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The tragedy of King Lobhengula and Chaminuka Pasipamire fallout
Two political dynasties in the present-day Harare province and surrounding areas aligned themselves with the Ndebele in the mid to late 1800s. These were the Rwizi and Hwata dynasties. The relationshi...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 11:51hrs | 554 | by Mzala Tom
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 | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Zuma's MK Party brings big guns to NCOP
The uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party is planning to send a team of heavyweights as its new members in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) as early as this week.Sunday World revealed that forme...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:02hrs | 45 | by Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Zulus demand 100 cows from ANC's Duma for his rogue behaviour
Zulu royal regiments have suggested that KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Siboniso Duma pay 100 cows as an apology to King Misuzulu for "disrespecting" His Maj...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
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 | 275 | 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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo
The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawa...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 19 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)
Soldiers deface Mnangagwa posters
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismantled the Cleveland Shooting Range in Harare amid allegations that some soldiers stationed there were defacing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign posters in M...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa recalls army officers on leave?
Ahead of the crucial elections, army officers on leave have been called back to the barracks as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to control the military.This has now been extended to those a...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 07:59hrs | 8 | 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. Th...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:05hrs | 3 | 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
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zweli Mkhize irks Ramaphosa's boot lickers
The ANC's veterans' league and party national executive committee (NEC) members have warned party members, including embattled former health minister Zweli Mkhize, against making declarations of willi...Published: 23 May 2022 at 08:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Tabitha Khumalo decries cancer treatment costs
FORMER Bulawayo East legislator Thabitha Khumalo has bemoaned the huge cost of cancer treatment in Zimbabwe, saying vulnerable people struggled to meet the costs.Khumalo, who suffers from brea...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM at 5: Birth of 1893 Insingo Regiment Arts
The 1893 Matebeleland Human Rights Restoration Movement also known as 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) is an organization that represents a proud Matebele Nation made up o...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:38hrs | 22 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Executive Director
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
Zimbabwe gears for Mozambique war
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has reportedly put on standby its contingent of troops to be deployed in conflicttorn Mozambique as government finalises modalities, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal....Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scores willing to die for Zuma
Scores of amabutho (regiments), politicians and ordinary citizens vowed that they are willing to die rather than endure watching former president Jacob Zuma being arrested.Zuma has until tomor...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 third wave panic hits Zimbabwe
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of a dire situation ahead as the third wave of COVID-19, which has reportedly hit the country in the face of threats posed by the South African and new Indian variants ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The Liberation War in Nkayi, Matebeleland: The Agenda by Rhodesian Army & State to starve 'terrorists', a personal experience!
In today's Africa, we often ascribe the violation of African rights to only African governments and easily forget a long-standing history of wanton violation of African rights by gun-ho racialist geno...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 22:38hrs | 15 | by Thembani Dube
Mozambique presses for Zimbabwe military intervention
FRESH intricate details of back-to-back meetings by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security have emerged, indicating that they failed to resolve a met...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 9 | 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 | 1 | by Junior Ngwenya
1893 MHRRM brands its structures into Matebele Regiment Names
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) has this week, through its Bayethe Board of Directors, its Chapters and its members branded its Chapters or structures into its Matebe...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:35hrs | 1 | by 1893 Bayethe Board of Directors
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 investi...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 2 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Nomazulu Thata Misinformed
Nomazulu Thata who regards herself as the custodian of all Mathebeleland issues has a tendency to twist facts to suit her agenda. It is very curious that she refers to Bulawayo as the City of Kings an...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 10:15hrs | | by Lizwe Dube
Chipinge-Chimanimani route cleared
There was a major break through this week after the once inaccessible road that connects Chipinge and Chimanimani was cleared to pave way for relief initiatives to now reach the affected areas in Chim...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga happy with supply of medicines across Zimbabwe
Government has started receiving medicines and medical sundries from suppliers and is distributing them across the country. They comprise medicines for daily use and sundries like gloves and face mask...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | 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 | 10 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Ex-Zimbabwean soldiers who survived DRC war want compensation for trauma
Ex-Zimbabwean soldiers who fought in an expensive civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo two decades ago have appealed to Defence and War Veterans minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to help them...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi must derive lessons from the recent political dispensation of political disaster
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Mthwakazi must derive lessons from the recent political dispensation of political disaster which some of us foresaw it. "The more we get involved i...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
The Mthwakazi Thought on Governance - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
There are many and varied voices that come out of Matabeleland and Midlands describing many activities that are attributed to Mthwakazi. Many of these voices sound opposed to each other, and even soun...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 13:00hrs | | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Bulawayo's untapped tourism potential
With dozens of tourist attractions, each having a rich history and remarkable diversity of culture, Bulawayo — Zimbabwe's second largest city — as well as its hinterland should have no problem att...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The revolution still lives: Youth League perspective
As I write this piece, I stop mid-sentence to ponder if our icons and martyrs namely Mzilikazi, Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi, Lobengula and Chaminuka were still alive, what their take would be about t...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:57hrs | 3 | by Fundisani Dewa
The Zimbabwe army regiments are now led by warlords
Zimbabwe is in state of a political crisis and decay. The political authority, influence, responsibility and control has debilitated and collapsed. The central power holder is now shrunken and malfunc...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 21:23hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Coronation of King Mzilikazi II
The coronation of King Mzilikazi the second is on the cards with people having already pledged five beasts for the event.Addressing people at Ko Snqo Gu...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 11:35hrs | | by Benson Dube
Bosso, Majaivana and other taboos
A number of political philosophers and sociologists of the Global South have noted how sport and religion were used by colonialists to divert the minds and energies of natives from politics.Of...Published: 30 May 2017 at 09:24hrs | | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena writes from South Africa
'The Armed Struggle: Was it Worth It?' - Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa
Public Dialogue, Department of History, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Wednesday, 23rd November 2016 Discussion Note by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President _________________...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 11:53hrs | 16 | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa
Don't let Mugabe dictate methods for your struggle
On the 5th November 2016 saw the biggest gathering of the Mthwakazi nation at Gadade, commemorating the gallant stand by the Mthwakazi defence forces in defence of the Mthwakazi nation. In 1893, 3rd N...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 20:13hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila
"Way before Marange, Mugabe and his military men had already started rampant racketeering, illegal mafia-style smuggling, double-crossing, double dealing, as well as illegal arms peddling with Congole...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 16:10hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto
Defence Forces to get colours
Zimbabwe Defence Forces formations, regiments and units will tomorrow be officially presented with their base colours and flags for the first time since independent Zimbabwe, in a historic event that ...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
Rhodesia: The Great Betrayal
For just over three months I stayed at the Hilton Hotel while I worked in Pietermaritzburg recently. Staying there also was an ex-Rhodesian of roughly my age. This is his story in his words of his exp...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 12:07hrs | 5 | by Dean McCleland
War hero status for senior ZNA officer
Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Munyanduki, who died on Wednesday last week, has been declared a liberation hero.He was 59.Lt-Colonel Munyanduki was yesterday laid to rest at Glen Forest Cem...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:27hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Mzilikazi Khumalo: The king and the myths
Typical of the many African pre-colonial military and political leaders, the name and legacy of Mzilikazi Khumalo is enveloped in colonial and racist myths. European adventurous explorers and prospect...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 21:27hrs | 4 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
The Ndebele kingdom revival storm
In last week's instalment, we learned how Bagedze stole the Kalanga king Tjilibundule's hair strand so that her father Tjilisamhuli's medicine man, Ngomane Gumbo, could perform his magic to neutralise...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 08:06hrs | 87 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
'WE' Khumalos are sorry for the genocide presided by our forefathers
Our fore-father and one of the most illustrious leaders to ever evolve in Africa Mzilikazi created the problems for us from onset. I always wish if he had been loyal to king Shaka we could be a better...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 16:00hrs | 4 | by Bhekifa Mtungwa Khumalo
Bulawayo, Mat South remain HIV hotspots
Zimbabwe's HIV burden has decreased with latest statistics from the draft 2014 national estimates report showing a decline in the national HIV incidence rate, new infections and the number of chil...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zulu King marries 6th wife
ULUNDI - In a wedding fit for royalty, the Zulu monarch married his sixth wife on Saturday.Swazi princess Zola Mafu joined the Zulu royal family 10 years ago, and has son with King Goodwill Zw...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 21:26hrs | | by eNCA
HIV, Aids deaths drop
The number of people dying from HIV and Aids-related illnesses has significantly dropped from a high of 170 000 in 2003 to about 60 000 last year, a development attributed to Government programmes of...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 00:30hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
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