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Mnangagwa dangles citizenship to Mzilikazi royal family
The Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi Royal Crown Family, which includes the Mzilikazi Royal House and the Khumalo Clan, claims the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has shown them generosity by promising to rest...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Poor sound spoils Madlela's Kwamu album launch
Poor sound spoilt Madlela Sikhobokhobo's album launch in Bulawayo at the weekend.Somehow, the exact PA System that is run by a guy only referred to as Makura has spoilt a number of gigs and ye...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Command burial as Chiwenga presides over chief's burial
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is today expected to preside over the burial of Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane at his rural home in Jotsholo, Matabeleland North. President Mnangagwa yesterday ac...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi grave in state of grave concern
The late Ndebele king Mzilikazi's grave at Matobo Hills is falling apart because of lack of maintenance amid a lack of clarity on who was responsible for its upkeep.King Mzilikazi died in Sept...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ndumiso Gumede laid to rest
HUNDREDS of people converged at Ndumiso Gumede's rural home in Inyathi Village, Bubi District in Matabeleland North, to pay their last respects to the late decorated football administrator.The...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Mayor is dismally failing Bulawayo: Why is the Bulawayo Residence Association mum about BCC discrepancies?
Without the former deputy mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Karambani, the senior executives in the City Council are failing to eradicate corruption in the city. The BCC is once again in the headlines today f...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:35hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Prince Zwide Khumalo mourns King Zwelithini
PRINCE Zwide Khumalo and the Amangwe clan in Zimbabwe are mourning the death of Zulu monarch King Godwill Zwelethini saying they join the Zulu nation and South Africans in this time of sadness. ...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 5 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Ndebele Prince takes Energy Mutodi head on
The utterances by Energy Mutodi that in this day and age suggests that Ndebeles do not belong to this country, Zimbabwe, are unfortunate. The leadership style that lacks originality and seems to be dr...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Lobengula clan wades into Chief Ndiweni case
DESCENDANTS of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, have called for the immediate release of Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was jailed last week, saying the decision has left tr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula descendants want Dabengwa honoured
KING Lobengula's descendants have urged Bulawayo City Council to honour the late national hero Dumiso Dabengwa by naming a street after him.Dabengwa, who was Zipra's intelligence chief during ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa must be remembered
It is now some weeks since Dr Dumiso Dabengwa passed on. This Office has two proposals for the people of Bulawayo to ponder over and if it's okay, implement with the approval of ZAPU and his family....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Ndebele royal family honours Cont Mhlanga
DESCENDANTS of King Lobengula have honoured arts doyen Continue Loving Mhlanga as an icon of the Matabeleland region, who has spearheaded the preservation and upholding of the Ndebele culture through ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula descendants demand State House
Descendants of King Lobengula say they want the government to give them back land where the Bulawayo State House was built to restore their heritage.The King Lobengula Royal Trust wants to tur...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City Concept
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City ConceptAuthor: Prince Zwide KhumaloDate: 26 June 2019Isilo seNtuthuko Bulawayo and the identity of Umthwakazi or the Ndebele nation are inseparabl...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:57hrs | 1 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
King Lobengula's descendant dies
A MEMBER of the Royal Khumalo clan and great grandson of King Lobengula Thafetha Njube Khumalo has died. Khumalo (80), who was partially blind and based in Eastern Cape, South Africa, succumbe...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Umthwakazi Nation Remember King Lobengula
The fierce encounter at Lalaphansi and a little later at the Shangani River in October, 1893, between Imbizo gallant Forces of King Lobengula and the Imperialist Forces were initial incide...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:13hrs | 13 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
King Mzilikazi and the Mambo people created a nation
The nation needs to congratulate the movers for the creation of the Mambo Dynasty Trust and indeed the creation of the BaKalanga Movement, if I have quoted the names of the organisations correctly. It...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 13:20hrs | 480 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Bulawayo to host own Reed Dance
THE King Lobengula Royal Trust is set to hold a reed dance in Bulawayo between August and September to promote traditional culture.The reed dance is common among Nguni cultures in Eswatini and...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele kingship should be resolved once and for all
THE revival of the Ndebele kingship has been marred in controversy and confusion as several individuals have claimed to be heir to the defunct monarchy which was destroyed by colonialists 124 years ag...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele king to engage Mnangagwa
ASPIRING King Nyamande Lobengula 11, Prince Zwide Kalanga Khumalo, says he plans to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa to negotiate for the restoration of Mthwakazi state, soon after his unveiling ce...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobengula family to unveil 'genuine' Ndebele King before December 5
THE Lobengula family has rapped Chief Mathema for meddling in the Khumalo clan's chieftainship "affairs" after he announced that South Africa-based Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo would be crowned Ki...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Zwide reacts to Bulelani coronation
The Ndebele culture and important cultural institutions continue to be destroyed since the time of the advent of settler colonialists of the 1800s.It is not possible to have coronation of a Ndebele Ki...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 13:50hrs | 3 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Historian sucked into Ndebele crown fights, used by a Khumalo faction
KING Lobengula Royal Trust has rapped Bulawayo-based historian Phathisa Nyathi for dragging himself into the Ndebele crown fights and falsely unveiling South Africa-based Bulelani Colin Lobengula Khum...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi II, clansmen clash over rainmaking ceremony
SELF-IMPOSED Ndebele king, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, has triggered a fierce storm with fellow clansmen after he announced plans to conduct a rainmaking ceremony, inxwala, on November 5 in violation of ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Cultural Ceremonies
Introduction On the 28th of July, 2017 King Lobengula Family made a Press Statement at the Bulawayo Press Club, that from then-on the Royal House is taking ...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 19:21hrs | 47 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
The Discovery of Mthwakazi Nationalism, Genesis and Tribulations
In their ground breaking research called the ‘Discovery of Mthwakazi Nationalism, Genesis and Tribulations', where they seek to illuminate the historical links between the Mthwakazi nation and the d...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 06:47hrs | 21 | by Thulani Nkala
Circus about Ndebele King must come to an end
The circus regarding the revival of the Ndebele kingdom continues to play out in the public domain, with rival groups each declaring who they prefer to be the successor.In the past month alone...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 18:55hrs | | by Newsday Editorial Comment
Tshuma or Khumalo to be unveiled as new 'Ndebele king' next month?
REVIVAL of the Ndebele Kingdom has reached an advanced stage with the inauguration of a new king set for next month.The Ndebele Kingdom ceased to exist after the death of King Lobengula when t...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 19:36hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Kingdom revival gathers momentum
LOCAL chiefs are being consulted on the revival of the Ndebele Kingdom, with seven traditional leaders having been consulted so far.In a statement, King Lobengula Royal Family Trust spokespers...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's granddaughter dies
THE death of some of the elders who are direct descendents of King Lobengula is becoming a major setback in the revival of the Ndebele monarchy as they pass on with critical information needed in ...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP supports the efforts being made to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom
MRP fully supports the efforts being made by Amakhumalo to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom, we appeal yet again to those involved not to give us a puppet King and a sellout because we are serious ab...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 08:36hrs | | by Mbo kaGumbo
Ndebele Kingdom on agenda as regional monarchs meet
THE Khumalo clan, who are descendants of King Lobengula, are in consultation with other Nguni monarchs on ways to revive the Ndebele State.The revival of the Ndebele kingdom has stirred contro...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Nqobile Tshili
King Lobengula's granddaughter dies
ONE of the few remaining direct descendants of the last Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, Princess Simoli Khumalo, has died. She was 87. She succumbed to a chronic liver ailment at Mpil...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Auxilia Katongomara
King Lobengula's spear stolen
A GOLD coated spear and some artefacts belonging to the last Ndebele King, Lobengula, have been stolen from Old Bulawayo with the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) coming under fire fo...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 23:22hrs | 2 | 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
Mujuru's party attacks Chronicle for revisiting her comments on Joshua Nkomo
A member of Joyce Mujuru led Zimbabwe People First media department has lashed out at the state run Chronicle for racking up a 19 year ago issue involving Mujuru and the late vice president Joshua Nko...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 10:30hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Mujuru haunted by Joshua Nkomo slur
AS JOICE Mujuru began an ambitious effort to recast herself as a reformed politician yesterday, trashing everything she stood for in the Zanu-PF government where she spent three decades, not overyone ...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Descendent of Ndebele King defends Zulu King
A DESCENDANT of Ndebele King Lobengula Prince Zwide Khumalo has defended Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini saying he is not to blame for the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.Khumalo told jou...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele monarchy won't affect Zim political processes'
A direct descendant of King Mzilikazi, Prince Zwide kaLanga Khumalo, has said the restoration of the Ndebele monarchy would neither hinder nor affect political processes in the country.Spe...Published: 15 Sep 2014 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fighting for control of Bulawayo Agenda escalates, top official suspended
BULAWAYO Agenda has suspended its deputy board chairperson Peter Muchengeti for yet-to-be-known reasons as fighting for control of the organisation escalates.MDC-T Makokoba legislator Gor...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Old Bulawayo
CONFUSION reigns supreme over the reconstruction of the Old Bulawayo Cultural Village with the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) and royal Khumalo family giving conflicting statem...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 09:50hrs | 6 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Bayethe not for Mugabe says Mzilikazi descendant
A Ndebele royal descendant has castigated President Robert Mugabe's praise singers for abusing the Ndebele royal salute "Bayethe" in honour of the Zanu-PF leader and first secretary.Addressi...Published: 26 Mar 2012 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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