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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
Mixed feelings in Matebeleland region as Independence Day beckons
As Zimbabwe prepares to mark the 45th anniversary of its independence this Friday, a growing chorus of concern from stakeholders in Matabeleland has emerged, expressing disappointment with the governm...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:45hrs | 644 | 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
Gukurahundi victims want apology from Mnangagwa
Survivors and victims of the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s have cautioned the government against dictating how this sensitive issue should be addressed, insisting that they are still alive to spe...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:44hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt engages Ndiweni family over Ntabazinduna chieftainship
The government has reached out to the Ndiweni family to propose a meeting concerning the vacant Ntabazinduna chieftainship following the dismissal of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni by President Emmers...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:51hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
UK diaspora hands over Zimbabwe poll petition
VARIOUS civic society organisations and political party representatives in the United Kingdom have handed over a petition to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over alleged rigging during Zimbabwe's August 23...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters demand extraordinary Sadc summit
A significant number of Zimbabweans affiliated with the opposition have submitted a petition to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urging the organization to convene an extraordinary s...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni spearheads petition against Mnangagwa poll win
Exiled former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has launched an online petition challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the disputed August election.In the petiti...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni wants court action over Zanu-PF rallies
Exiled former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says Zanu-PF must be taken to court for coercing schoolchildren to attend its rallies in violation of a 2018 High Court ruling.I...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Invaders wreak havoc in Ntabazinduna
VILLAGERS in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North have appealed for help to repossess their communal lands including grazing fields that have been invaded by outsiders.According to the villagers, ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
'Declare a holiday after Joshua Nkomo'
Opposition political parties and activists from Matebeleland have accused the government of systematically trying to erase the legacy of late nationalist, Joshua Nkomo, by rejecting calls to honour hi...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 09:34hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Mass exodus if Zanu-PF wins'
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni (pictured) has predicted a mass exodus of Zimbabwean nationals if the ruling Zanu-PF wins the August general elections.Ndiweni was dethroned ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF fears diaspora vote'
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, and the opposition CCC party have accused Zanu-PF of blocking attempts to have millions of Zimbabweans in the diaspora vote in general electi...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira in fix over sex assault storm
CHIEF's council president Fortune Charumbira has been urged to step down after his niece reported him to the police for allegedly sexually abusing her.Charumbira, who is also the Pan-African P...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans in the diaspora must be allowed to vote'
ZAPU has argued that the diaspora vote is a necessary political right because it is another way of appreciating Zimbabweans living abroad who send remittances back to the country.Ndodana Moyo,...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni thought Mnangagwa's wife is Priscilla Chigumba
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been forced to correct the caption on an image he posted on social media.The outspoken traditional leader, Chie...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu under fire over sanctions remarks
NATIONAL Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) commissioner Obert Gutu has come under attack from Zimbabweans in the diaspora after suggesting that they will only be allowed a vote if sanctions i...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of shedding crocodile tears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has drawn fire after visiting Rwanda's Kigali Genocide Memorial site when his government has done little to address Gukurahundi atrocities at home.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni sad to see Mnangagwa in Rwanda
FORMER Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said he felt sad to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2022 saying the Zanu-PF leader had impoverished ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of reversing Unity Accord
FORMER Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the late former President Robert Mugabe was far better in honouring the tenets of the 1987 Unity Accord than his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga challenged over gukurahundi killings after shock Ndebele lineage claims
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has invited spirited challenge over his involvement in the post-independence Gukurahundi killings after recently claiming that he and President Emmerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni slams 2022 census outcome
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the exclusion of the Zimbabwe Diaspora community in the 2022 census is akin to the disenfranchisement of people under the colonial Ian Smith reg...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni cautions Mnangagwa's wife
EXILED former Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni has advised First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa to respect local cultural norms and values during her planned visit to Ntabazinduna for a men's...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pressure piles over diaspora vote
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni recently said the 2023 elections outcome would be ruled illegitimate by the international community if the more than five million Zimbabweans in t...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni High Court appeal fails to take off
BULAWAYO High Court judges Justices Martin Makonese and Nokuthula Moyo declined to hear dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's appeal against conviction and sentence in his absence....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unity Accord dead, says ex-chief Ndiweni
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration effectively dumped the 1987 Unity Accord by not appointing a Zapu side Vice-President....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government apologies for the Removal JM Nkomo Airport signage
The government has apologised for the hasty removal of the Joshua M Nkomo international airport signage saying the previous signage was of low quality while the current was only temporary.In a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the chief of Ntabazinduna
Dethroned Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the traditional leader of his area despite moves by the government to strip him of his powers.Ndiweni, who is in ex...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni appeal hearing date set
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's appeal against sentence in a case where he was convicted of malicious damage to property will be heard on June 6.Ndiweni, who is current...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants repatriated from SA
A South African-based Zimbabwean human rights activist Nobuhle Ajiti has assisted in the repatriation of at least 22 desperate Zimbabweans who were living on the streets.Her intervention comes...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Expelled Ndebele chief challenges SA on Zimbabwe crisis
United-Kingdom-based former Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has challenged South Africa to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis as sporadic xenophobic attacks start simmering again...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni petitions UK over Zimbabwe diaspora voting rights
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has petitioned United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prod him to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to grant Zimbabwean citizens in the di...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni reacts to warrant of arrest
DETHRRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has reacted angrily to a warrant of arrest issued against him by Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube last week.Ndiweni left the country for...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni turns fugitive
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader for viola...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni jumps bail, arrest warrant issued
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader and convi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest issued for Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
A court in Bulawayo has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, just days after he stood outside 10 Downing Street in London to petition the Britis...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa panics over criticism
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday issued a chilling threat to traditional leaders, warning that they would be stripped of their positions for criticising the Zanu-PF government.Pre...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
COP26 delegation exposes Mnangagwa rhetoric, says Felix Ndiweni
OUTSPOKEN former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's United Kingdom trip for the COP26 summit last week as extravagant after he reportedly to...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni lays into Chief Charumbira
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna chief, Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni, has hit back at national chiefs' council president, Fortune Charumbira over his claims that the traditional leaders own ZANU-PF.Char...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Chief Ndiweni wants Mnangagwa barred from COP26
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on Thursday last week led a group of demonstrators to the Zimbabwean embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Legislative, logistical challenges stalling diaspora vote
The Zimbabwe's Consul General to Johannesburg, South Africa, Melody Chaurura has blamed the legislative and logistical challenges in the country as currently stalling the possibility of the Diaspora c...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Calls for diaspora vote grow louder
MYRIGHT2VOTE, a Zimbabwean group led by the dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has added its voice to growing calls for the government to permit diaspora vote.The organisat...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group starts registering diaspora voters
United KINGDOM-BASED Zimbabwean pressure group, MyRight2Vote, led by the dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Ndiweni has started registering Zimbabweans in the diaspora in an effort to pressure governm...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni forms pressure group
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is based in the United Kingdom, has formed a pressure group - MyRight2Vote - aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governmen...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on voter registration campaign
FORMER outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has rallied Zimbabweans to register to vote, arguing that voting the Zanu-PF government out of power was the only way to reverse undemocrat...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni seeks international protection for Ntabazinduna Mountain
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni says efforts are being made to declare the sacred Ntabazinduna mountain a World Heritage Site.The mountain is at the centre of a wrang...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna must be declared a national hero
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi who died this Saturday morning at the age of 86 should be declared a national hero, for his role in fighting the colonial Rhodesian government and principled stance ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs captured by Mnangagwa to whitewash Gukurahundi genocide'
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni has claimed that local traditional leaders were captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to "whitewash" the Gukurahundi mas...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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