our preparations for the establishment of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. In doing so, I also invited you to visit the FREM website at: https://www.federa…

Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:53hrs | 4 | by Dr. Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza

Turning Point - HRM King Mzilikazi II

Mthwakazi omuhle ondlela zimhlophe, sizwe senkosi yohlanga ngiyalibingelela!Sesiside isikhathi lingezwa lutho oluvelela ngapha nges'Godlweni. Isizatho yikuthi njengothunyiweyo, kumele ngizwe Ngongithumileyo. Kodwa lathi besingamanga, ngoba…

Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by HRM King Mzilikazi II

Ndebele King : A Constitutional Right

The President of Zimbabwe ED Mnangagwa declared over the past weekend in Gweru that the Ndebele nation shall not be allowed to install a King of the Ndebele since Zimbabwe is a Republic and not a Kingdom such as Lesotho and Swaziland. Pres…

Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by Mzilikazi Zwane

Mutodi must not get away with reckless utterances

THE reckless tribal statement by Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi that Ndebele people were foreigners in Zimbabwe during a recent live radio broadcast should be condemned with the contempt it deserves.In fact, he should have been …

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by NewsDay editorial

Mthwakazi activists arrested for demanding pro-Ndebele courts

FIVE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists were arrested on Wednesday at the Bulawayo High Court for demonstrating during the successful bail hearing of Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni.The MRP supporters' lawyer Dumisa…

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

UK Commemorates the visit of Ndebele Chiefs to Queen Victoria in 1889

The African community in the UK will be Celebrating the 1889 visit of two Ndebele Chiefs to Queen Victoria in London. In late 1888 King Lobengula sent 2 emissaries from present day Zimbabwe to go and meet with the Queen of the United Kingd…

Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 22:29hrs | | by Joseph Qobo Mayisa

The 1929 Bulawayo Shona-Ndebele fights reconsidered

From Christmas Eve of 1929 to the end of that year, Bulawayo was an ungovernable city marred by ï¬ghts between Shona, on the one hand (perceived as a 'common enemyâ€™), and forces that were predominantly Ndebele and groups sympathetic to …

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | | by Enocent Msindo

Tabitha Khumalo tells Ndebeles to go hang if they don't want shona leadership in Bulawayo

In a shocking video circulating on social media and according to the information gathered by our intelligence department, Thabitha Khumalo is seen defending her party's tribal agenda on the people of Matabeleland and Midlands. Tabitha Khum…

Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Mthwakazi

Ndebele villages or regiments: Organisational units within the state

FOR about 25 weeks now we have been investigating the phenomenon of naming, initially starting off at the cosmic level but later getting down to the terrestrial plane. Our interest has been to investigate the reasons behind names and the n…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi

Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion

Advanced Level Family and Religious Studies: Nature and Function of Alien Spirits in the Shona/Ndebele Traditional Religion The concept of God, divinities and spirits in African traditional religious ontology has been a controversial and m…

Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Brian Maregedze

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

Fake meeting of the Ndebeles and Mnangagwa

The fake meeting of the Ndebeles and President Mnangagwa dented our struggle against oppression. You can't just arrange a prompt meeting with a  person who obviously has no plans of helping you, whose leadership is of a chair painted …

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 19:36hrs | | by Clement Moyo (Mr)

No justification for ECD non-Ndebele Speaking Teachers

Dear Editor, The condescending article  by Shumba Happison cannot go unchallenged  as it is a concoction  of tribal lies and displaced  superiority complex. Oblivious  to the sad reality  that ECD students&nbs…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Sihle Ndlovu

Zimbabwe is for us all

I find it unfair for people like Ezra Tshisa Sibanda to say that the government is trying to get rid of Ndebele by employing teachers with Shona surnames to teach in Matebeleland and other Ndebele dominated areas. People like him should ma…

Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 18:29hrs | | by Shumba Happison

Jere orchestrating Kenny Ndebele ouster plot?

PREMIER Soccer League supremo Farai Jere has rubbished social media reports that he is orchestrating the ouster of the league's chief executive officer Kennedy Ndebele and replace him with his close ally Cuthbert Chitima who sensationally …

Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:04hrs | | by Staff rpeorter

Ndebeles' long walk from Bulawayo to Harare

On the 7th December 2018 saw some dedicated and culturally conscious Ndebele men embark on a long walk from Bulawayo to Harare with an aim of petitioning the government of Zimbabwe on cultural respect of Mthwakazi. "It is all about acknowl…

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:22hrs | 3 | by Thulani Nkala

Gukurahundi, which way now?

The days we were growing up, back then in Masvaure area kwaMarange, watching domestic animals fight was a popular hobby. Dominant bulls would fight for territory. Dog fighting was however most entertaining. A handful of sand would usually …

Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:34hrs | | by Bornface waNgaikere Masikati

'Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe'

Now that I have your attention may I say that Im very disappointed with some Ndebele fools who have been flooding my inbox with insults saying that I am a sponsored Zanu PF thug.I will understand if it were Shona's but the issue that I rai…

Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:45hrs | 6 | by Rabson Mwenda

Ndebele kingship takes another twist - umbiko esizweni sika Mthwakazi

Sanibona sizwe sikamthwakazi kwaBulawayo, nina benkanyamba emakhandakhanda uMzilikazi kaMashobane Khumalo nomdabuli wesizwe sonke. Sicela ukwazisa isizwe samahlabezulu ukuthi kunendlu endala endlini yesilo uLobhengula kaMzilikazi eseMgungu…

Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Lucky Khumalo

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 both Matebeleland and Mashonaland" a Mr Ndlovu a Zimbabwean living in SA gave me a phone call. What I learnt from Ndlo…

Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 10:34hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero

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