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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 | 2195 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Chiwenga says 'Shonas are cowards'

Popular street preacher Talent Chiwenga has ignited a political and ethnic firestorm following a sermon in which he accused the ruling ZANU PF party of deliberately marginalising Zimbabweans of Ndebele descent since the country's independe…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 14:49hrs | 1848 | 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 | 8907 | by Staff reporter

Zezuru imposition has done more harm than good

The imposition of Zezuru as the standard dialect has done more harm than good, writes Douglas Mutepaire, sharing his personal experiences of language discrimination. To build true national unity, he writes here, it's time we confront the g…

Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 14:05hrs | 1579 | by Douglas Mutepaire

Shona magistrate denies Mthwakazi Republic Party official bail

A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhululi Jele, was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts for challenging the interrogation of students at Phakamani High School in Plumtree.The students had clashed with their teacher over the co…

Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 15:31hrs | 1071 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Plumtree

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 | 3775 | by Staff reporter

Students refuse that shona is the first language in Zimbabwe

A tense confrontation unfolded at Phakamani High School in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, on Friday when learners challenged their teacher after she allegedly misrepresented the status of languages during a Heritage Studies lesson. The comm…

Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 16:54hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter

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 | 299 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

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 | 13 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka

Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals

VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabhambadzi, raided villagers in what is bel…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

South Africans stage demonstration against school teaching Shona language

The Patriotic Alliance (PA), an anti-immigrant opposition party in South Africa, staged a protest on Monday at Esikhisini Primary School in Pretoria, Atteridgeville, objecting to the teaching of the Shona language.Zimbabweans reportedly ma…

Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

MSU translates science textbooks into Shona and Ndebele

THE Midlands State University (MSU) National Language Institute (NLI) has started working on a national project to translate primary school science textbooks into Shona and Ndebele.Government is promoting the use of indigenous languages in…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Meet Shona guy who sings Afrikaans

Tinotenda Singe is a South Africa-based Zimbabwean young man who has an interesting tale on how he ventured into music at a later stage in his life and specialised in Afrikaans music.Born in Harare, Singe moved to Swellendam in South Afric…

Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

'Drug dealers hiding behind shonalism'

ALLEGED drug dealers in Maphisa, Matabeleland South province, are reportedly hiding behind tribalism saying they are being targeted because they are not locals.Most of the suspected drug kingpins in the area are reportedly outsiders.Reside…

Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Community rejects non-Ndebele speaking teachers

The Silobela community has rejected non-Ndebele speaking teachers deployed by the government to take early childhood development classes in Donsa-Donsa, a predominately Ndebele area.Donsa Councillor Willard Moyo said accommodating the teac…

Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa names shona dominated CCC shadow cabinet

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has named his shadow cabinet, which interestingly does not constitute his loyalist MPs who remain in parliament under the MDC Alliance identity.Chamisa's shadow cabinet, the first e…

Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 19:23hrs | 12 | 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

Can Shona be added to South Africa's official languages?

Zimbabwe's Shona language stands a good chance of being recognised as one of South Africa's national language.Millions of Shonas have invaded South Africa.Two submissions have been made to the South African Parliament to consider Khilovedu…

Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 11:52hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter

Mukuru blasted for employing 225 Shona and Chichewa speakers in SA

Financial services company Mukuru will have to revisit its employment policy after the Western Cape High Court lambasted it for ignoring South Africa's employment laws in favour of hiring foreigners in positions South Africans can occupy.M…

Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Shona community in Kenya to get citizenship

The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendants from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision at the end of last year by the Kenyan …

Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

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

MDC shona leadership brutalised in Bulawayo

The MDC is deeply concerned about reports of continued State-sanctioned abductions; torture and impunity in Bulawayo even after the State foiled and proscribed the people's right to hold a peaceful demonstration in the city on Monday.This …

Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by MDC Communications

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

Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)

Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off this section by telling a little bit of who Dr. Theal (a major source of recorded history in Southern Africa) was so that we can decide on the reliabil…

Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 35 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP

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 | 1442 | by Brian Maregedze

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 | 7 | by Shumba Happison

'The Shona will knife the Shona' - Nkomo Prophesy 1983

It wasn't hard for Joshua Nkomo to Prophesy in 1983 that Mugabe's exit would be essenced by tribalism. In his 1983 London letter to President Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo wrote some Autistic Hallucinations - which have come to Prophetically pass i…

Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 21:02hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri

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

Zimbabweans rob,rape and kill South Africans?

There are unconfirmed reports that people speaking Shona language are terrorising people in neighbouring South Africa in a bid  to rob, rape and kill them.Twitter whistleblower who use the name Man's Not Barry Roux  recently wrot…

Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu

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 | 7 | by Etiwel Mutero

The 1979 Grandplan from a women's perspective

I have read the so called Shona's 1979 Grand Plan, each time I finish reading it I find myself getting emotional. I ,being a Christian sometimes I find myself praying and meditating against the Spirit of anger, or revenge. Sometimes I try …

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:17hrs | 19 | by Presia Ngulube

Government Must Intervene in Bulawayo TM Saga

Editor, I must salute you for giving us refreshing news and and the good work that your Team has done in reporting fairly and without fear or favour. We hope that this excellent service continues into the future. In an age where some newsp…

Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 19:53hrs | | by S Dube

Zimbabwe tribalism is so prevalent and so thick that you can even touch it

Ladies and gentlemen my fellow countrymen we thank the Lord God Almighty for the daily care he renders to us 'free'. For it is definitely not the cunningness in us that is keeping us alive but Him.We are a black nation blessed with everyth…

Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 14:23hrs | 1 | by Clement Moyo

Uloyiko wins an award at the Zabalaza festival

"We are thrilled to have won an award, it is a great honour, we never set out to win an award, however, we are thankful and appreciative of the recognition of our work through this accolade" said an ecstatic yet humble Mr Yanga Mhluzi afte…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 19:05hrs | 17 | by Thulani Nkala

WATCH: Shona dominated commission disrupted

SOME Bulawayo civil society groups led by separatist movement Mthwakazi Republic Party yesterday disrupted National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) stakeholder consultations challenging the composition of the Commission.The acti…

Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mashona vs AmaNdebele: A legacy of disgusting racism

Being born into an Ndebele 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 become the head of s…

Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

Mrs Masuku: she gaffed!

This boot-licking is so contagious it has become a disease; it's pandemic: this disease does not belong to any political party of ethnic group in the country. Be it Shona or Ndebele or of white race they went out of their way to embrace th…

Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 20:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata

Ndebele invasion no excuse for Gukurahundi, otherwise Shona people must leave Zimbabwe too

Everytime the victims of Gukurahundi demand respect, someone is quick to equate Gukurahundi to Ndebele invasion of 1830. Our society goes round the World professing to be highly educated, but, they can't use academic research to look at th…

Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri

WATCH: Shona version of Despacito

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Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 10:39hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter

'Negotiating the political economic space of the youth in Zimbabwe's policy framework'

The post year-2000 era Zimbabwe's political-economy challenges have accelerated learnt lessons to every Zimbabwean in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean youth, as a constituency in itself, is having a compromised identity in their quest to realise Z…

Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 20:24hrs | 7 | by Tedious Ncube

Shona speakers thought I was mad

I hope my post is going to be taken in it's correct context and not get sensationalized.A week ago in the company of a friend while walking in Gwanda we met up with a vendor who was selling Roundnuts, Indlubu in IsiNdebele and Nyimo in Chi…

Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 08:40hrs | 4 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

Does Dr Nkosana Moyo have what it takes to be the next president of Zimbabwe?

Questions have to be asked."CAN HE?" "YES HE CAN". Does Dr Nkosana Moyo have the charisma that can surpass and supersede that of his competitors in the political institution? The answer is, YES!.Does he have the prerequisite people skills,…

Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 21:39hrs | 4 | by Njabulo

How Rhodesia ended tribes

The year 1970 saw the birth of a publication titled "The Passing of Tribal Man in Africa". Edited by a Canadian academic, the late Peter C. W. Gutkind, the publication challenged entrenched Anglo-Saxon ideas which had congealed into a fash…

Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 10:03hrs | 7 | by Nathaniel Manheru

Dr Brilliant Mhlanga's brilliant response: A bruising encounter between a Mthwakazian and a Zimbabwean.

Mr Obert MC Makore a Zimbabwean put a number of questions to Dr Brilliant Mhlanga, a fearless Mthwakazian. The response was informative and instructive to an extent that Mr Makore ended up agreeing with a vision of a free, sovereign, and i…

Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:45hrs | 5 | by Thulani Nkala

Myth or reality: The raid by Ndebeles of Shona cattle and women

A lot has been said recently about alleged raids carried out by the Ndebele State on their then neighbours in 19th century. I say alleged because while some think it is a forgone conclusion that the raids took place I am not convinced. Fir…

Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 06:59hrs | 336 | by Velempini Ndlovu

Zanu-PF MP stirs a hornest nest with his comments on Ndebeles

Zanu-PF MP for Marondera Central, Lawrence Katsiru stirred a hornet's nest this week when he made unfortunate statements to the fact that Ndebele people must first pay lobola and compensate Shonas "for abducting and forcing into marriage y…

Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo

Resolve and Press Forward: A Young Person's Response

A few days ago, John Ncube who signed off as a very loyal subscriber to Econet, wrote an open letter to Strive Masiyiwa about how Econet Wireless Zimbabwe does not employ Ndebele people. After reading the letter, I knew I needed to sa…

Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 17:36hrs | 2 | by Dalumuzi Mhlanga

Mthwakazi demonstrate against birthday celebrations of evil Gugurahundist Mugabe

Dear Mthwakazi in Mathebeleland-South: demonstrate against birthday celebrations of evil Gugurahundist: Robert Mugabe There is a call by the Mthwakazi organisations to boycott the birthday celebrations of the Gugurahundist Robert Mugabe. Y…

Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 15:14hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata

Shonas, Ndebeles brutalising each other over mining claims in Matabeleland

Nyathi community in Matabeleland North is on fire as Shona and Ndebele speaking people are brutalising each other over the occupation of mining spaces in the area.If reports are correct that the Shona people coming from outside the area ha…

Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

A response to Nomazulu Thatha and Xoxani Ngxoxo

I extend my sincere thanks to Nomazulu Thatha for acknowledging my response article to Xoxani Ngxoxo. We certainly agree in so far as the fact that Xoxani Ngxoxo is possibly a double agent meant to confuse and confound the Restorationist A…

Published: 02 Jan 2017 at 17:52hrs | 4 | by Siqhubumthetho Ndlovu

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