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Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3319 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fall: Mnangagwa scared
SOUTH AFRICA held general elections on Wednesday and results trickling in are sending shivers down the spines of regional liberation movements.The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is set...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zulus demand 100 cows from ANC's Duma for his rogue behaviour
Zulu royal regiments have suggested that KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Siboniso Duma pay 100 cows as an apology to King Misuzulu for "disrespecting" His Maj...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma tells politicians who insult MK Party to 'zip it'
Former president Jacob Zuma has told politicians who "think they know politics" and are insulting the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party to "zip it" before he reveals their true colours.Zuma was spe...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC urges members to join CIO, army
A SENIOR official in the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has urged party youths in Matebeleland to join intelligence and security services to save themselves from possible post-ele...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC urges Zimbabweans in SA to go home and register to vote
Citizens Coalition for Change members in South Africa Alexandra are in a mobilization drive urging people to go home in their numbers and register to vote...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 23:02hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess
At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Pravin Gordan's ally calls for Ramaphosa to fire security cluster ministers
An ally of Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is calling for the firing of South Africa's security cluster ministers who are viewed to be close to the Zulu community.Yusuf Abramjee an Indian and a well k...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa needs a total judicial and system overhaul and transformation'
It's not just the Zulus, it's the generality of the South African masses that are living pathetic lives in desperation, poverty, hunger, joblessness and in a continuous state of debt with no hope for ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Ramaphosa deploys army against Zulus
SANDF soldiers have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to assist law enforcement agencies amid violent protests."The South African National Defence Force has commenced with pre-deploym...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa targets Zulus, plays the apartheid tribal card
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has attributed some on the forces behind the recent violent protests to ethnic mobilisation.Although the son of a Venda apartheid policeman offered no e...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Misuzulu Zulu named new Zulu king
PRINCE Misuzulu Zulu has been named as the new Zulu king.In her will, the late regent of the Zulu kingdom Queen Mantfombi Dlamini bequeathed the monarchy to her first son.This means Pr...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Catching up with Lovemore Majaivana
IT was quite refreshing to be able to speak to Lovemore Majaivana again after 13 years. False rumours had begun to do the rounds that he was dead.In 2008, we boarded the same flight from Harar...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:32hrs | 9 | by Fred Zindi
The Mthwakazi question: Who does or doesn't qualify to be Mthwakazian?
My intention is not to write on either the historical origins or the actual geographical boundaries of Mthwakazi State, highlighted in yellow on the above image, but I am more concerned with initiatin...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 08:26hrs | 3 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Ndebele 'King' Bulelani Khumalo challenged on xenophobia
The claimant to the Ndebele throne Bulelani Collins Lobengula Khumalo has been challenged to speak out against the recent xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa that is affecting the Ndebele peo...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Deputy minister's remarks frightening
I was expecting people like Dr Masimba Mavaza to come out guns blazing to condemn the remarks by Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi that alleged that Zimbabwe accommodated South Africans and allowed them t...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Lizwe Dube
The Chief can do no wrong
In Nguni "inkosi ayoni" the Chief can do no wrong. This is derived from the concept that all decisions made by the Chief represent the collective wisdom and aspirations of his people. Unlike a Judge t...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by L Dube
Chief Ndiweni's dilemma: A balanced analysis
The obfuscation of issues seems to have reached unprecedented levels and it is therefore necessary for sober voices and sound arguments to be part of the national discourse to preclude the noise from ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by L Dube
Zimbabwe cannot last as a unitary state - MIOR
More evidence gathered by the Mthwakazi Institute of Research reveals further that the State or Country known in the world as Zimbabwe cannot last longer as a unitary entity. Tracing back from the day...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Mthwakazi Institute of Research
'Matabeleland should be renamed Guruuswa'
President of The African Democrats (TAD) Marco F Machona has called for the compensation of Shona people by the Ndebele for what he Ndebele invasion under the leadership of King Mzilikazi. Mac...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 11:36hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tonga people are black Jews
For many years historians have failed to trace or state the origin of Tongas the ethnic group of Southern Province. Not even archaeology and oral traditions could give a clue of where Tongas came from...Published: 01 May 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2 | by Abraham Shalome
How Matebeleland could immediately prosper itself
Matebeleland is the most potentially wealthiest Nation in the entire Southern Hemisphere of this planet. What we need to do, to tap into that wealth, are a few simple, but educated steps.The f...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Multiverse Dungani
IsiZulu and Zimbabwean Ndebele controversy
The use of isiZulu in Matabeleland as a language of both evangelization and education dates back to the earliest works of missionaries under the London Missionary Society in the 1850s. The approach ha...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:07hrs | 3 | by George Mkhwanazi
Ndebeles need a King to defend their land
The Imbizo called by King Goodwill Zwelithini Zulu of kwaZulu and his prophetic speech is a clear testament to the need of a King if a nation like the Ndebele nation is to survive.Since the fo...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:37hrs | 72 | by MRP
Ye three Kings of Southern Rhodesia: are we now ready for Mfecane in Mathebeleland?
There are very genuine questions we have to ask the Nguni ethnic group their audacity to revive their Kingdoms here in Mthwakazi: the lands of the San populations from the Zambezi escarpment right dow...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 23:48hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Matabeleland has a vacuum in leadership
The Matabeleland in its quest for a leader has crossed the border and brought in a king. I wonder if this is a Ndebele king or a Matabeleland king, if Ndebele it becomes a puzzle, yet if it's Matabele...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Clive Zulu
Mugabe's trick rattles Zanu-PF
The move by toppled despot Robert Mugabe to join hands with his former deputy Joice Mujuru to mount a presidential electoral challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF has stirred ...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
German's CDU of Angela Merkel: no coalition with Neo-Nazi party! And opposition parties in Zimbabwe?
Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Party is having a horrendous task in forming a coalition government: in Zimbabwe, Zanu PF was spoilt for choices: who in the opposition can they pick-and cherry: t...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 14:38hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
The Discovery of Mthwakazi Nationalism, Genesis and Tribulations
In their ground breaking research called the ‘Discovery of Mthwakazi Nationalism, Genesis and Tribulations', where they seek to illuminate the historical links between the Mthwakazi nation and the d...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 06:47hrs | 18 | by Thulani Nkala
Ndebeles are divisive
Over a 1000 years ago three of my distant relatives who were tribal leaders on the Scottish Border with England, were taken prisoner by English troops and hanged for treason. Their crime? Supporting R...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Reflections on tribalism in Zimbabwe
OVER a 1000 years ago three of my distant relatives who were tribal leaders on the Scottish Border with England, were taken prisoner by English troops and hanged for treason. Their crime? Supporting R...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross is MDC MP for Bulawayo South
Mzilikazi: A Mountain Falls
Each of our public holidays has a special meaning - a particular reason for its existence. Heritage Day, which South Africans celebrate every year on September 24, is no different. The day has been se...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 09:17hrs | 3 | by City press
Ngunis eat imbiba too
I GREW up in the area famously called the midlands, specifically in Lions River. I have grown up to realise that everyone brags about the area he or she grew up in. I am no exception. You can take you...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 15:07hrs | 1 | by MOKGOTSI Ngcobo
Joshua Nkomo considered a military solution
What I find interesting is the evidence that Joshua Nkomo seriously considered a military solution and went to implore South Africa to be neutral. Obviously South Africa would not have been neutral as...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane @ facebook
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 07:24hrs | 20 | by MRP
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politicVcal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsati...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 10 | by MRP
3 Zimbabweans killed in SA mine war
AT least three Zimbabweans are suspected to be part of 14 illegal miners that were shot dead in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, about 20km outside Johannesburg in South Africa in vicious fights over gold....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF)
22 February 2017.Open letter to the leadership of Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF).Ref: In Defence of Dr Joshua Mqabuko KaNyongolo Nkomo.Dear Dr Churchill Guduza - De...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 04:45hrs | | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Zimbabwe is the Ndebele State just misnamed - Manheru!
Here is Nathaniel Manheru - aka George Charamba - telling this known truth to the world in his piece in The Herald yesterday:"For all that white historiography is ready to admit, the Ndebele S...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 13:09hrs | 2 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Bond notes: When mere depositors debate
An interview Donald Trump is alleged to have had with People Magazine in 1998 quoted him as saying: "If I were to run [for US presidency], I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters ...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
1890s Raids cannot be used to justify continued hatred & oppression of Matebeles
"The Shonas from time immemorial have never been in peace with the people of Ndebele origin because of their war mongers approach to life. They raided Shonas in the 1890s with impunity and up to n...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Israel Dube
UMthwakazi is one!
Nguniphobia - if we can use that term as a composite term for this anti-Zulu, anti-Ndebele fervour we are seeing - is a dangerous enterprise. But it is not because it is against the Nguni that...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Ndebele prince seeks reunification of Ngunis
NDEBELE prince, Peter Zwidekalanga Khumalo, has said the Nguni ethnic groups in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi are working hard to identify remnants of other Nguni ethnic groups as far as Kenya...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kevin Sifiso Malinga Most Qualified to be SA Public Protector
I watched like many followers of democratic processes the selection of South Africa's public protector. An office that requires oversight of the various government functions.I came out of the ...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 15:26hrs | 3 | by Ken Sibanda
Zimbabweans welcome in SA, says Goodwill Zwelithini's son
PRINCE Nhlanganiso Zulu, the son of South Africa's King Goodwill Zwelithini, has said Zimbabweans are welcome in the neighbouring country at any time.The Prince, who was addressing tens of tho...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:16hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Collective Consciousness will remove Mugabe in 24Hrs on August 25 2016
Consciousness means being aware of and responding to one's surroundings. Some Academics spend their lives trying to find out why we, the human species, are here on Earth? Why are we muscularly weaker ...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 07:55hrs | | by Rakanga Danble
Presidents Mugabe Gabriel Robert; Zuma Jacob Gehleyihlekisa, Fort Hare students say voetzek!
Foot-sake is just the right word to tell both Mugabe and Zuma to go away! Voetzek Zuma, voetzek Mugabe! Those were Fort Hare students trying to force their way into the Hall where Preside...Published: 23 May 2016 at 18:52hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
Renaming the streets and surbubs is honoring our heritage
There has been much media debate on the spelling of some Zimbabwean street and suburbs' names going on, with some people strongly criticising former colonial administrators for deliberately distorting...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Zimbabwe wont hesitate to revive ties with North Korean says Mugabe
Zimbabwe might consider establishing diplomatic ties with North Korea, President Robert Mugabe has said. He however said the country has lost connection with North Korea which is under a ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 11:05hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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