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South Africa-based Zimbabweans blast Shava
ZIMBABWEAN immigrants residing in South Africa have blasted Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava for not consulting them before meeting his counterpart Naledi Pandor.Shava met the South Afr...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3156 | by Staff reporter
Zapu top officials seek to overturn new leadership
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) members have revived their bid to overturn the results of a congress which ushered in the party's new leadership.The members include Matthew Sibanda,...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 15:09hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
AU failing to rein in rogue regimes, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party, led by Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has accused the African Union (AU) of deviating from its objectives of uniting Africans by failing to rein in oppressive regimes.In a stat...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son wants father's remains exhumed from National Heroes Acre
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son to late liberation war hero and former Vice President Joshua Nkomo, is demanding the immediate exhumation of his late father's remains from the National Heroes A...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:28hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo Airport saga: Govt in U-turn
GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised for suddenly removing the shield emblem at Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.It also said it was re-designing the emblem and would soon erec...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi symbol removed from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport billboard
THE decision to obliterate a symbol from the billboard at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport has triggered a major outcry, with political parties and activists calling for its restoration....Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:50hrs | 3844 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU treasurer general quits
OPPOSITION Zapu has been dealt a heavy blow after its treasurer-general Future kaZulu Msebele, resigned from the party, just a few months he was elected to the position.Msebele was elected the...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:48hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Harare govt removes shield signage at Joshua Mqabuko Airport
THE opposition Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) party has expressed anger over the removal of the shield signage at the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport in Bulawayo.Zapu described it...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:47hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU reinstates suspended members
THE Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) council of elders has lifted the ban on the party's senior members who were suspended last year for suing their leader, Sibangilizwe Nkomo.The six ar...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Zapu in mourning
ZAPU says it will not be celebrating Independence Day on Monday, but will be mourning the loss of lives before and after independence.This year's 42nd independence celebrations will be held in...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:35hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: King Bulelani's father with Joshua Nkomo
The office of the King of AmaNdebele Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi has posted on social media a picture of Prince Humphrey Mncedisi Lobengula the father of the current King posing for a picture with ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 13:50hrs | 2213 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The magic innovation CCC needs to kick out Zanu
Innovation is a preserve for the young as the old do not know anything different from what they grew up doing. Chamisa's CCC should understand that the other word for Innovation is "Brainchild"....Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 12:44hrs | 1358 | by Ryton Dzimiri
'Zapu not dead'
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo has dismissed the notion that the party had no support and could not win elections as it was stuck in the past and basking in yesteryear glory.Nkomo, son of t...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:50hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
No partisan politics, Zapu tells security agents, Judiciary, chiefs
NEWLY-elected opposition Zapu leader, Sibangilizwe Nkomo has called on the security sector, Judiciary and chiefs to refrain from partisan politics.Sibangilizwe, who is the son of the late nati...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Hanana takes over a interim ZAPU spokesperson
OPPOSITION party ZAPU has appointed its secretary general Mthulisi Hanana as interim national spokesperson until its new leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo makes substantive appointments.Nkomo, son to ...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu never join Polad
ZAPU says it will soon engage its party's former liberation war allies with a view of mobilising financial resources and party regalia ahead of the 2023 elections.It is targeting countries suc...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zapu ready to take over in 2023
NEWLY-ELECTED Zapu leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has promised to hit the ground running by forming a government-in-waiting as the opposition party plots to wrest power in 2023.Addressing journalis...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:28hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo elected new Zapu President
THE son of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, Sibangilizwe was Saturday elected new Zapu new president during a drama-filled elective congress held in Bulawayo.Nkomo polled 793 votes to lan...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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 | 15 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Bid to stop Zapu elective congress fails
A last-gasp attempt to stop the Zapu elective congress from going ahead fell apart on Saturday morning after six parts members who had filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court on...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The ZAPU's hour of reckoning has come.
The ZAPU National Elective Congress starts tomorrow on the 28th October 2021 at Bulawayo Amphitheatre and it will run until the 30th. The first day is earmarked for receiving delegates from various br...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 19:57hrs | 16 | by Thulani Nkala
Zimbabwean courts have no spectacles to see Mnangagwa's illegitimacy
President Mnangagwa's legitimacy as a Zanu leader and President of the Republic, has been challenged in court. But, any Zanu leader's first duty on the job is to take the Court's spectacles and keep t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:18hrs | 7 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Sibangilizwe Nkomo loses Zapu Harare nominations
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe, has lost in nominations for Zapu presidency in Harare province after initially being announced as winner in nominations that were later...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
A red card or exit package for ED and his ZANU-PF Govt in 2023
The ground is shaking for EDiot and his cronies as they crave to hold onto power in 2023 when their fall is imminent. The sudden rise and revival of ZAPU with Sibangilizwe as the man- of - the...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:25hrs | 33 | by Mjibha Ndlovu
Sibangilizwe Nkomo wins Bulawayo nomination
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Zapu founding leader Joshua Nkomo, on Saturday won the Bulawayo nomination to contest for the Zapu party presidency, making him the leading contender.This m...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo leads in Zapu presidency nominations
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, is the leading candidate for the party's presidency, according to provincial nominations ahead of the elective congress later this ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's Mnangagwa bootlicking remarks spark outrage
BULAWAYO rights groups have reacted angrily over utterances on Wednesday by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to the effect that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the best boss ever, saying Ncube was exhib...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo still in the race
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Zapu founding leader Joshua Nkomo, yesterday dismissed attempts by some party members to sideline him from the opposition party's presidential race.Nkom...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The ZAPU NPC resolution to bar Nkomo is unconstitutional
The ZAPU National People's Council has upheld its resolution which seeks to bar Mr Sibangilizwe Nkomo from contesting as a ZAPU President. The resolution to the effect that one has to be a member for ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 09:45hrs | 12 | by Thulani Nkala
Zapu plots to sideline Nkomo's son
THE opposition Zapu has reaffirmed a contentious resolution barring presidential aspirants who have not been card-carrying members of the party for the past five years from contesting the presidency a...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt playing games with Zapu properties
ZAPU and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) veterans yesterday accused the government of "playing games" with its properties seized in the 1980s.Zipra was the military wing of Za...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unity accord died with his father and Mugabe
A SPIRING Zapu president Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son to the late VicePresident Joshua Nkomo, has described the unity accord which his father and the late former President Robert Mugabe signed to end hosti...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu postpones congress, again
THE opposition Zapu has further postponed its elective congress to October this year because of the COVID-19-induced lockdowns and the need for all their delegates to be fully vaccinated before the el...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu orders members to vaccinate ahead of October congress
Zapu has ordered all its members wishing to participate in the upcoming elective congress in October to be vaccinated against Covid-19.The move is part of efforts to make sure that congress de...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Eswatini revolution today and Zimbabwe tomorrow: Catharsis in the words of Franz Fanon
"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better," wrote a theologian Richard Hooker in the 16th century. Confronted with a dilemma on one hand: Violence is a tool in which Zimbabw...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 19:49hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
Joshua Nkomo's son denounces Zanu-PF's tragic failure
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, son of the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo says the country needs new leaders who can rescue it from Zanu-PF's ruinous rule and fulfil his father's vision of a free, just and pro...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo was a man of peace'
THE late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo was a man of peace, which led him to reaching an accord with Zanu PF to avoid further deaths from Gukurahundi massacres of the 1980s his son Sibangilizwe N...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo is never forgotten'
STATEMENT BY ASPIRING ZAPU PRESIDENT SIBANGILIZWE NKOMO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING ON OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE,...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 13:13hrs | 4 | by Sibangilizwe Nkomo
Joshua Nkomo's son confident of victory
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late vice president Joshua Nkomo, is buoyed by his victory in a Zapu Matabeleland South provincial election to fill the vacant post of party president, saying this i...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | 2 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Daggers out over Zapu presidency
DAGGERS have been drawn over opposition Zapu party presidency after the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's son Sibangilizwe Nkomo expressed interest in the post.In March, Nkomo resigned...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe continues to endure crises of unimaginable proportions
Statement by Mr. Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo, a Zimbabwean citizen and aspiring president of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) on the transport crisis in Zimba...Published: 05 May 2021 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Mr. Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo
Father Zimbabwe's son to take over ZAPU presidential post?
The late former Vice President Joshua Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, is set to take up a senior position in Zapu following his resignation from Joshua Nkomo Legacy Restoration Project Tr...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 6 | by Shelton Muchena
Joshua Nkomo' son ventures into full-time politics
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's son Sibangilizwe Nkomo has resigned from the Joshua Nkomo Legacy Restoration Project Trust and the Joshua Nkomo Cultural Movement to pursue politics full-...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Debates on Zapu presidential candidacy: worth commenting
Admittedly some of the debates about the future of Zapu party and its leadership were interesting and how they articulated the future of this party in our political landscape. We cannot escape the fac...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy could have come across as too emotional for some people to appreciate my perspective....Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere: flouting democratic values
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy must have been too emotional to appreciate my perspective. What is disturbing is that be i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 16:10hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sibangilizwe Nkomo's interview was a disaster in the making
Not long-ago last month, Sibangilizwe Nkomo announced his Zapu candidacy to replace the late DD: Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa. I was excited about this, well as someone who grew up in Zapu and known the la...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
Joshua Nkomo's son announces his presidential aspirations
In his groundbreaking interview on MBC, Mr Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the late political icon and nation builder Dr Joshua Nkomo announced what has sent shock waves and tremors throughout and acro...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 13:39hrs | 16 | by Thulani Nkala
'Joshua Nkomo's son not a Zapu member'
THE nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, as one of Zapu's presidential candidates has been challenged by other party members who accused him of not being a ca...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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