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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...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 280 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
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 commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3318 | 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 ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
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 | 31 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Chemist Siziba and Oasis bar story
It is hard to find a patron who would mostly and consistently drink in one bar for 44 years - a whole generation; a lifetime.Yet Chemist Siziba, a local businessman and socialite, did. Before ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
OSTALLOS SIZIBA: The rise of the little Enos Nkala
In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has witnessed the emergence of a new political movement, the "I Chamisa Blue Movement," purportedly led by Gift Ostallos Siziba, a self-proclaimed "I Chamisa Commander....Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 15:45hrs | 3 | by George Tshuma
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Jabulani Sibanda urges Zimbabweans to shun tribalism
Zanu-PF provincial chairperson for Bulawayo Jabulani Sibanda has urged Zimbabweans to shun tribalism to ensure unity and development.The former Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran Associa...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Ex-'dissidents' advocate for inclusion in Gukurahundi hearings
Former dissidents have suggested the government should have included them in efforts to solve Gukurahundi alongside chiefs as they were the target of the government-sponsored mass killings.The...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Tribalism dividing Zimbabwe'
ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has lamented rising tribalism among Zimbabweans who are increasingly identifying themselves as either Shonas or Ndebeles.Nkomo blamed the ruling Zanu-PF party fo...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tribal rifts widen in Zimbabwe after stupid cartoon
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, the perpetual tribal conflicts are becoming more intense. Most tensions exist between the Shona people, the country's largest tribe, and the Ndebeles, who ...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Dr Siphosami Malunga selected as a Yale University Global Justice Programme Fellow
Zimbabwean international human rights lawyer Dr Siphosami Malunga has been selected as a Yale University Global Justice Programme Fellow, joining distinguished Professor Thomas Pogge's trailblazing wo...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 09:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is unlikely to have a Ndebele President,' says CCC Spokesperson
Promise Mkwananzi, the spokesperson of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), asserted that the focus on tribalism diminishes the likelihood of having a Ndebele President. He made these r...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 9 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Ndebeles celebrate Mzilikazi day
The Ndebele Nation, which comprises various ethnic groups in Zimbabwe with the Nguni tribe as its nucleus, today commemorated the 155th anniversary of the death of its founder King Mzilikazi Khu...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: Ndebeles amongst noise makers in Zimbabwe?
A wannabe Zimbabwe President who turns a blind eye on Matabeleland restoration cause is making a fatal political miscalculation which may lead to unprecedented political upheaval.As we navigat...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
WATCH: Gogo MaTshabalala accuses CCC of mimicking Zanu PF's identity and tribal politics
If there is one critical thing that Zimbabweans don't want to openly and frankly discuss, it is ethnicity and how it shapes and influences social, political and economic relations in the country....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula's image in Masvikiro4ED banner angers Mthwakazi
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has reacted angrily to a banner by Zanu-PF appendage group, Masvikiro4ED which portrayed Ndebele kings Mzilikazi and Lobengula as spirit mediums.The banner by th...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are Ndebeles, don't force us to be patriotic to Zimbabwe
We are Matabele. To be referred to as Zimbabweans is a huge embarrassment on its own but to be forced to be patriotic to Zimbabwe through a piece of draconian bill is an insult.We are not Zimb...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Bulawayo musician, poet releases song on Gukurahundi
Bulawayo musician and poet, Comfort Ndlovu, recently released a powerful song and music video titled "Qiniso", aimed at encouraging healing and reconciliation among young Zimbabweans still hurting ove...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 9 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Influx of Shona candidates of Zanu PF in Bulawayo worrying
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has expressed concerns over the influx of Shona candidates being fielded by the ruling Zanu PF in Matabeleland and in Bulawayo in particular....Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 13:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Zimbabweans rob a shop in South Africa at gun point
A shocking video of two Zimbabweans robbing a shop in South Africa has surfaced online. The video shows two Ndebele speaking Zimbabweans entering what looks like a printing and repairs shop and demand...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 13:27hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF and CCC pursuing the 4th Chimurenga agenda: Is it mere coincidence?
Barbara Tanyanyiwa, a woman representative at CCC was on 19th January 2022 interviewed by Studio 7 on the arrests of 25 CCC members in Budiriro in Harare. In her 2 minutes, 15 seconds inte...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 17:55hrs | 3 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Mthwakazi tears into Chief's Gukurahundi genocide manual
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has criticized the diction used in crafting the chiefs' manual on Gukurahundi Community Engagement Processes claiming that it minimized the victims' experiences of t...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two-faced Mnangagwa honours Rwanda genocide victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday toured the Kigali Memorial to pay tribute to over 600 000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in a sharp contrast to his continued crackdown on Gukurahundi memo...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi shuts hopes on Gukurahundi arrests
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says there shall never be any arrests carried out on those who killed and maimed thousands during the Gukurahundi massacres as the culprits were long forgiven by then ...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama around Ndebele king making a mockery of the throne
THE intriguing drama around the Ndebele kingship, with about four claimants to the throne is a recipe for disaster to the Kingdom's potential revival. At this rate, authorities are bound not to take t...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe police panic as Ndebele 'King' prepares to take over State House
Police in Bulawayo mounted massive roadblocks across the City on Thursday as part of preparations to block one of the claimants to the Ndebele throne 'King' Stanley Raphael Khumalo who is set to desce...Published: 26 May 2022 at 14:23hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 channe...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Martin Stobart
Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home
"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." - African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - som...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Street mural exposes Zimbabwe's divided society
THE Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe's two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial st...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti
Mnangagwa to 'shorten' the lives of Mthwakazi 'separatists'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday threatened to "shorten" the lives of individuals advocating for a separate state in south western Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa maintained that Zimbabwe would rem...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Nelson Chamisa assures Ndebeles in Tsholotsho
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has assured his supporters that once elected into office he will make it certain that civil servants who work in Matabeleland understand and speak local languages. He was spe...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 19:11hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joshua Maponga apologises to Ndebeles over Gukurahundi rant
Former Seventh Day Adventist Bishop Joshua Maponga has issued an apology to the people of Zimbabwe after he posted an article saying the people of Matabeleland should forgive the Shona people of the G...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsvangirai's definition of the word 'change'
It was in 1999 when Morgan Tsvangirai formed the Movement for Democratic Change a political party which many thought was going to remove Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF from power and bring the real change ...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:34hrs | 8 | by Etiwel Mutero
Tribalist Chamisa flies into a storm in South Africa
Soon after launching his anti- Matabele party in Zimbabwe, President of the so called Citizens Coalition for Change, Nelson Chamisa ran to the South African media to put a threat, telling SABCTV in an...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:31hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa Chete Chete! Ndebeles are bamboozled deputies in CCC project
For how long is the region going to be bamboozled by Chamisa and his group of tribalists? We have been saying this time and again that Chamisa does not represent the people of the region of Matabelela...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga were not present at the formation of the Patriotic Front in 1976
The People of Zimbabwe were united under the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Z.A.P.U).When Z.A.P.U. was banned, the party leadership decided that it will not form another political party, aga...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:41hrs | 8 | by Report Phelekezela Mphoko
Zapu mulls recalling ex-members in Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION party Zapu has announced that it was considering recalling its former members who remained in Zanu-PF after the party allegedly pulled out of the Unity Accord signed in 2008.The par...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga and the endless search for King Lobengula's grave
IT is the story that has been told a million times.It is a story passed from generation to generation. It is the story that is sold to all children, whether they sit on grass mats around crack...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to deport Zimbabweans, where would stateless Ndebeles go?
On Thursday 25 November 2021, Matabeles woke up to bad news from the South African government that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit program has been scrapped. Matabeles and Zimbabweans that are benefic...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 07:32hrs | 6 | by Israel Dube
New Zapu SG, a real Political Testosterone
Innovation is a word only relative to the young, and this is what Zapu produced yesterday. Just to start from the right place, Zapu elected a Deliberate Black Log, Ugodo Olumyama Ngenkani,...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:17hrs | 7 | by Ryton Dzimiri
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