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How Princess Zinkabi attempted a coup on King Lobhengula
Princess Zinkabi was King Mzilikazi's daughter. She was married to Mbiko the son of Madlenya Masuku. Mbiko was a powerful warrior who was respected in the northern Ndebele kingdom.Mbiko Masuku...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:24hrs | 16 | by Thomas Sibanda
Lobhengula's legacy embodied unique tactful diplomacy, military heroism
DISTINGUISHED researchers and historians have utterly dismissed the narrative that Ndebele monarch King Lobhengula Khumalo is associated with selling out to colonial settlers, arguing his distinct leg...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
The Nguni/Sotho People who occupied parts of modern-day Zimbabwe before Mzilikazi
There is a general misconception that King Mzilikazi and is Ndebele people were the first Nguni group to traverse and settle in what is now modern-day Zimbabwe. However, this is not accurate.T...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:37hrs | 11 | by Thomas Sibanda
The legend of Chief Maduna of Godlwayo
WHEN the 1896 First Umvukela/Chimurenga military campaign against the Ndebeles had not been a success, arch-imperialist Cecil John Rhodes called for a great indaba with Ndebele chiefs (izinduna) in th...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:06hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the origins of the Mabhikwa Chieftaincy
FOLLOWING the death of Chief Mabhikwa, Chronicle sought the views of historian Mr Thomas Sibanda, who helped shed more light on the historical background of the chieftaincy.He shares his views...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:20hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
9 to contest in Lupane East by-election
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said preparations for the Lupane East constituency by-election are at an advanced stage after nine candidates successfully filed their papers at the Nominat...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition leader dies in car crash
AN aspiring Presidential candidate in the forthcoming general election has reportedly died in a car crash on his way from South Africa to Zimbabwe on the eve of the launch of his political party....Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hubby clobbers wife over muti
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for 10 years for severely beating up his 38-year-old wife after he found her in possession of traditional medicine which he suspected she wanted to use on him....Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Derrick Ndzimande rescues Zimbabwean artiste
LITTLE known aspiring gospel artiste Thulani Khumalo who is also visually impaired has said he forgives all those who duped him while he was trying to realise his musicals career.The music ind...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:45hrs | 12 | by Joel Tsvakwi
Mbokodo suspends operations due to foot-and-mouth outbreak forces
THE Veterinary Services Department has ordered Mbokodo abattoir and butchery to suspended operations as the government continues to investigate the gravity of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak th...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Govt has no resources to fight foot and mouth outbreak
GOVERNMENT has no money to fight the outbreak of the deadly foot and mouth disease which broke out in Zvishavane last November, a senior veterinary officer has said.Midlands provincial veterin...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 11:18hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Villagers resort to human antibiotics to cure chickens
VILLAGERS in Silobela and parts of Zhombe in the Midlands province have resorted to administering antibiotic drugs meant for human beings to their chickens in desperate attempts to contain a flu-like ...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Foot and mouth outbreak in Mberengwa
MBERENGWA Rural District Council in the Midlands Province has been hit by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, it has emerged.A village head, Jaison Moyo, said the outbreak had affected thi...Published: 30 Dec 2014 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man dies digging brother's grave
A MAN digging his late brother's grave collapsed and fell into the burial pit."Perfectly healthy" Mokeli Mickel Nkulumo Sibanda, 59, of Msewele Village in Jotsholo, had just taken the pick fro...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
New breed of prostitution, 'sex on wheel' on the rise in Zimbabwe
Some enterprising ladies of the night are now involved in a new breed of prostitution that has seen them travelling from city to city and stopping for business in every lucrative major red-light dis...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 13:53hrs | 73 | by Staff Reporter
Zim-Escorts recruits first male hookers
ZIMESCORTS agency, the foreign based company that has set up a prostitution website that advertises sex workers in Zimbabwe, has recruited its first male prostitutes to cater for female clients, Sunda...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 06:43hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Bestiality no different from homosexuality
THE story of Petros Ncube, an 18-year-old man from Tsholotsho who confessed in court, before he was sentenced to six months in prison with the other three suspended on condition that he performs 10...Published: 20 Mar 2012 at 13:06hrs | 19 | by Stanford Chiwanga
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