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ZimAchievers Awards South Africa announce 2024 nominees
The stage is set for one of the biggest events on the social calendar with Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa releasing the nominees shortlist for their 9th Awards Dinner Gala.Social...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 21:34hrs | 1026 | by Agencies
How a Customary Marriage is dissolved in South Africa
In South Africa, the definition of a customary marriage by the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA) is that it is one that is "negotiated, celebrated or concluded according to any...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Beware of Nelson Chamisa's cultural appropriation
While some might see nothing wrong with this picture I see cultural appropriation.Cultural appropriation is when somebody adopts aspects of a culture that's not their own. But that's only the ...Published: 26 May 2018 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by Velempini Ndlovu
The dark chapter of Zimbabwe's history that won't go away
With Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa just concluding a 100-day timeline to addresses what he considered the country's most pressing issues, which focused on economic revival, human rights ...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by IPS
ZEP permits all to be issued by the end of September 2018
Speaking at a media briefing on the uptake of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) the Director General of the South African Department of Home Affairs Mkuseli Apleni said he expects all ZEP permits to...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 21:05hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Getting a birth certificate for your child if you're a foreigner in South Africa
Many a foreign parent living legally in SA either do not know the procedure of getting a birth certificate for their child born here in SA or never bother to even try because going to home affairs off...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 12:36hrs | 2 | by Velempini Ndlovu
A response - It's unMthwakazian, Mugabe has never been the enemy!
Thank you for your short rejoinder to my article which appeared on Bulawayo24.com on 09th August 2014, Mnu Velempini Ndlovu.Protecting uMthwakazi from demagoguery In the present context, e...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 19:16hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Where art thou my child if you are my child?
If ever you were born, you were born during the year 2000 in January or February. Your mother said I wasn't the father, your father was the other guy who she was also involved with at the same t...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Veap Ndlovu
The enemy is still Mugabe...
I have just read the most bizarre opinion piece titled 'Endgame - The right side is Mugabe's side Mthwakazi!' in ...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 15:30hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Time for Zimbabweans to embrace online shopping stores, especially local ones
With consumer habits projected to change in the near future on the African continent and shoppers in other advanced economies already used to online stores for buying anything from books, pizza to cam...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 13:00hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
General Procedure: Application for Asylum and Refugee Status in South Africa
An Asylum Seeker He is a person who has fled his or her country of origin and is seeking recognition and protection as a refugee in the Republic of Sout...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Promoting meaningful closeness in relationships
For partners to create long term satisfying relationship more than love is needed. What is needed is meaning closeness that comes from both partners being intentional in the use of time they spe...Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 15:47hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Tough being a poor black child in South Africa
Above is a photo I took on 08 April 2015 at around 10:00 am. What I observed happening between those two boys, one white and one black broke my heart and made me cry, literally. Let me narrate the...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Seziyosengwa yinkehli inkomo zabokhokho bethu
Omunye umsebenzi oqakathekileyo owawufundiswa abafana ilizwe lisahleli kahle yikusenga inkomo. Eqinisweni babengafundiswa abafana kodwa babefunda ngokukhangela babone okwenziwa ngabafowabo labo b...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 17:35hrs | 367 | by Velempini Veap Thuthani Ndlovu
When is it the right time to turn off life support machines?
This is a topic not many people think about, but one that should be talked about amongst family members. If you were placed on life support, who would you want to be your legal representative? A...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 14:43hrs | 2 | by Velempini Ndlovu
What went wrong in Zimbabwe?
Thirty-three years ago the Republic of Zimbabwe was one of the richest countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It produced enough maize to feed the whole of Southern Africa. A newly independent state, blesse...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 20:02hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
We need to bury our dead and then bring Gukurahundi perpetrators to justice
It is our duty to remember and honour the Gukurahundi victims. We need to bring perpetrators of the genocide to justice then bury our dead before we can talk about any compensation whatsoever. Those ...Published: 23 May 2013 at 14:19hrs | 2 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Indlela amadlozi abonakala ngayo - Imikhokha lezigameko ezithile ezinganhle
Idlozi liyakwazi ukuziveza emuntwini ngezigameko ezithile ezingajwayelekanga. Kwesinye isikhathi kuvele kufike umuntu axoxe lawe indaba ezinkulu lezi ezikwethusayo ngoba ungazizwisisi. Kum...Published: 14 Apr 2013 at 07:39hrs | 6 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Indlela amadlozi abonakala ngayo - amaphupho
Amaphupho ngenye yendlela amadlozi aziveza ngayo kulabo abaseduze lawo. (Vilakazi. 1986 : 14). Lendlela yokuziveza kwamadlozi ibukeka inhle kakhulu ngoba idlozi liletha umbiko kumuntu oqondene l...Published: 12 Apr 2013 at 13:34hrs | 17 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Indlela amadlozi abonakala ngayo - Inyoka
Amadlozi aziveza ngendlela ezehlukeneyo ebantwini. Ngesinye isikhathi avakatshela imideni yawo. Kanti ayenelisa lokuhambela noma abantu abangasona zihlobo zawo nxa ekubuke akuthanda nje. Inkol...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 11:34hrs | 3963 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Amadlozi lamabizo ahlukeneyo abizwa ngawo
YINI AMADLOZI?Amadlozi ngabantu bakithi abangasekho emhlabeni. Laba bantu bagcina imindeni yabo, bayivikele kukho konke okubi. Yikho kulesaga esithi. ...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 08:44hrs | 64 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Why we will continue to die on our roads
South Africa ranks among African countries with the highest rates of death arising from road accidents and this despite the fact that the African continent is one of the least motorised regions...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 11:51hrs | 1 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Cohabitation (ukuhlalisana), is this a new type of marriage?
While in the past it used to be almost taboo cohabitation in the Southern Africa has increased by a phenomenal percentage in the past half century. In 1960s, it was unheard of for unmarrie...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 10:57hrs | 3 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Statement by Velempini Ndlovu on his resignation from MNP and rejoining MDC
I hereby announce the one of the most difficult decisions in my political life thus far. Following a period of intense soul searching I have resolved to resign from the Mthwakazi National Part...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 11:42hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Just how much is the life of an African worth?
It pains me to start by the conclusion but facts and figures I am faced with show me that we Africans do not have regard or value another African's life. In America it is calculated that an citizen's&...Published: 28 Feb 2013 at 11:32hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
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