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Mnangagwa calls for repatriation of Zimbabwe skulls from British museums
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has renewed calls for the repatriation of the remains of Chimurenga war heroes from Britain, emphasizing the need for their interment in "a dignified manner." This stateme...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:27hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Chitepo School of Ideology director threatens voters
Controversy has erupted following alarming remarks made by Resten Magumise, a director at Zanu-PF's Chitepo School of Ideology, who threatened war against Zimbabweans advocating for the democratic rem...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
UK still holding unto Zimbabwean skulls
The British Government has expressed its commitment to repatriating the skulls of Zimbabwean heroes taken to Britain during the colonial era, British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Peter Vowles said yesterday...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:30hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new dinosaur discovery: inside the unique find
VISITORS to Lake Kariba - the world's largest man-made lake, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe - come to enjoy the abundant wildlife, fine fishing or spectacular scenery.However, in...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
A vote to remain masters of our own destiny
Here we reproduce excerpts of President Mnangagwa's speech to Zanu-PF supporters at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima, Matebeleland South province, yesterday.SalutationsWhen Jesus was b...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 14 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Vusi Nyamazana
UK can't find Nehanda's skull
London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.The fresh stateme...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff rporter
'Britain must compensate Zimbabwe for colonial rule losses'
GUTU South MP Pupurai Togarepi (Zanu-PF) has suggested that Zimbabwe must demand compensation for losses incurred while the country was under British rule.Togarepi said this last Thursday whil...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK can help solve mystery of Mbuya Nehanda's missing skull
FOR Zimbabweans have been calling on Britain to return the skulls of a former spiritual leader, Mbuya Nehanda, and several chiefs who were killed during the First Chimurenga, an Ndebele-Shona revolt a...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police recover baboon skulls from suspected car thief's house
Police in Shurugwi have recovered three baboon skulls from a suspected car thief Panganai Sithole (23)'s house.Sithole of Mhangami Village under Chief Banga in Shurugwi appeared before local m...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ED Pfeeee in UK hill Nehanda's head head home
The President of Zimbabweans His Excellence Cde Dr Emerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA will be gracing the Queen's land in October 2021. There is great excitement amongst Zimbabweans who are hoping to catch a ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:46hrs | 6 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Why a Zambia is impossible in Zimbabwe
THE problem with Zimbabwean opposition politics is that it takes the term "opposition" to mean antagonism against the government of the day and as a result any attempts to bridge the ideological gap b...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Vashe King
Zimbabwe team leaves for UK
THE National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) is preparing to dispatch a team of experts to the United Kingdom to assess a catalogue of human remains believed to be of First Chimurenga war her...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Some Zimbabweans irked by Nehanda statue
The Zimbabwean government unveiled a statue of the liberation heroine and anti-colonialism figurehead Mbuya Nehanda in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday amid controversy about its priorities while the e...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rivals slam twisted priorities
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday unveiled a towering bronze statue in the centre of Harare honouring a 19th-century anti-colonialist heroine who was hanged for leading a rebellion against white...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi falls: Who is my brother?
Tendai Mbofana sent me some information, which greatly upset me. I ignored it. Then he sent me the same information for the second time. I only write under some cloud of inspiration. at this point the...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 13:54hrs | 11 | by Ken Mufuka
Why Mbuya Nehanda is still displayed in a library
Those who are Christians they do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
'Every Zimbabwean is a hero in their own right'
As the ministry in charge of the Heroes Day commemorations, we are looking forward to this year's event with great excitement and anticipation.This year's theme for the celebrations is titled ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Ambassador Cain Mathema
Diaspora met to pave way for repatriation of Mbuya Nehanda's bones
She said that after her death, her bones would rise and lead a victorious struggle against the British. This is Nehanda Nyakasikana, a Shona spirit medium who led the fight against British colonisers ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Youths are growing horns due to using cellphones
Research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 15:09hrs | | by Online
Top dog fashion trends to follow in 2019
It's hard to keep up with the latest fashion trends and always dress to impress, especially since the designers' preferences for certain colors, fabrics, and patterns change at least twice a year. How...Published: 27 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 5 | by Staff writer
Man clobbers wife, sister with hammer, spears them to death
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Maxwell Takuva has described an Inyathi man who struck his wife and sister with a hammer before finishing them off using a metal spear following a rumour of infideli...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
The most popular slots in the year review
In 2018, there were many games that were at the top of the most popular slots rankings at online casinos and are therefore the most played. In addition to "old hands", numerous new slots have been add...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Sangoma denied bail for possessing baboon skulls
A SUSPECTED inyanga from Dete in Matabeleland North was found in unlawful possession of several baboon skulls, raw ivory, python and lion skins and 16 scales of pangolin all valued at $30 000. ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Founded on cruelty, fuelled by money
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa's most infamous practices - Captive Lion Breeding (CLB) for hunting and trading of their parts? If Parliament adopts the recommendations of a hard-hi...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
The black man must unite in one grand racial hierarchy!
A Tribute to Africa Day: Africa My Mother Land The time has come for the Black man to forget his hero worship of other races, and to create and emulate ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Kufakunesu Mawira
UK to deport 2,500 Zimbabweans
ABOUT 2 500 Zimbabweans living in the UK illegally could soon be deported back to their country of origin after the British government announced its intention to do so.British Ambassador to Zi...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi meets EU, British envoys
The national peace and reconciliation process is wholly Zimbabwean and should be respected by every country, European Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Phillipe Van Damme said yesterday.Speaking...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa's 'smarter' coup d'etats expose AU's shortfalls and incompetence - setting dangerous precedence
In the olden times, a coup d'etat was easily identifiable, as all that was needed was for some military general and his army to takeover the government and its most vital institutions, arrest - and po...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 11:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans should go out in millions to vote MDC in 2018
An MDC-T supporter Innocent Shumba has challenged the Zimbabweans to come out in numbers to vote for his party in the 2018 elections."In this article, I will say little about Zanu PF evil deed...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Anti-Mugabe Archbishop Sentamu must avoid double dipping
Born in Uganda Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu studied law at Makerere University before gaining employment as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Uganda.Speaking out against the regi...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe in November 2017 and beyond the military temporary takeover
The dust is settling down regarding political anxieties over the roadmap on politics and governance in Zimbabwe, is it really? The nagging truth is that the military world over when faced with a dilem...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 00:07hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Yes. It's a coup, a genocidal political cleansing
Yes. It is a coup. Not against but about Robert Mugabe and his power. More than that it is a genocidal political cleansing. A political faction in the ruling party, a faction that cannot win a war of ...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 13:27hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Webster Shamu's safari property faces the hammer
SAFARI company, HHK Safaris, reportedly co-owned by former Zanu-PF political commissar Webster Shamu and millionaire Charles Davy, will have its properties, which include vehicles, fridges, animal ski...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget
Zimbabwe yesterday remembered its national heroes and heroines who selflessly contributed their lives, limbs or properties for the liberation of their fatherland, which is now in the hands of the Afri...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Robert Mugabe is too late to the game
I want the Zimbabwean people to ask themselves a simple question: What is the objective of the youth interface rallies? If my memory serves me right, I heard these rallies were to drum up support for ...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 21:37hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Mass 'gukurahundi' grave found in Kezi
HUMAN remains have been found exposed at two different sites in Kezi, Matobo district.When The Chronicle visited the area, the human remains were scattered along the banks of Bhode River near ...Published: 30 May 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Skulls of My People' documentary explores why Namibia is a 'time bomb'
Germany is in negotiations with Namibia about the phrasing of the first official apology for General von Trotha's extermination orders that led to the murder of around 100 000 Ovaherero and Nama peopl...Published: 23 May 2017 at 11:12hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Britain submits Zimbabwe human trophies' identities report
The Natural History Museum of London has submitted a report on their findings in relation to the identities of human remains of slain heroes and heroines of the First Chimurenga, National Museums and ...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Efforts to atone for Gukurahundi
Former Magwegwe legislator Felix Mafa Sibanda - through his Post-Independent Survivors Trust (Pist) - is moving to pressure government to address Gukurahundi atrocities.The atrocities have...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Injiva axes ex-wife, son to death
AN injiva allegedly axed his ex-wife (23) and the couple's one year old son to death after the woman ditched him.It is suspected the double murder suspect - Mkululi Moyo (30) - of Utandi Villa...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 01:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's genocide victory ceremony
Mugabe's birthday celebration near Bhalagwe disused mine is a genocide victory ceremony and endorsement of Gukurandi massacre of the Ndebele people.Forensic psychology states that a serial kil...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 12:48hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
uLoyiko condemns Mugabe's upcoming macabre and Gothic Birthday Bash in Matebeleland
uLoyiko theatre activists once again take this opportunity to extend their invitation to all people from all walks of life to its 380 Degrees Imbizo Demonstration that will be held on the 21st of Marc...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Yanga Mhluzi, Siphelo Mtshetsha, Prosper Nkosi and Ayanda Manala
Mugabe opens gates of hell
I ended this column last week by asking the tormented question of who will protect us "from a vengeful police force so emboldened by a culture of impunity that they can break people's skulls in br...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Wildlife under threat from legal trade in Southern Africa
Southern Africa is losing protected wild plants and animals at an alarming rate. Between 2005 and 2014, around 18,000 individual species worth US$340-million were legally sold. This figure, wh...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 17:53hrs | | by Jane Surtees
The British should learn from us, Cdes
COMRADES, I am very happy that last week's events in Britain vindicated our model of democracy.The know-it-all of this world are stranded as we speak, not just because they find themselves lea...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:33hrs | | by CZ
UK out going Premier Cameron was reluctant on Zimbabwe- Zanu PF UK
ZANU PF United Kingdom chapter has said that the Britain Prime Minister Cameron who has indicated that he is resigning following the Britons' pull out from the European Union was the better leader com...Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lobengula's spear found
Police say they have found a missing more-than-120 year old spear stuffed inside the thatched roof of a man who claimed to be a descendant of its owner, it was reported on Thursday.In a tw...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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