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Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
'There will never be a Ndebele King' Mnangagwa vows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed that the Ndebele people will never be able to revive the Kingdom as long as the country is a republic. Mnangagwa told ZANU PF officials over the weekend ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 12:02hrs | 4132 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa says no to Ndebele king
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government will not allow the reviving of a Ndebele king or any other kingdom under his rule.He was addressing a Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 11496 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 852 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
SA firm steps in to ease hunger among destitute Zimbabweans
Some Zimbabweans living in South Africa have benefitted from aid distributed by a Johannesburg headquartered company, T2N, and the Gauteng Food Security Committee since lockdown began in March....Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 18:52hrs | 1561 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Meet the reigning Ndebele leader Queen Cynthia Khumalo Mzilikazi
The Kingdom of Mzilikazi Khumalo whose people are predominately found in present day South-Western Zimbabwe is marred with civil fights to select the authentic successor of the people called Amahlabez...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 8025 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Accept sewage polluted Khami water, BCC pleads with residents
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pleading with residents to accept the recycling of Khami Dam water as it works on alternative solutions to the city's water crisis. The city is facing a serious ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
'Khami Dam sewage water unfit for Bulawayo consumption'
DESCENDANT of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, Prince Peter Zwide Khumalo yesterday slammed plans by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to pump the heavily-polluted Khami Dam water into households to all...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
A monumentally fatal proposal for Bulawayo: Khami Dam water for drinking?
The Bulawayo community read with a shock in The Chronicle about the City's proposal to use decommissioned Khami Dam water to supplement the City's potable water supply. The City of Harare's current wa...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 6396 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Highlanders told to move with the times
KING Lobengula's great grandson Zwide kaLanga Khumalo has advised the Highlanders leadership to move with the times in order to survive. Khumalo recently told Television Sports Media (TSM) tha...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
King Zwide Kumalo donate blankets to fight COVID-19
King Lobengula Royal Family Trust leader King Zwide Peter Khumalo (third from right) hands over 96 blankets to #IAM4BYO trustee Janah Ncube (second from right) while #IAM4BYO chairperson Busisa Moyo (...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele monarch donates to Ekusileni Medical Centre
Descendants of the Ndebele monarch - King Lobengula - have donated blankets to Ekusileni Medical Centre, an isolation centre for coronavirus patients.Prince Peter Zwide Khumalo said the royal ...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Read 'Udonga luka Tatiyana'
This novel is about the dangers of unchecked ambition and is based in the land of the Kaffirs in the eastern part of South Africa.There are several tribes in Kaffirland : the Swazi, the Undwan...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 10:28hrs | 948 | by Ryton Dzimiri
South African church invites 'King' Bulelani Khumalo
Claimant to the Ndebele throne Bulelani Khumalo has been invited as a guest of honor to a family church event that will be held in Hillbrow on the 23rd of February at Brethren in Christ Ch...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 14:33hrs | 1929 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khumalo clan to engage Mnangagwa govt over Ndebele ‘king’
The Royal Crown Trust and the Khumalo clan in Matabeleland will now engage government over the public coronation of Ndebele king, Bulelani Colin Khumalo, after the State blocked his purported installa...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 20:27hrs | 4316 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King Bulelani Khumalo explains his royal linage
Ndebele King Bulelani Colin Khumalo has taken to social media Facebook explaining his royal linage."I am King Bulelani Lobengula-Khumalo the son of Prince Humphrey Mcedisi ...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 09:23hrs | 6729 | by Stephen Jakes
King Lobengula Royal Family Condolence Message: The Passing on of Ikumukani, His Majesty Zwelonke Sigcawu of the Xhosa Nation
King Lobengula Royal Family in Ebudlamnondo mourn with the Xhosa nation on the passing on of their mighty Monarch. We not only know His Majesty Ikumukani Zwelonke Sigcawu, but he had become part of us...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:02hrs | 823 | by Crown Prince Zwide Velezulwini Khumalo
Bulawayo residents endorse solar farms at disused cemeteries
BULAWAYO residents have said they are not opposed to the setting up of solar farms at disused cemeteries as long as council does not tamper with graves.The residents said this during a Bulaway...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Chiefs turn heat on govt
Chiefs in Matebeleland have vowed to defy a government ban on the coronation of a South African Bulelani Collins Khumalo as Ndebele king revealing that plans are afoot to hold the ceremony in October....Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2663 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi cannot be praised or ululated for spreading divisions and hatred
The utterances by Energy Mutondi that in this day and age suggests that Ndebeles do not belong to this country, Zimbabwe, are unfortunate. The leadership style that lacks originality and seems to be d...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:22hrs | 559 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Ndebele Prince takes Energy Mutodi head on
The utterances by Energy Mutodi that in this day and age suggests that Ndebeles do not belong to this country, Zimbabwe, are unfortunate. The leadership style that lacks originality and seems to be dr...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 09:22hrs | 7417 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Ndiweni catalyst for debate
WHY has Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North, outside Bulawayo, raised so much controversy and debate in Zimbabwean social and political circles to a point where his pu...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:22hrs | 3260 | by Dumisani Muleya
Lobengula clan wades into Chief Ndiweni case
DESCENDANTS of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, have called for the immediate release of Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was jailed last week, saying the decision has left tr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula descendants want Dabengwa honoured
KING Lobengula's descendants have urged Bulawayo City Council to honour the late national hero Dumiso Dabengwa by naming a street after him.Dabengwa, who was Zipra's intelligence chief during ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa must be remembered
It is now some weeks since Dr Dumiso Dabengwa passed on. This Office has two proposals for the people of Bulawayo to ponder over and if it's okay, implement with the approval of ZAPU and his family....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 09:16hrs | 1567 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Full list of Commissioners to take over Bulawayo City Council
Bulawayo residents gathered at the Bulawayo City Hall on Monday and resolved to request Minister of local government July Moyo to suspend councillors and replace them with a Commission to run the affa...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 6968 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele royal family honours Cont Mhlanga
DESCENDANTS of King Lobengula have honoured arts doyen Continue Loving Mhlanga as an icon of the Matabeleland region, who has spearheaded the preservation and upholding of the Ndebele culture through ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula descendants demand State House
Descendants of King Lobengula say they want the government to give them back land where the Bulawayo State House was built to restore their heritage.The King Lobengula Royal Trust wants to tur...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:24hrs | 3773 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City Concept
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City ConceptAuthor: Prince Zwide KhumaloDate: 26 June 2019Isilo seNtuthuko Bulawayo and the identity of Umthwakazi or the Ndebele nation are inseparabl...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:57hrs | 2902 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Ndebele 'King' challenged on Gukurahundi
Ibhetshu lika Zulu Secretary General Mbuso Fuzwayo has challenged the three claimants to the Ndebele throne to air their views on what needs to be done regarding the resolution of the Gukurahund...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:35hrs | 3388 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: 'King' Bulelani Khumalo speaks to Zimbabweans
On Saturday pretender to the Ndebele throne Bulelani Collins Lobengula Khumalo addressed thousands of Ndebeles at Berea Park in Johannesburg.Bulelani told Ndebeles that he is ready to lead the...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 10:18hrs | 4608 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele 'King' rallies Zimbabweans in South Africa
The claimant to the Ndebele throne Bulelani Khumalo has invited Zimbabweans in South Africa to an Indaba which will be held on Saturday the 8th of June at Berea Park in Johannesburg, South Africa....Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 10:40hrs | 4522 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe: A timeline of an almost failed state
I. Stone Age; hunter-gatherer San (Twa) presence (20,000–15,000 BC) of modern homo sapiens.II. Iron Age; Niger-Congo Bantu pastoral migrations (2000–1500 BC).III. Ophir; alleged "p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2946 | by Sonny Jermain
Zimbabwean pilot who 'ran away' from gruesome Audi crash to apply for bail
A Port Elizabeth-based pilot who allegedly ran away after he crashed his Audi A4 into pedestrians, killing one, has been arrested and intends to apply for bail.Kelvin Zirema, 31, was identifie...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:21hrs | 5586 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pilot arrested in SA after drunkenly driving into pedestrians
South African police have named the driver of a vehicle which mowed down two pedestrians and collided with four stationary vehicles in Port Elizabeth's Beachfront on Sunday morning as a 31-year-old Zi...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | 4269 | by ZimLive
King Lobengula's descendant dies
A MEMBER of the Royal Khumalo clan and great grandson of King Lobengula Thafetha Njube Khumalo has died. Khumalo (80), who was partially blind and based in Eastern Cape, South Africa, succumbe...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:49hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi 'King' turns to TB Joshua
Claimant to the Mthwakazi throne Stanley Raphael Khumalo has upped his game by visiting controversial Nigerian Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua a move that has been viewed as a plot to acquire spir...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 17:05hrs | 4769 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Umthwakazi Nation Remember King Lobengula
The fierce encounter at Lalaphansi and a little later at the Shangani River in October, 1893, between Imbizo gallant Forces of King Lobengula and the Imperialist Forces were initial incide...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:13hrs | 1734 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
King Mzilikazi and the Mambo people created a nation
The nation needs to congratulate the movers for the creation of the Mambo Dynasty Trust and indeed the creation of the BaKalanga Movement, if I have quoted the names of the organisations correctly. It...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 13:20hrs | 3287 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 2509 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
'Chief' Ndiweni's involvement in Khumalo affairs questioned
THE government does not recognise the recent coronation of South Africa-based Bulelani Lobengula as the new Ndebele king, a Cabinet minister has said.A faction of the royal Khumalo family, las...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 07:58hrs | 2391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't recognise 'new' Ndebele King
The Government has said the "coronation" of a new Ndebele "king" is a cultural event that has little significance in the governance of the country.The Khumalo family defied a High Court order ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 09:12hrs | 2554 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' coronation rubbished
THE Government has said the "coronation" of a new Ndebele "king" is a cultural event that has little significance in the governance of the country.The Khumalo family defied a High Court order ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 17:07hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Vote for development-oriented people, says Ndebele King
ASPIRING Ndebele king, Zwide Peter Khumalo, has urged the electoral in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to vote for development-oriented candidates, claiming the regions had lagged behind in terms ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to host own Reed Dance
THE King Lobengula Royal Trust is set to hold a reed dance in Bulawayo between August and September to promote traditional culture.The reed dance is common among Nguni cultures in Eswatini and...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula family to lead pilgrimage march
King Lobengula Family will lead a pilgrimage march on the 23 June, 2018, at the Pupu-Shangani ford where King Lobengula crossed after the battle of the 4 December, 1893 against the imperialist forces ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 12:30hrs | 653 | by Zwidekalanga Khumalo
Tshinga Dube wades into Ndebele king saga
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has waded into the Ndebele king issue, saying it is a constitutional matter, even though it is not currently provided for in the Constitution.Speaking...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu accused of dividing Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's family
HOME Affairs minister Obert Mpofu's name has been thrust into the messy dispute over Ndebele paramount chief Khayisa Ndiweni's succession amid accusations that the Zanu-PF politician is blocking the i...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:50hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe used Enos Nkala to established Zanu PF, we faced Gukurahundi - Mthwakazi activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said the Shona leaders have a tendence of using Ndebeles to establish themselves and gain support but later attack the Ndebele tribes in any way they deem....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 10:01hrs | 2432 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's desperate political campaign is ruinous
Chamisa's recent campaign rally held in Bulawayo at White City Stadium was ignominious. In his speech (orated largely in Shona), he promised the coronation of Bulelani Lobengula as early as September ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 08:02hrs | 9399 | by Chrispen Nyoni
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